WAC 132X-60-140   Summary suspension procedures.  (1) Initiation of summary suspension procedures. The vice-president for student services, or designee, may suspend any student of the college for not more than ten academic calendar days pending investigation, action or prosecution on charges of alleged violation or violations of college policy, if the vice-president for student services has reason to believe the student's physical or emotional safety and well-being, or the safety and well-being of other college community members, or the safety and well-being of the college property requires such suspension.

     (2) Permission to enter or remain on campus. During the period of summary suspension, the suspended student shall not enter the campus of the college or any facility under the operation of the college other than to meet with the vice-president for student services or to attend the hearing. However, the vice-president for student services may grant the student special permission to enter a campus for the express purpose of meeting with faculty, staff, or students in preparation for the hearing.

     (3) Notice of summary suspension proceedings.

     (a) If the vice-president for student services or designee finds it necessary to exercise the authority to summarily suspend a student, he/she shall give the student notice, orally or in writing, stating: The time, date, place, and nature of the alleged misconduct; the evidence in support of the charge(s); the corrective action or punishment which may be imposed against the student; that anything the student says to the vice-president may be used against the student; and that the student may either accept the disciplinary action or, within forty-eight hours or two work days following receipt of this notification, file at the office of the vice-president for student services, a written request for a hearing by the student judicial board. If the request is not filed within the prescribed time, it will be deemed as waived.

     (b) Appeal and hearing. If oral notice is given, it shall be followed by written notice within forty-eight hours or two working days. The hearing shall be accomplished according to the procedures set forth in WAC 132X-60-100. Failure by the student to appear at the hearing with the student judicial board shall result in the vice-president for student services or designee suspending the student from the college.

     (c) Nothing herein shall prevent faculty members from taking reasonable summary action as may be reasonably necessary to maintain order when they have reason to believe that such action is necessary for the physical safety and well-being of the student, or the safety and protection of other students or of college property or where the student's conduct materially and substantially disrupts the educational process.

     Such summary action in the form of removal from the classroom shall be effective for a period not to exceed two scheduled classroom days. Any summary action may be appealed to the vice-president for student services for an informal hearing.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140(13). 00-05-023, § 132X-60-140, filed 2/8/00, effective 3/10/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140. 88-21-071 (Order 88-1), § 132X-60-140, filed 10/18/88.]