WSR 24-16-072

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE

[Filed July 31, 2024, 2:16 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Columbia Basin College's (college) student code of conduct, under chapter 132S-100 WAC, and other related rules as necessary.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 34.05 RCW; RCW 28B.50.140(13).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To bring the college's student conduct code (code) into compliance with a new final rule governing sex discrimination grievance procedure recently adopted by the United States Department of Education and to update the code to ensure its prohibited conduct and procedures adequately protect the interests of the college community and the constitutional and procedural rights of individual students.

Process for Developing New Rule: Normal rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Lindsey Carpenter, 2600 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA 99301, phone 509-543-1481, fax 509-544-2029, email lcarpenter@columbiabasin.edu, website www.columbiabasin.edu; or Corey Osborn, 2600 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA 99301, phone 509-542-5548, fax 509-544-2029, email cosborn@columbiabasin.edu, website www.columbiabasin.edu.

July 29, 2024

Corey Osborn, Vice President

Human Resources and Legal Affairs