Subject of Possible Rule Making: New WAC 132I-126-060, 132I-127-505, 132I-127-515, 132I-127-525, 132I-127-535, 132I-127-545, 132I-127-555, 132I-127-565, 132I-127-575 and 132I-127-585; repealing WAC 132I-126-400, 132I-126-410, 132I-126-420, 132I-126-430, 132I-126-505, 132I-126-515, 132I-126-525, 132I-126-535, 132I-126-545, 132I-126-555, 132I-126-565, 132I-126-575 and 132I-126-585; and amending WAC 132I-126-010, 132I-126-030, 132I-126-040, 132I-126-050, 132I-126-100, 132I-126-125, 132I-126-200, 132I-126-220, 132I-126-230, 132I-126-240, 132I-126-260, 132I-126-270, 132I-126-280, 132I-126-290, 132I-126-300, and 132I-126-350.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act (§ 1601 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000): P.L. 106-386 (Title VI); Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) and Violence Against Women Act: 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f); Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972: 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2000e-17.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Highline College is required by the United States Department of Education (USDOE) to comply with the recently adopted Title IX regulations, which will take effect on August 1, 2024. This is set forth in regulations published by USDOE on April 29, 2024. Regulations can be found here https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-07915.pdf.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Isabelle Wroblewski, Mailstop 6-7, P.O. Box 98000, 2400 South 240th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198, phone 206-592-3354, email iwroblewski@highline.edu, website https://studentservices.highline.edu/student-conduct/; or Danielle Slota, Mailstop 12-120, P.O. Box 98000, 2400 South 240th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198, phone 206-592-3600, email dslota@highline.edu, website https://www.highline.edu/about-us/our-president/.