WSR 22-10-073

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

WALLA WALLA

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

[Filed May 3, 2022, 11:50 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 132T-90 WAC, Implementation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. This chapter was last updated in 1977, so the college is revising it to align with college practices and current federal and state regulations.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: 28B. 50.140 RCW; chapters 34.05, 42.56 RCW. Washington Higher Education Administrative Procedure Act. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. §1232g) and its implementing regulation (34 C.F.R. § 99).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Explains FERPA regulations and how applied by the college.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: United States Department of Education. If any violations occur, a person may follow chapter 132T-90 WAC to submit a complaint or work directly with the federal government.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting 500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla, WA 99362, email WACrevisions@gmail.com, website https://www.wwcc.edu; or Doreen Kennedy, 500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla, WA 99362, phone 509-527-4274, email doreen.kennedy@wwcc.edu, website https://www.wwcc.edu.

May 2, 2022

Jean Hernandez

Contract Consultant