ContractState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • August 16th, 2022
Title 6—DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION Division 10—Commissioner of Higher Education Chapter 12—Interstate ReciprocityState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • January 8th, 2021
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the standards and procedures through which schools may be approved to participate in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) and that students enrolling in SARA schools have financial and educational safeguards as provided in the rule.
Frequently Asked QuestionsState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • September 30th, 2016
The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. SARA is overseen by a National Council and administered by four regional education compacts. For more detailed information, please visit nc- sara.org.
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0010State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • January 30th, 2015
The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements:State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • June 3rd, 2014
The current process is too varied among the states to assure consistent consumer protection, too cumbersome and expensive for institutions that seek to provide education across state borders,
National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • May 12th, 2021
The State of Maryland passed legislation in 2015 approving the state’s participation in NC-SARA, thus allowing Maryland colleges to “opt in” to the national reciprocity compact. Colleges joining NC-SARA are part of a network that promotes quality in online education and screens members to ensure that state laws are followed in cases of out-of-state online students. Prior to NC-SARA, each individual college had to spend considerable resources researching the state laws of every out-of-state online student, prompting some colleges to cease enrolling those students.
R431-1. Purpose: To administer a state authorization reciprocity agreement for distance education courses and programs.State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • August 29th, 2016
State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • January 30th, 2020
The New York State Board of Regents unanimously approved regulations allowing New York higher education institutions to participate in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA). SARA is an “agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs.” The agreement is meant to ease the process for offering online courses across state lines.
ContractState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • May 5th, 2020
SARA: Working Draft of a State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement,State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • April 25th, 2012
Most states have for many years regulated the offering of postsecondary education (through various delivery methods) within their borders. They have carried out that regulation in remarkably different ways, with widely varying standards, policies,
Arizona State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • May 29th, 2022
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STATE AUTHORIZATION RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT NORTH CAROLINA MEETINGState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • July 17th, 2019
Model for State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • August 30th, 2013
This document defines a model interstate compact to serve as a guide as states seek to review and modify existing processes for conferring state authorization upon out-of state institutions of higher learning. This model, SARA: State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement, is authored by a drafting team comprised of knowledgeable and highly experienced educators and state officers for institutional authorization and regulation. With support from the Lumina Foundation for Education, The Presidents’ Forum, and the Council of State Governments, the team offers a detailed model to those who may seek to implement such a nationwide authorization pact. In an effort to be transparent and to have the benefit of as many stakeholders as possible, earlier draft versions of this model have been widely vetted, benefitting from the thoughtful comments of an Advisory Council, the accreditation communities, national higher education associations, stake holder and other policy-making bodies. We are gratefu
The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements:State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • November 22nd, 2013
The current process is too varied among the states to assure consistent consumer protection, too cumbersome and expensive for institutions that seek to provide education across state borders,
Sara State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • May 17th, 2022
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State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • April 20th, 2012
Launched in 2004, The Presidents’ Forum is a collaborative of regionally accredited, adult-serving institutions and programs offering online higher education, related national associations, and stakeholder policy bodies that cover all sectors of not-for-profit and for-profit higher learning. This collaborative provides a venue to formulate policies and action strategies that drive innovation and best practices in online learning.
Rules ofState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • March 26th, 2015
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the standards and procedures through which schools may be approved to participate in the State Autho- rization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) and that students enrolling in SARA schools have financial and educational safeguards as pro- vided in the rule.
Date: January 8, 2024 Re: State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements - Proposed Regulatory LanguageState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • January 9th, 2024
State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement,State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • July 9th, 2021
State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • July 6th, 2012
▪ Launched in 2004, The Presidents’ Forum is a collaborative of regionally accredited institutions and programs offering online higher education, related national associations, and stakeholder policy bodies that cover all sectors of not-for-profit and for-profit higher learning. This collaborative provides a venue to formulate policies and action strategies that drive innovation and best practices in online learning.
Distance Learning Education - State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • October 5th, 2016
Pursuant to Wis. Stats. Ch. 39.85, et. al, the State of Wisconsin is a member of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) through the Midwestern Higher Education Compact which regulates the manner in which participating institutions may offer distance learning education to students who reside in other states.
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0010State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • December 12th, 2014
State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement,State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • July 9th, 2019
ContractState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • May 13th, 2015
Distance Education—State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement; HB 2544State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • April 4th, 2014
HB 2544 authorizes certain postsecondary educational institutions to enter into the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement to provide distance education to out-of-state students. If a postsecondary institution is a private or out-of-state institution and does not have a physical presence in Kansas, its participation in the agreement will exempt the institution from the Kansas Private and Out-of-State Postsecondary Educational Act.
HOUSE BILL NO. [Bill Number]State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • December 4th, 2014
RELATES TO: KRS 164.020(23),164.945, 164.946, 164.947, 164.992, 165A.320-165A.450 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 164.540(3)(c)State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • August 31st, 2020
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 164.540(3) authorizes the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to enter into the State Au- thorization Reciprocity Agreement, which establishes uniform national standards for interstate of- ferings of postsecondary distance education and authorizes postsecondary educational institu- tions meeting those standards located in member states or territories to provide distance educa- tion to residents of other member states. KRS 164.540(3) also authorizes the council to serve as the lead or portal agency on behalf of the Commonwealth’s public and private postsecondary insti- tutions seeking to offer distance education in member states. This administrative regulation estab- lishes the mechanism by which Kentucky institutions may join the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement and sets forth the process by which non-resident students can file complaints against Kentucky member institutions.
COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • July 16th, 2021
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 164.540(3) authorizes the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to enter into the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement, which establishes uniform national standards for interstate offerings of postsecondary distance education and authorizes postsecondary educational institutions meeting those standards located in member states or territories to provide distance education to residents of other member states. KRS 164.540(3) also authorizes the council to serve as the lead or portal agency on behalf of the Commonwealth’s public and private postsecondary institutions seeking to offer distance education in member states. This administrative regulation establishes the mechanism by which Kentucky institutions may join the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement and sets forth the process by which non-resident students can file complaints against Kentucky member institutions.
National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementsState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • October 9th, 2013
State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) and Student Complaint Procedures for Online CoursesState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • January 26th, 2023
Massachusetts became a member of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC- SARA) in June 2018. In March 2021, NEC was approved – through the Department of Higher Education (DHE), the SARA State Portal Entity of Massachusetts – to participate in Massachusetts SARA, which would allow NEC to offer distance education in other SARA member states and territories.
State Authorization Reciprocity AgreementState Authorization Reciprocity Agreement • November 11th, 2020
The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state.
