There shall be a single faculty appeal board which will serve all University of Washington campuses. The faculty appeal board shall be composed of seven members of the faculty to be appointed by the chair of the faculty senate after consultation with the faculty council on student affairs, to include one faculty member from each of the University of Washington Bothell and Tacoma campuses. The chair of the faculty senate shall appoint one of the members to be the chair of the faculty appeal board. The faculty appeal board shall conduct either administrative reviews or formal hearings and the procedures to be used shall depend on the nature of the appeal before the board. Cases may be heard by the entire board or by panels of no fewer than three board members.
| (1) | The faculty appeal board may conduct
an administrative review when exceptional circumstances do not exist or the
student has not requested a formal hearing in writing. |
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| (2) | The procedures for conducting such
administrative review are set forth in WAC 478-120-105. The
chair shall maintain a record of all administrative reviews conducted by the
faculty appeal board. At a minimum, such a record shall include all documents
that were considered by the board and may include a tape recording of all
testimony and all other documents related to the review. |
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| (3) | The faculty appeal board shall
conduct a formal hearing when: |
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| (a) | The student requests a formal hearing
before the faculty appeal board in writing setting forth the exceptional
circumstances that exist (see below); and |
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| (b) | The chair reviews the student's written
request and determines that exceptional circumstances do exist. Additionally, the
faculty appeal board may conduct a formal hearing in other circumstances as the
board deems appropriate. If the faculty appeal board does not conduct a formal
hearing, it shall conduct an administrative review of the prior decision. |
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| (i) | Exceptional circumstances exist
when: |
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| (A) | The sanction of dismissal has been
recommended; or |
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| (B) | The student has been charged with hazing;
or |
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| (C) | The sanction of restitution (in excess of three
hundred dollars) has been recommended; or |
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| (D) | Suspension has been recommended. |
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| (ii) | If the faculty appeal board decides
not to grant a student's written request for a formal hearing, the chair shall
provide the student with a written copy of the board's decision and a brief
statement of the reasons for denying the petition within ninety days as
specified in WAC 478-120-115(2). |
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| (4) | If a matter is referred directly to
the faculty appeal board and there is no initial order, then the faculty appeal
board shall determine whether exceptional circumstances exist or could exist. If
exceptional circumstances exist or could exist, then the board shall notify the
student in writing that he or she has twenty-one days from the date of the notice
or twenty-five days from the date of mailing the notice to request a formal
hearing. If the student fails to make such a request, any right to a formal
hearing is waived. |
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| (5) | Formal hearings conducted by the
faculty appeal board shall be according to the procedural guidelines set
forth in WAC 478-120-115 and
chapter 34.05 RCW. |
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| (a) | At the conclusion of
the formal hearing, the faculty appeal board shall enter an initial order based on
the findings of that hearing. That initial order shall include a written statement
of the board's decision and the basis for that decision, including procedures for
appealing the decision to the president or president's delegate. The initial order
shall be provided to the student within ninety days of the conclusion of the hearing.
In a case involving an alleged sexual offense, both the accuser and the accused shall
be informed of the board's decision. In a case where the student is a minor, the
board's decision may be reported to the student's parents or legal guardian at the
discretion of the initiating officer. |
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| (b) | An initial order from a formal hearing
may be appealed to the president of the university or the president's delegate for
a final administrative review. |
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| (c) | If the student chooses not to appeal,
the initial order of the faculty appeal board shall become the final order,
except that orders of dismissal entered by the faculty appeal board shall be
reviewed by the president or the president's delegate. |
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| (6) | The record in cases in which the faculty
appeal board conducts a formal hearing shall be as specified
in WAC 478-120-115(15). |
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| (7) | Board members may be disqualified from
a particular formal hearing for bias, prejudice, conflict of interest, or
any other reason which may prevent them from serving as impartial judges of the
matter before the board. |
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| (a) | A committee member may excuse himself
or herself for any of the causes set forth in this section by submitting a
written statement to the board chair stating facts and reasons for the
disqualification. |
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| (b) | A student before the faculty appeal board
may challenge the impartiality of a board member by written petition. The chair
shall determine whether to grant the petition and excuse the board member, stating
the facts and reasons for the determination in writing. |
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| (c) | Faculty who have been
delegated the authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings are disqualified from
serving as members of the faculty appeal board. |
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| (8) | At the discretion of the chair, board members may be excused from a particular hearing on the basis of compelling personal need after submitting a written request to the chair explaining the basis of the request. | |||
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.20.130 and 28B.10.900 through 28B.10.903. 07-23-068, § 478-120-100, filed 11/19/07, effective 12/20/07; 96-10-051, § 478-120-100, filed 4/29/96, effective 5/30/96; Order 72-9, § 478-120-100, filed 11/30/72.]