WAC 132Q-30-335   Appeals -- Review of decision.  (1) A decision reached by the student conduct board or a sanction imposed by the chief student services officer may be appealed by the accused students in writing to the chief student services officer within twenty-one calendar days of the date of the decision.

     (2) Appeals are reviewed by the appeals board. Except as required to explain the basis of new information, an appeal is limited to a review of the verbatim record of the student conduct board hearing and supporting documents for one or more of the following purposes:

     (a) Determine whether the student conduct board hearing was conducted fairly in light of the charges, and whether information was presented in conformity with prescribed procedures giving the accused student a reasonable opportunity to prepare and to present a response to those allegations. Deviations from designated procedures are not a basis for sustaining an appeal unless significant prejudice is evident.

     (b) Determine whether the decision is supported by the evidence.

     (c) Determine whether the sanctions imposed are appropriate for the violation which the student was found to have committed.

     (d) Consider new information, sufficient to alter a decision, or other relevant facts not disclosed in the original hearing, because such information and/or facts were not known to the student appealing at the time of the chief student services officer's decision or the student conduct board hearing.

     (3) The appeal board shall review the record and make one of the following determinations:

     (a) Affirm the decision and uphold sanctions; or

     (b) Reverse the decision; or

     (c) Affirm the decision and modify the sanctions imposed.

     (4) The student is notified of the appeal board's decision within twenty calendar days from the date of the appeal letter. If the college is not in session, this period may be reasonably extended. The appeal board's decision is the college's final order and may not be appealed.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.50 RCW. 07-10-042, § 132Q-30-335, filed 4/25/07, effective 6/25/07.]