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.]