Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Any applicant
for admission, enrolled student, applicant for employment or employee of Grays
Harbor Community College who believes he/she has been discriminated against on
the basis of sex or on the basis of a handicap may lodge a formal institutional
grievance according to the following procedures:
(a) Step 1: Informal meeting. The complainant
may request an informal meeting with the individual believed to have committed
the discriminatory act in an attempt to informally resolve the
concern.
(b) Step 2: Official
hearing. If not satisfied by the results of the informal meeting, the
complainant may request a meeting with the college vice-president for student
services.
(i) The request for an official
hearing must be made in writing and must stipulate the specific grievance(s)
the complainant wishes to raise.
(ii) Within 30 calendar days of receiving the
written request, the vice-president for student services shall arrange a
meeting to hear the complaint. It shall be at the discretion of the complainant
to determine whether the officer will meet with the complainant and the person
to whom the complaint has been directed separately or in a single meeting. If
the complainant requests a single meeting, the meeting shall be attended by the
complainant, the person to whom the complaint is directed, and the college
officer, who will chair the meeting.
(iii) Following the hearing and within 30
calendar days of receiving the written request, the college officer will report
his/her findings in writing to both the complainant and the person to whom the
complaint has been directed.
(c) Step 3: Presidential appeal. If the
complaint is not resolved as a result of the hearing conducted by the
vice-president for student services, either the complainant or the person to
whom the complaint is directed may request an appeal to the college president.
(i) The request must be made in writing
within 10 days after receipt of the written results of the Step 2 official
hearing.
(ii) Within 15 days after
receiving the 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.
(iii) Attendance at the
presidential appeal hearing shall be limited to the college president or
designee, the vice-president for student services, the complainant, and the
person to whom the complaint is directed unless otherwise mutually agreed by
the parties. The college president or presidential designee shall
preside.
(iv) Either the
complainant or the person to whom the complaint is directed may call witnesses
at the discretion of the person presiding.
(v) The written findings of the presidential
appeal will be considered final. No further intra-institutional appeal
exists.
(2)
If desired, inquiries or appeals beyond the institutional level may be directed
to:
(a) Regional Director, Office of Civil
Rights, HEW, 1321 Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.
(b) The Equal Opportunity Commission, 705
Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.
(c) The Human Rights Commission, 402
Evergreen Plaza Building, 7th and Capitol Way, Olympia, Washington
98504.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
28B.50.140(13) and
chapter
34.05 RCW. 94-20-072,
§
132B-300-020, filed 10/3/94,
effective 11/3/94. Statutory Authority: Title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972 and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 78-12-065 (Order 78-1,
Resolution No. 17-78), §
132B-300-020, filed
12/1/78.
