The Title IX resolution processes are initiated when the Title IX coordinator's office receives a written complaint alleging that a respondent(s) sexually harassed a complainant and requesting that the college initiate an investigation (a formal complaint). A formal complaint must be either submitted by the complainant or signed by the Title IX coordinator on behalf of the complainant. Formal complaints submitted to the Title IX coordinator may be resolved through either informal or formal resolution processes. The college will not proceed with either resolution process without a formal complaint.
For purposes of this Title IX grievance procedure, the complainant must be participating in or attempting to participate in a Bates Technical College educational program or activity at the time the formal complaint is filed.
If an informal resolution is appropriate, the impacted party and the responding party may explore remedies or resolution through:
If the parties agree to an informal resolution process, the college will commence the process within ten workdays after the parties agree to this option and conclude within thirty workdays of beginning that process; subject to reasonable delays and extensions for good cause shown. The informal process is voluntary. Either the impacted or responding party may withdraw from the informal resolution process at any time, at which point the formal investigation process will resume.
If the impacted and responding party voluntarily resolve a report, the college will record the terms of the resolution in a written agreement signed by both parties and provide written notice to both parties that the report has been closed.
Wash. Admin. Code § 495A-300-060