PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed revision to WAC Chapter, Related to Title IX

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PUBLIC NOTICE Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Washington Administrative Code— Standards of Conduct for Students

Notice of this public hearing is hereby given in accordance with provisions of RCW 34.05.320(4). On May 19, 2020, the United States Department of Education (the Department) published amendments to its regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The Department’s amended regulations specify how recipients of federal financial assistance covered by Title IX (which include the University) must respond to allegations of sexual harassment. Amendments to the University’s Standards of Conduct for Students are required to comply with the Department’s amended Title IX regulations. The University will adopt the revised rules based on the statutory authority found in RCW 28B.30.150.

You may review the proposed revised rules by going to the Office of Procedures, Records, and Forms website at policies.wsu.edu/prf/index/wac/ or by requesting a copy from the Office of Procedures, Records, and Forms; telephone 509-335-2005; e-mail prf.forms@wsu.edu.

You may testify at this meeting. You may also direct written comments to Deborah Bartlett, Director of Procedures, Records, and Forms, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 641225, Pullman, WA 99164-1225; e-mail prf.forms@wsu.edu.

Submit all written comments by 5:00 p.m., January 20, 2021.

*This meeting was originally scheduled for January 13 and was moved due to technical difficulties.