Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amend student conduct code, WAC 495D-120-040.

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

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Student conduct code is deficient with respect to the narrow scope of its definition of misconduct.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: To provide the college with adequately comprehensive definition of student misconduct.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by attending public meetings of Lake Washington Technical College board of trustees on September 7, 1999. Write to Mr. Dennis Long, Vice-President, Student Services, 11605 132nd Avenue N.E., Kirkland, WA 98034, call (425) 739-8313, or fax (425) 739-8299.

July 6, 1999

Gary D. Cohn

President

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