WAC 132S-30-036
Grievance procedures -- Sex discrimination. Any applicant for admission, enrolled student, applicant for
employment or employee of Columbia Basin College who believes
he/she has been discriminated against on the basis of sex may
lodge a formal institutional grievance by utilizing the following
steps:
(1) Step 1. Informal meeting. Requesting an informal
meeting with the individual believed to have committed the
discriminatory act and attempt to informally resolve the concern.
It shall be at the option of the complaining party to determine
whether the Title IX officer will meet separately or in a single
meeting with the complaining party and the party allegedly
responsible for the discrimination.
The period of time for attempting to resolve the concern at
the informal stage of the grievance will be limited to thirty
days from the time the complaint is lodged.
(2) Step 2. Title IX official hearing. If not satisfied
by the results of the informal meeting, the complainant may
request in writing, stipulating the specific grievance(s), a
meeting with the college Title IX officer. Within thirty days of
receiving the written request, the Title IX officer will have
arranged a meeting and reported the findings, in writing, to both
the complainant and the person to whom the complaint is directed.
It shall be at the discretion of the complainant to determine
whether the Title IX officer will meet with each party separately
or in a single meeting.
If the complainant requests a single meeting, that meeting
shall be attended by the complainant, the person to whom the
complaint is directed and the Title IX officer who will chair the
meeting.
(3) Step 3. Presidential appeal. If the complaint is not
resolved as a result of the hearing conducted by the Title IX
officer, either the complainant or the person to whom the
complaint is directed may request an appeal to the college
president in writing within ten days after receiving the written
results of Title IX official hearing. Within fifteen days after
receiving the written request, the college president or the
president's designee will conduct the presidential appeal hearing
and report the findings in writing to both the complainant and
the person to whom the complaint is directed.
(a) The college president or designee, the Title IX officer,
the complainant and the person to whom the complaint is directed
shall attend the presidential appeal hearing. The college
president or presidential designee shall preside.
(b) Either the complainant or person to whom the complaint
is directed may have witnesses present at the discretion of the
person presiding.
(c) The written findings of the presidential appeal will be
considered final. No further intra-institutional appeal exists.
If desired, inquiries or appeals beyond the institutional
level may be directed to: