Public Comment Period

The University of Washington Board of Regents will provide a public comment period at each regular meeting of the Board. It is not necessary to sign up to attend the meeting.

Substitute House Bill 2313 amended RCW 28.B.20.105 to provide for public comment at each meeting of the Board, effective June 7, 2012.

The public comment period is governed by Board of Regents Governance, Bylaws, Article III, Section 12:

“Public comment periods are opportunities for members of the public to comment on items on that meeting’s agenda. The Board will provide an opportunity for public comment at each regular meeting.

• • • The Chair of the Board is authorized to determine how and when such comments will be taken and may place reasonable limits on the length of such comments at the beginning of the meeting.
    • The ordinary time for each comment shall be 2 minutes unless extended at the Chair’s discretion.
    • Total public comment time shall not exceed 10 minutes unless extended at the Chair’s discretion.
    • Individuals who wish to offer public comments shall sign up through the Request to Provide Public Comment form, on the Regents’ website, available at noon on the Friday prior to the meeting and closing when no space remains or on the Tuesday evening prior to the meeting.
    • Individuals must sign up in their own name. No cession of time is permitted. No substitute commenters shall be permitted, except by prior, written permission of the Secretary.
    • Individuals should only speak when recognized by the Chair.
    • Priority will be given individuals wishing to comment on an agenda item.
    • When recognized by the Chair, individual commenters shall approach the Board table, state the commenter’s name for the record, and identify the relevant agenda item.
    • Commenters who exceed their allotted time period, who disrupt the meeting, or who otherwise fail to comply with the direction of the Chair may be asked to return to their seats and, if necessary, to leave the room, if appropriate under the circumstances.
    • Individuals who disrupt a meeting may be excluded from the remainder of the same meeting.”

Sign-ups will close when full or on the Tuesday evening prior to meetings.

Sign up to provide public comment at the meetings of the Board on Wednesday, January 8, and Thursday, January 9, 2025, using the Request to Provide Public Comment form available at noon on Friday, January 3, 2025.

Please include:

• name
• email address and/or phone number
• subject of your comments
• relationship to the University (student, faculty, staff, alumni, other)