Original Date: 9\/30\/2003 * Last Revision Effective: 4\/18\/2024
\nPolicy Contact: President<\/p>\n
Bellevue College recognizes that disputes may sometimes arise and that students, employees, and visitors who feel they have been treated unfairly have the right to be heard fairly and promptly. The purpose of this policy and associated procedures is to provide a systematic, fair, and timely way in which to express and resolve misunderstandings, complaints, or dissatisfaction. The college encourages parties involved in a complaint to resolve the conflict or matter informally, and both parties to agree on restorative practices whenever possible. If resolution cannot be reached, a formal process described in 1450P provides an impartial and equitable way to resolve those conflicts.<\/p>\n
Complaints or concerns regarding discrimination, harassment, or retaliation related to a protected class should refer to Policy 1440\/1440P. Contract violations are addressed through the appropriate grievance process. Concerns regarding student conduct are addressed through the student conduct code (WAC 132H-126). Concerns regarding sexual harassment are addressed through Policy 1445\/1445P\/1445P2.<\/p>\n
It is against college policy to penalize or retaliate against any party for their participation in resolution procedures 1450P. College employees are required to participate, provide information as requested, and otherwise fully cooperate with the processes described therein.<\/p>\n
Intentional dishonesty during the course of an investigation following this policy shall be subject to corrective or disciplinary action, in accordance with collective bargaining agreements, college policy, or student code.<\/p>\n
Confidentiality will be maintained to the degree possible during the resolution process; however, all documentation created at any point in this process could <\/em>be subject to disclosure and could<\/em> be used as evidence in an investigation and in a court of law.<\/p>\n Employees<\/strong> and campus visitors with disabilities requiring accommodations in order to participate in these processes should contact the human resources office (HRO). Students <\/strong>with disabilities requiring accommodations in order to participate in these processes should contact the disability resource center (DRC).<\/p>\n 1440 Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation<\/a><\/p>\n 1440P Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation (Procedures)<\/a><\/p>\n 1445 Title IX Sexual Harassment<\/a><\/p>\n 1445P Title IX Sexual Harassment Complaint<\/a> (procedures)<\/p>\n 1445P2 Supplemental Title IX Employee<\/a> Complaint (procedures)<\/p>\n 1450P General Complaint Resolution (Procedures)<\/p>\n 3000P Grade Dispute (Procedures)<\/a><\/p>\n Original 1\/15\/1996 Board of Trustees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Original Date: 9\/30\/2003 * Last Revision Effective: 4\/18\/2024 Policy Contact: President Policy Bellevue College recognizes that disputes may sometimes arise and that students, employees, and visitors who feel they have been treated unfairly have the right to be heard fairly and promptly. The purpose of this policy and associated procedures is to provide a systematic, ...more about 1450 General Complaint Resolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":441,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4213,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/4213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Accommodation in the resolution process<\/h3>\n
Relevant Laws and Other Resources<\/h2>\n
Revision History<\/h2>\n
\nRevisions 9\/30\/2003; 3\/22\/2005; 4\/18\/2006; 5\/21\/2009; 9\/11\/2012; 10\/10\/2014; 2\/5\/2015; 10\/17\/2018; 12\/20\/2020; 4\/18\/2024<\/p>\nApproved By<\/h2>\n