WSR 17-09-014

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed April 7, 2017, 12:56 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Refund of tuition and other fees.

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: Adoption of new WAC related to the protocol on refund policies as part of the fiscal process.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: United States Department of Education and the Washington state board of community and technical colleges. The Seattle Colleges will consult guidance from both of these agencies to ensure its new rules comply with state and federal laws.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Kurt Buttleman, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Technology, 1500 Harvard Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122-3803, (206) 934-4111, Kurt.Buttleman@seattlecolleges.edu.

April 5, 2017

Shouan Pan

Chancellor