Division of Student Affairs

Executive Policy 15 Working Group
Meeting Minutes

December 04, 2018

 

Attendees: Kim Anderson, Kathy MacKay, Brandon Chapman, Candace Chappelle, Judith McDonald, Sophia Gaither, Kenitra Keeney, Luci Loera, Anne McCoy

By Phone: James Mohr

Brandon opened the meeting, welcomed everyone and introduced the proposed template for Working Group reports.  Heather will provide a copy of the template to the group.

Discussion

• Overview of previous meeting
• Recap of Chairs & Admin meeting and upcoming changes for the working groups
  • All working groups will examine charges and see what is still applicable and what may need to be modified
• Objectives – Review EP 15 language
  • Group is not re-writing, just collecting feedback and OEO will then look into the feedback and work with the AGO of adjustments are needed.
• Update from the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights – Proposed regulation under Title IX is in the comment period until the end of December
  • May impact WSU policy and/or reporting requirements
  • Certain parts of WSU policy may need to be altered based on OCR final ruling
• Comments/feedback on EP 15 from Working Group are due to Kim on December 12
• Policy and free speech training
  • Definition of free speech and types of protections for free speech
    • Potentially forming another small subgroup or group outside of the working group with a more narrow focus and specific objective
  • Training Videos
    • These would supplement the policy and provide examples
    • Outline provided by Brandon is intended to elicit feedback on content of videos, set up, and provide a different way of approaching scenarios
  • EP 15 policy revisions
    • What is the vision for policy revisions – definitions and resources included?
    • Group will focus on recommendations then on creation of supplemental documents/trainings
    • Examples should include employee examples (faculty and staff) as well, maybe with different training for students vs faculty & staff

Meetings and Membership

• Chairs and Co-Chairs to meet once a month, a doodle poll will go out
• EP 15 Working Group to meet once a month, a doodle poll will go out
• Meeting minutes will be sent to Sharae Randall
• Kathy MacKay last day will be December 19
• SharePoint – has been established access, Heather will provide the link