(1) The college's student conduct procedures, WAC 132A-127-065, shall apply equally to all parties.
(2) The college bears the burden of offering and presenting sufficient testimony and evidence to establish that the respondent is responsible for a sexual misconduct violation by a preponderance of the evidence.
(3) The respondent will be presumed not responsible until such time as the disciplinary process has been finally resolved.
(4) During the hearing, each party shall be represented by an advisor. The parties are entitled to an advisor of their own choosing, and the advisor may be an attorney. If a party does not choose an advisor, then the college will appoint an advisor of the college's choosing on the party's behalf at no expense to the party.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140(13). WSR 25-24-012, s 132A-127-105, filed 11/20/25, effective 12/21/25.]