WSR 21-22-015

PERMANENT RULES

SEATTLE COLLEGES

[Filed October 21, 2021, 6:43 p.m., effective November 21, 2021]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: Amend WAC to be in compliance with HB [2SHB] 2513 and RCW 28B.10.293 stating colleges can no longer withhold transcripts for any purposes system-wide.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New 9; and repealing 13.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28B.50.140, 28B.50.090(3).

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 21-13-012 on June 4, 2021.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 9, Amended 0, Repealed 13.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: October 7, 2021.

Shouan Pan

Chancellor

OTS-2957.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 17, filed 5/22/73)

WAC 132F-162-010Purpose of the library's existence.

((The . . . . . . . . . . . instructional resources center exists to further the objectives of the college.))

The library serves the information needs of students, faculty, staff, and the college community in an environment which nurtures learning and fosters freedom of intellectual activity; the access, retrieval, management, application, and distribution of information are central to the colleges' mission.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 17, filed 5/22/73)

WAC 132F-162-020((Basis of policies and procedures.))Materials selection.

((Policies and procedures are based on the belief that the needs of the college community as a whole take precedence over the individual convenience.))

Information resources are selected and deselected according to the principles and practices embodied in the library's collection development policy.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 15-02-072, filed 1/6/15, effective 2/6/15)

WAC 132F-162-040Borrower classification.

((Within the college community there are several readily identifiable library material user groups for which the character and intensity of use differs.)) The primary ((groups))borrowers are credit and noncredit students, faculty, administrative personnel and nonacademic staff. Borrowers are classified as:

(1) Credit students;

(2) Employees of the district;

(3) Continuing education, noncredit students.

The ((instructional resources center))library may extend services on proper identification to persons not affiliated with the college. Borrowing privileges may be extended to such persons if they reside within Seattle College District VI, or if they are a duly enrolled student or faculty member of one of the other state community colleges((, or if they are spouses of . . . . . . College faculty, administrative or nonacademic staff members. The instructional resources center)). The library extends services to other libraries through the "interlibrary loan" process. ((These borrowers are classified as:

(4) Community patrons;

(5) Reciprocal students and faculty from other state community colleges;

(6) Spouses of borrower class (2);

(7) Retired faculty of . . . . . . College;

(8) Other libraries through the "interlibrary loan" process.))

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 17, filed 5/22/73)

WAC 132F-162-170((When fines will be levied.))Fines and charges.

((Fines may be levied on:

(1) Circulating material when:

(a) The library materials are not returned when called in for reserve, or there is a hold or recall and they are or become overdue, such fines are to be calculated from the first day library materials are overdue.

(2) Overdue reserve, reference and other circulating materials from special collections, and equipment, whether or not such material has been requested by another borrower.))A schedule of fees for late, damaged, and lost items will be available from the library circulation desk.

(1) Damage charges. Damage charges will be levied for the repair of damaged library materials up to the cost of replacement.

(2) Replacement charges. Replacement charges will be levied for nonreturned items, and for damaged items where the cost of repair exceeds the cost of replacement. Replacement charges will be based on the current purchase price of the item or comparable item.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 17, filed 5/22/73)

WAC 132F-162-180Failure to return materials, or to pay fines or charges.

A failure to return materials or to pay fines or charges may result in:

(1) Loss or suspension of borrowing privileges.

(2) ((Delay in registration until account is clear

(3) Holds being placed on borrowers in classification 1 (see WAC 132F-162-040) with respect to grades, transcript and college records, and/or

(4))) Other appropriate action ((for borrower classifications 2 through 8))in accordance with regulations and applicable laws.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 17, filed 5/22/73)

WAC 132F-162-190Appeals of fines and charges.

Appeals of fines or charges, or both, may be filed with the circulation supervisor ((by securing appropriate forms from the circulation desk)). All disputed appeals are adjudicated by the ((director of instructional resources))administrator in charge of the library.

NEW SECTION

The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are decodified and recodified as follows:

Old WAC Number	New WAC Number
132F-162-170	132F-162-045
132F-162-180	132F-162-055
132F-162-190	132F-162-065

REPEALER

The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:

WAC 132F-162-030	Modification of these regulations.
WAC 132F-162-050	Identification card.
WAC 132F-162-060	Loan time periods.
WAC 132F-162-070	Special collections.
WAC 132F-162-080	Number of items that may be borrowed.
WAC 132F-162-090	Date library materials are due.
WAC 132F-162-100	Renewal of library materials.
WAC 132F-162-110	Holds, recalls, and searches.
WAC 132F-162-120	Return of library materials.
WAC 132F-162-130	Schedule of fines and charges.
WAC 132F-162-140	System-wide applicability of fines.
WAC 132F-162-150	Notice of overdue materials.
WAC 132F-162-160	Accrual date or time of fines.