STUDENT CIVIL RIGHTS GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE	No. 6-16	Rev.
		Date 10-25-78

OLD VERSION

POLICY:

A. Any student who feels discriminated against on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or age may lodge an informal complaint with the campus Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity will attempt to solve the problem through informal contacts made with the parties involved.

B. If the complaining party is dissatisfied with the solution thus achieved, the complaining party may file a formal written complaint with the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. Upon receipt of the formal complaint, the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity will forward a copy of the same to the appropriate vice president together with information requests listing items of information to be accumulated by the vice president and submitted to the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. After receiving the response to the information request, the office of Equal Opportunity will submit its findings and recommendation to the vice president. This finding and recommendation will be confidential. The appropriate vice president will then attempt to resolve the complaint.

C. If dissatisfied with the determination of this vice president, the complaining party may request a formal hearing to review the complaint. The hearing will be held before an equal opportunity committee, which committee will be made up of five members selected from a pool of members established at the beginning of each academic year. This pool shall consist of seven students selected by the WSUSA Executive Council, seven staff members selected by the personnel director, and seven faculty members selected by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. If the complaint involves a faculty member, the Appeals Committee shall include two faculty members selected from the pool by the chairperson of the Executive Committee, two students selected from the pool by the student body president, and one staff member selected from the pool by the personnel director--one of the faculty members shall serve as chairperson of the committee as appointed by the president or his designee. If the complaint involves a staff member, the appeals committee shall include two students selected from the pool by the student body president, one faculty member selected from the pool by the chairperson of the Executive Committee, and two staff members selected from the pool by the personnel director--one of the staff members, as appointed by the president or his designee, shall serve as chairperson of the committee. The equal opportunity director is to serve as a nonvoting executive secretary of the committee.

D. The complainant and respondent will each be given an opportunity to present their cases to the committee. After considering these presentations, the committee will render its decision in the form of a recommendation to the appropriate vice president who will render determination following counseling with the president.

E. The procedures herein outlined are in addition to any other appeals or grievance procedures which may be available to students. The procedure here outlined may only be used, however, to review allegations of discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, age, or marital status.

F. In addition to or in lieu of filing a complaint with the campus Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, the student feeling discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, or handicap status may contact: Office of Civil Rights, Health, Education, and Welfare, Denver Region, Federal Building, 19th and Stout Street, Denver, Colorado, 80194. Telephone number (303) 837-3723.