RCW 28B.112.005 Findings. The legislature finds that the issue of campus sexual violence is a serious issue for many students as well as poses a challenge to all of our institutions of higher education. Several high profile cases in recent years garnered national attention, with more than ninety colleges and universities nationwide currently under investigation […]
RCW 28B.112.010 Disciplinary processes. All institutions of higher education shall refrain from establishing a different disciplinary process on the same campus for a matter of sexual violence, based on the status or characteristics of the student involved in that disciplinary proceeding, including characteristics such as a student’s membership on an athletic team, membership in a […]
RCW 28B.112.020 Availability of institutions’ policies, procedures, and resources. (1) Institutions of higher education shall make information available on an annual basis to all current and prospective students and employees regarding the institution’s policy and procedures, the responsible employee to receive complaints, and compliance with campus sexual violence confidentiality and reporting requirements set forth in […]
RCW 28B.112.030 Campus-affiliated advocates—Confidentiality of records. (1) Survivor communications with, and records maintained by, campus-affiliated advocates, shall be confidential. (2) Records maintained by a campus-affiliated advocate are not subject to public inspection and copying and are not subject to inspection or copying by an institution of higher education unless: (a) The survivor consents to inspection […]
RCW 28B.112.040 Sexual misconduct—Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 28B.112.050 through 28B.112.080 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Applicant” means a person applying for employment as faculty, instructor, staff, advisor, counselor, coach, athletic department staff, and any position in which the applicant will likely have direct ongoing contact […]
RCW 28B.112.050 Sexual misconduct—Report. (Expires June 1, 2024.) (1) By December 1, 2023, the public four-year institutions of higher education shall report the following to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature: (a) Summaries of any campus climate assessments conducted since June 11, 2020, that are designed to gauge the prevalence of sexual […]
RCW 28B.112.060 Sexual misconduct—Settlement agreements. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any provision of a settlement agreement executed subsequent to June 11, 2020, between a postsecondary educational institution and an employee is against public policy and void and unenforceable if the provision prohibits the employee, the institution, a survivor, or any […]
RCW 28B.112.070 Sexual misconduct—Investigations, records. (1) Unless the victim of the alleged sexual misconduct requests otherwise, when a postsecondary educational institution investigates a complaint or allegation of sexual misconduct committed by an employee against a student of the institution, the institution shall complete the investigation whether or not the employee voluntarily or involuntarily leaves employment […]
RCW 28B.112.080 Sexual misconduct—Offers of employment—Requirements. (1) Beginning October 1, 2020, prior to an official offer of employment to an applicant, a postsecondary educational institution shall request the applicant to sign a statement: (a) Declaring whether the applicant is the subject of any substantiated findings of sexual misconduct in any current or former employment or […]
