WAC 132F-168-040
Appeal. (1) If request is denied by the
officer pursuant to WAC 132F-168-030, the person requesting the
document may appeal to the appropriate campus president or to the
district president. The appellant shall file Form 2, together
with Form 1 as returned, with the secretary to the campus
president or district president, during the day the appeal is
returned, if returned prior to 3 p.m., or by 11 a.m. the
following business day if returned after 3 p.m. A campus
president or the district president shall answer the appeal by
returning Form 2 to the person requesting the record before the
end of the second business day following the original denial of
inspection on Form 1, unless a later time is indicated in the
form. In all cases, the person requesting the record shall be
notified by the end of the second business day of the disposition
of the request.
(2) If an appeal is filed after the time required in WAC 132F-168-040(1), then the return date shall be the end of the
second business day following the filing of the appeal.
(3) The filing of a request and the return of Form 1 and
Form 2 indicating disposition, is made by leaving the form with
the secretary of the officer. The secretary of the officer shall
mark the time and date of: (a) The receipt of the form, (b) the
return of the form with disposition, and (c) the demand made for
return by the person submitting the form. A request shall be
deemed denied or an appeal denied only after the person filing
the form has been notified by the secretary of the dean,
personnel officer, president or district president. In all
cases, the person shall be notified by the end of the second
business day.
(4) Administrative remedies shall not be considered
exhausted until the campus president or the district president
has returned the appeal form by the close of the second business
day. An appeal may then be made to the board at the next
scheduled board meeting.
[Order 36, § 132F-168-040, filed 11/21/77; Order 16, §
132F-168-040, filed 10/4/73.]