Records of Disciplinary Action

WAC 132S-40-400

1. Records of all disciplinary cases will be kept by the office of the CSSO. Except in proceedings wherein the student is exonerated, all documentary proceedings and all recorded testimony will be preserved insofar as possible for at least five years. No record of proceedings wherein the student is exonerated, other than the fact of exoneration, will be maintained in the student's file or other College repository after the date of the student's graduation or for one calendar year.

2. The office of the CSSO will keep accurate records of all disciplinary actions taken by, or reported, to that office. Such recordings will be placed in the student's official records. The CSSO is responsible for ordering the removal of any notations of any disciplinary action on the student's record. A student may petition the CSSO for removal of such a notation at any time.

3. The Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA) provides that an educational institution may notify a student's parent or legal guardian if the student is under the age of twenty-one and has violated a federal, state, or local law involving the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance.