As used in this chapter, the following terms and definitions shall mean:

(1) "Appointing authority" shall mean the board of trustees of Community College District No. 20.

(2) "Review committee" shall mean a committee of faculty peers and administrative staff appointed pursuant to WAC 132T-08-030.

(3) "Dismissal review committee" shall mean a committee of faculty and peers and administrative staff approved pursuant to WAC 132T-06-075.

(4) "Regular college year" shall mean a faculty appointment inclusive of consecutive fall, winter and spring quarters. The regular college year, in all instances shall be deemed to begin with the first fall quarter following the probationer's appointment regardless of the quarter in which the probationer began employment.

(5) "President" shall mean the president of Walla Walla Community College, or in such president's absence, the acting president.

(6) "Part-time" shall mean an appointment for which the appointee's presence at the college for the entire normal working day during the entire regular college year is not required.

(7) "College" shall mean Walla Walla Community College and any subsequent community college hereafter established within Community College District No. 20.

(8) "Full time" shall mean an appointment which requires the appointee's presence at the college for the entire normal working day during the entire regular college year.

(9) The definition of "tenure," "faculty appointment," "probationary faculty appointment," "probationer," and "administrative appointment" shall be the same as are contained within section 33, chapter 283, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 28B.50.851 as now law or hereafter amended.