Wash. Admin. Code § 132D-150-210 - Student conduct committee
(1) The student
conduct committee shall consist of five members:
(a) Two full-time students appointed by the
student government;
(b) Two faculty
members appointed by the president;
(c) One faculty member or administrator,
other than an administrator serving as a student conduct or conduct review
officer, appointed by the president at the beginning of the academic
year.
(2) The faculty
member or administrator appointed on a yearly basis shall serve as the chair of
the committee and may take action on preliminary hearing matters prior to
convening the committee.
(3)
Hearings may be heard by a quorum of three members of the committee so long as
the chair, one faculty member and one student are included on the hearing
panel. Committee action may be taken upon a majority vote of all committee
members attending the hearing.
(4)
Members of the student conduct committee shall not participate in any case in
which they are a party, complainant, or witness, in which they have direct or
personal interest, prejudice, or bias, or in which they have acted previously
in an advisory capacity. Any party may petition for disqualification of a
committee member.
(5) For cases
involving allegations of sex discrimination, including sex-based harassment,
members of the student conduct committee must receive training on serving
impartially, avoiding prejudgment of facts at issue, conflicts of interest, and
bias. The chair must also receive training on the student conduct process for
sex discrimination cases, as well as the meaning and application of the term
"relevant" in relation to questions and evidence, and the types of evidence
that are impermissible, regardless of relevance in accordance with
34 C.F.R. §§
106.45 and
106.46.
(6) The college may, in its sole discretion,
contract with an administrative law judge or other qualified person to act as
the presiding officer, authorized to exercise any or all duties of the student
conduct committee and/or committee chair.
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