WSR 24-17-035
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
OF SPOKANE
[Filed August 13, 2024, 8:17 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 132Q-10 WAC, student conduct code and procedures.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28B.50.140.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To bring Community Colleges of Spokane's student conduct code into compliance with a new final rule governing sex discrimination grievance procedures 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.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: United States Department of Education.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study; and review United States Department of Education procedures.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Patrick McEachern, 3410 West Whistalks Way, Spokane, WA 99224-5204, phone 509-533-3514, TTY 1-800-833-6384, email Patrick.McEachern@sfcc.spokane.edu, website https://scc.spokane.edu/About-Us/Public-Disclosures#RuleMaking; or Patrick Tanner, 1810 North Greene Street, Spokane, WA 99217-5320, phone 509-533-7015, TTY 1-800-833-6384, email Patrick.Tanner@scc.spokane.edu, website https://sfcc.spokane.edu/About-Us/Public-Disclosures#RuleMaking.
August 13, 2024
John O'Rourke
Rules Coordinator