WAC 172-64-130   Student violations of the university alcohol policy.  (1) Student violations of the university alcohol policy will be considered violations of the student conduct code.

     (2) A broad range of consequences can be considered. For individual students, consequences can include:

     (a) Mandatory attendance at a prevention education program;

     (b) Loss of privileges, restitution, community service, and/or fines;

     (c) Eviction from university owned or controlled housing;

     (d) Suspension and/or dismissal from the university, or;

     (e) Some combination of the above.

     (3) For student groups, possible consequences can include:

     (a) Suspension of privileges;

     (b) Probation;

     (c) Fines;

     (d) Removal of officers from office;

     (e) Elimination of student fee support from the university; and

     (f) Suspension, or forced disbandment.

     (4) The revised (October 1998) Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act allows for institutions of higher education to disclose, to a parent or legal guardian of a student, information regarding any violation of any federal, state, or local law, or of any rule or policy of the institution, governing the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance, regardless of whether the information is contained in the student's education records, if (a) the student is under the age of twenty-one; and (b) the institution determines that the student has committed a disciplinary violation with respect to such use or possession.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120(12). 03-18-070, § 172-64-130, filed 8/29/03, effective 9/29/03.]