Governance

• Selected Statutes: Collected Session Laws of the State of Washington provide the statutory basis for the authority and duties of the Board of Regents.
• Bylaws regulate the Board’s actions as a governing body.
• Standing Orders contain delegations of authority and general directives flowing from the Board’s statutory authority.
• Regent Policies contain declarations of general and specific policy for the University, such as its role and mission.
• Resolutions and Declarations of the Board contains interventions of the Board in topical issues of concern to the University.
• Open Public Meetings: State of Washington Chapter 42.30 RCW – Open Public Meetings Act.