(1) The agency's student conduct procedures, chapter 148-120 WAC, and this supplemental procedure shall apply equally to all parties.
(2) The agency bears the burden of offering and presenting sufficient testimony and evidence to establish that the respondent is responsible for a Title IX 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.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW, RCW 72.42.041(2), 72.40.0191(12), 72.40.0191(17), and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. WSR 25-22-092, s 148-120-925, filed 11/4/25, effective 12/5/25.]