WAC 132K-125-230
Summary suspension proceedings. Each
college employee has the right to suspend, remove or have removed
from a college class or college function and/or the college for
one class day any student who by an act of misconduct renders it
difficult or impossible to maintain the decorum of a class or to
continue such function in an orderly manner. The college
employee shall notify the executive dean of student services in
writing within twenty-four hours of the infraction and the action
taken.
(1) Ordinarily, disciplinary sanctions will be imposed only
after the appropriate informal or formal hearing has taken place
and after the student has, if he/she so chooses, exercised
his/her right to appeal. However, if the executive dean of
student services or his/her designee(s) has cause to believe that
any student:
(a) Has committed a felony; or
(b) Has violated any provision of this chapter; or
(c) Presents an imminent danger either to himself or
herself, other persons of the Pierce College community, Pierce
College property, or poses a threat of disruption of or
interferes with the normal operations of Pierce College; that
student shall be summarily suspended and shall be notified by
certified and regular mail at the student's last known address,
or shall be personally served. Summary suspension is appropriate
only where (c) of this subsection can be shown, either alone or
in conjunction with (a) or (b) of this subsection.
(2) The notice shall be entitled "notice of summary
suspension proceedings" and shall state:
(a) The charges against the student including reference to
the provisions of WAC 132K-125-170 or statutory law involved; and
(b) That the student charged must appear before the
executive dean of student services or his or her designee(s) at a
time specified in the notice for a hearing. The hearing shall be
held as soon as reasonably possible after the summary suspension.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 128B.50.140(13) [28B.50.140(13)]. 99-10-046, § 132K-125-230, filed 4/30/99, effective 5/31/99.]