WSR 25-02-099

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

PIERCE COLLEGE

[Filed December 30, 2024, 2:20 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Pierce College (college) is engaging in the proposed rule-making process to repeal chapter 132K-122 WAC.

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

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The college is engaging with the rule-making process to repeal chapter 132K-122 WAC because the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act provides the necessary legal requirements and guidance to protect the privacy of student education records.

Process for Developing New Rule: Proposed language will be presented to college shared governance councils for comment, as well as reviewed and approved by the assistant attorney general, cabinet, and board of trustees.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Julie Draper Davis, 9401 Farwest Drive S.W., Lakewood, WA 98498, phone 253-912-2331, email jdraperdavis@pierce.ctc.edu, website https://www.pierce.ctc.edu/; or Marie Harris, 9401 Farwest Drive S.W., Lakewood, WA 98498, phone 253-864-3104, email mharris@pierce.ctc.edu, website https://www.pierce.ctc.edu/.

December 30, 2024

Julie A. White

Chancellor and CEO