(1) Within five business days of the written notice of the final determination, a party may submit a petition for reconsideration with the senior college official. The petition must state the specific grounds upon which relief is requested. The grounds for reconsideration are limited to new information not available at the time of the hearing, procedural error that impacted the outcome of the process, and/or bias of the student conduct official.

(2) The petition will be deemed submitted on the day of actual receipt by the senior college official's office. Service can be made by one of the following means:

(a) Email received by the office of the senior college official; or

(b) By deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: The Evergreen State College, Student Conduct Appeal Panel, Office of the Senior College Official, 2700 Evergreen Parkway N.W., Olympia, Washington 98505; or

(c) By personal service which will be deemed accomplished by hand delivering the petition to the office of the senior college official during regular business hours at the address listed in (b) of this subsection.

(d) Within two days of being served, the senior college official will provide notice to all other parties, who have five calendar days to file their opposition to the petition for reconsideration.

(3) All reasonably available members of the panel that heard the original appeal will review the request for reconsideration and determine whether or not to grant the reconsideration. If a reconsideration is granted, the panel will review the submitted materials and make a determination.

(4) The final determination issued by the student conduct appeal panel will remain in effect during the time period that a petition for reconsideration is under review by the panel. Within twenty business days from the date of the petition the student conduct appeal panel will provide a determination or written notice specifying the date by which it will act on the petition.