WSR 24-21-040

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

CENTRALIA COLLEGE

[Filed October 8, 2024, 12:07 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Student code with Title IX update.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 34.05 RCW and RCW 28B.50.140(13); 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f); Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To bring Centralia College's student rights and responsibilities code into compliance with a new final rule governing sex discrimination grievance procedure recently adopted by the United States Department of Education.

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.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Robert Cox, 600 Centralia College Boulevard, Centralia, WA 98531, phone 360-623-8385, email robert.cox@centralia.edu, website centralia.edu.

October 8, 2024

Robert Cox

Vice President of Student Services