WAC 132M-121-020   Definitions.  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

     (1) "Administration" and "administrator" include the president, vice-presidents, deans, directors of programs or functions, and others designated as a member of the administration.

     (2) "Arbitrary or capricious" refers to willful or unreasonable action, taken without consideration of, or in disregard of, facts or circumstances of a particular case. Where there is room for two reasonable opinions, an action shall not be deemed to be arbitrary or capricious when taken honestly and upon due consideration, however much it may be believed that an erroneous conclusion has been reached.

     (3) "Assembly" means any overt activity engaged in by two or more persons, the object of which is to gain publicity, advocate a view, petition for a cause, or disseminate information to any person, persons, or group of persons.

     (4) "College" means Lower Columbia College or any additional community college established within Community College District 13.

     (5) "College community" is composed of all individuals who are enrolled in classes and/or employed by the college.

     (6) "College facilities" mean and include any and all real and personal property owned, rented, leased or operated by the board of trustees of Community College District 13, and shall include all buildings and appurtenances attached thereto and all parking lots and other grounds.

     (7) "Designee" means a person appointed in writing by an officer or other person designated in a rule to perform a function, to perform that function on the appointer's behalf.

     (8) "Disciplinary action" and "discipline" shall mean and include warning, reprimand, probation, suspension, dismissal, monetary fine, restitution, and any other action taken against a student as a sanction or penalty for violation of a designated rule of student conduct.

     (9) "District" means Community College District 13.

     (10) "Faculty member" and "instructor" mean any employee of Community College District 13 who is employed on a full- or part-time basis as a teacher, instructor, counselor or librarian.

     (11) "President" is the chief executive officer of the college appointed by the board of trustees.

     (12) "Recognized student organization" means an organization established by and operated pursuant to the Constitution of the associated students of Lower Columbia College.

     (13) "Student code of conduct" shall mean those rules regulating student conduct as herein adopted.

     (14) "Service," "serve," "filing" and "file" shall have the meanings in WAC 10-08-110.

     (15) "Student" is any person who is enrolled for classes or is formally in the process of applying for admission to the college.

     (16) The singular includes the plural and vice versa, the masculine includes the feminine and vice versa, and the disjunctive includes the conjunctive and vice versa.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140. 08-06-066, § 132M-121-020, filed 3/3/08, effective 4/3/08.]