Section 106-125-230 - Rights of parties(1) The university's student conduct council hearing procedures, WAC 106-125-075, 106-125-080, and 106-125-085, and this supplemental procedure shall apply equally to all parties.(2) The university 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.(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 Title IX coordinator will appoint an advisor of the university's choosing on the party's behalf at no expense to the party.Wash. Admin. Code § 106-125-230
Adopted by WSR 22-06-018, Filed 2/22/2022, effective 3/25/2022