WSR 23-07-122
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE
[Filed March 21, 2023, 12:41 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Rule changes to student conduct code and hearing procedures in chapter 495E-100 WAC to make minor updates and to implement requirements laid out in HB [2SHB] 1751 (also known as "Sam's Law") and support existing efforts to protect students from dangers of hazing.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To incorporate the requirements from HB [2SHB] 1751, hazing prevention legislation, into the student conduct code and hearing procedures. The updated rules incorporate new prohibited student conduct, statement of jurisdiction, definitions, and hazing-prohibited sanctions. Additional minor conduct code changes may also be necessary.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: No other federal or state agencies regulate this subject.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Jessica Gilmore English, 3000 N.E. 4th Street, Renton, WA 98056, phone 425-235-2463, email jgilmoreenglish@rtc.edu.
March 21, 2023
Jacob Jackson
Vice President of Administration and Finance