WAC 132J-125-240   Appeal of academic discipline -- Filing of academic grievance.  (1) A student may appeal academic discipline or initiate an academic grievance by the following steps:

     (a) Step one -- Within ten days of the earlier of mailing or personal receipt of notice of the disciplinary action or receipt of notice or information about the facts on which the grievance is based, the student must meet or deliver a written request to meet immediately with his/her instructor to discuss the specific academic discipline or grievance.

     (b) Step two -- If no resolution occurs, the student must notify the vice-president for marketing and student development. That vice-president or his/her designee shall attempt to arrange a meeting with the student, faculty member and division chairperson.

     (c) Step three -- If no resolution occurs, the student must again notify the vice-president for marketing and student development or designee, who shall attempt to arrange a meeting between the student and the appropriate instructional administrator.

     (d) Step four -- If no resolution occurs, the student must again notify the vice-president for marketing and student development or designee, who shall attempt to arrange a meeting between the student and vice-president for instruction.

     (2) Every affected person shall act promptly and in good faith to complete these four steps in an expeditious manner. Failure to act promptly and in good faith shall be cause for the vice-president for marketing and student development or designee to uphold or dismiss the appeal or grievance without completion of any remaining step, provided that any such action shall itself be appealable to the academic board.

     (3) If no resolution has occurred through use of all of these four steps within twenty days after the action being challenged in the student's appeal or grievance, the student may file with the vice-president for marketing and student development, within thirty days after the action being challenged, a written application for an adjudicative proceeding conducted by the academic board. The vice-president or designee has discretion to extend this deadline for good cause.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140(13). 93-04-022, § 132J-125-240, filed 1/27/93, effective 2/27/93.]