Washington Administrative Code › Title 132B - Grays Harbor College › Chapter 132B-300 - Grievance procedure - Handicapped › Section 132B-300-020 - Grievance procedure

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 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.