| 1 | | X = state currently does not regulate degree granting distance education and did not fill out the survey (12); No Response = state did not respond to the survey (7);If cell is empty = no answer was provided for that question | | | | If contact information is not provided, please see the State Authorization Guide: https://nc-sara.org/guide/state-authorization-guide | | |
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| 3 | | Is the state offering a state authorization waiver due to COVID-19 to out-of-state institutions providing remote learning? | Is the state providing some other form of exemption or exception? | If the state is offering a waiver, will the agency be extending this waiver into 2021? | If the state is extending the waiver, how long will the waiver be available? | State contact information provided: | Website - if provided: | Other information shared with NC-SARA: |
| 4 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Through May 2021 | Ron Leonard - Director of Special Initiatives - ron.leonard@ache.edu | | Under certain circumstances, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) does provide exemption for programmatic review. See our website for more information: https://ache.edu/ACHE_Reports/Forms/NRI/Prog_Review_Exemptions.pdf |
| 5 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | eed.acpe-IA@ Alaska.gov | | |
| 6 | | X | | | | | | |
| 7 | | No Response | | | | | | |
| 8 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | | | |
| 9 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Heather DeLange - Director Office of Private Postsecondary Education - heather.delange@dhe.state.co.us or; Lorna Candler - Director of the Division of Private Occupational Schools - lorna.candler@dhe.state.co.us | | Without presence in Colorado, there is no requirement for waivers for institutions, however, we are willing to work with institutions that are working to support their students during this difficult time. We always welcome the conversation. |
| 10 | | Yes | No | No | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Sean Seepersad, PhD - Division Director of Academic Affairs - sean.seepersad@ct.gov | | Our waiver expired in August 2020. |
| 11 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Nicholas A. Buono - College Success Program Administrator - nicholas.buono@doe.k12.de.us | | |
| 12 | | No | No | No | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Rhesa Rudolph - Rhesa.Rudolph@Fldoe.org | | |
| 13 | | No | Yes | Yes | Waivers granted by GNPEC are temporary and will continue to be reviewed on a case by case basis. | Dr. Laura Vieth - Deputy Director - laurav@gnpec.ga.gov | | GNPEC is continuously monitoring the situation and reviewing waivers on a case-by-case basis. |
| 14 | | No | Yes | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Bobbi Lum-Mew - Program Administrator - hpeap@dcca.hawaii.gov | | |
| 15 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Tamara Baysinger - State Authorization Program Manager - tamara.baysinger@osbe.idaho.gov | | |
| 16 | | X | | | | | | |
| 17 | | No | No | | | Ross Miller - Director of State Authorization and Reciprocity - Indiana Commission for Higher Education | | |
| 18 | | | | | | College Aid's Postsecondary Authorization Team at - stateauthorization@iowa.gov - 877-272-4456 | | |
| 19 | | No | Yes | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Crystal Puderbaugh - Director for Academic Affairs - cpuderbaugh@ksbor.org | | |
| 20 | | No | Yes | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Sarah Levy - Executive Director, Postsecondary Licensing - sarah.levy@ky.gov | | |
| 21 | | No | Yes | Yes | Through August 2021 | LeAnn Detillier - Assistant Commissioner for Program Administration - leann.detillier@laregentes.edu | | There was no need to offer waivers to out of state institutions since, according to our policy, if an institution offers exclusively distance ed. programs, they are exempt from licensure and are free to offer their programs to residents of LA. |
| 22 | | X | | | | | | |
| 23 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Bryson S. Barksdale - Online Education Analyst - Bryson.barksdale@maryland.gov | | |
| 24 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Kristen Stone - Assistant Director for Academic & Veterans Affairs - kstone@dhe.mass.edu | | |
| 25 | | No | No | No | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | | | |
| 26 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | The waiver is not a fixed timeline- it is based on the pandemic and public health/safety. | Betsy Talbot - Manager, Institutional Registration & Licensing - betsy.talbot@state.mn.us | https://www.ohe.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=2390 | |
| 27 | | No Response | | | | | | |
| 28 | | No Response | | | | | | |
| 29 | | No Response | | | | | | |
| 30 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Kathleen Fimple - Academic Programs Officer - kathleen.fimple@nebraska.gov | | Institutions without a physical presence and offering instruction entirely online, do not need authorization. Therefore there is no need for a waiver process. |
| 31 | | No | Yes | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Kelly Wuest - Commission on Postsecondary Education Administrator - kdwuest@detr.nv.gov | | |
| 32 | | X | | | | | | |
| 33 | | X | | | | | | |
| 34 | | No | Yes | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | David Mathews - General Counsel david.Mathews@state.nm.us | | We have only had two requests so we have not had occasion to develop a policy. |
| 35 | | No Response | | | | | | |
| 36 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | State Authorization Unit - stateauthorization@northcarolina.edu | | |
| 37 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Cheryl Thompson - North Dakota University System, Outreach Manager - cheryl.thompson@ndus.edu | | |
| 38 | | X | | | | | | |
| 39 | | X | | | | | | |
| 40 | | No Response | | | | | | |
| 41 | | X | | | | | | |
| 42 | | No Response | | | | | | |
| 43 | | No | Yes | Yes | To be determined. | Deanna Velletri - Specialist, Proprietary Schools and Special Academic Programs, RI State Portal Entity for NC-SARA, RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner - Deanna.Velletri@riopc.edu | https://www.riopc.edu/page/RI-SARA/ | |
| 44 | | X | | | | | | |
| 45 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | SARA Institutions: Katie Hubbart - SD-SARA Coordinator - katie.hubbart@sdbor.edu / Non-SARA Institutions - South Dakota Secretary of State - sos.edu@state.sd.us | | |
| 46 | | No | Yes | No | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Julie Woodruff - Assistant Executive Director and Lead Attorney for DPSA - julie.woodruff@tn.gov | https://www.tn.gov/thec/bureaus/student-aid-and-compliance/postsecondary-state-authorization/dpsa-links-and-forms.html | |
| 47 | | No | Yes | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Cathie A. Maeyaert - Director of Private Postsecondary Institutions, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board - cathie.maeyaert@highered.texas.gov. | | Institutions must follow their institutional accreditor's standards for remote learning, including any waivers given by the accreditor. |
| 48 | | X | | | | | | |
| 49 | | | | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Cynthia Grua/UT SARA - 801-646-4768 - cgrua@ushe.edu | | |
| 50 | | X | | | | | | |
| 51 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | | https://ppe.schev.edu/ppe-faqs | In Virginia out of state institutions doing remote learning to students located in Virginia with no physical presence do not currently need to be authorized, so a waiver is unnecessary. The law will change in 2022, however, when it will become required for non-SARA out of state schools doing remote learning in Virginia to become authorized. We do not anticipate enabling any waivers when that happens. |
| 52 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Sam Loftin - Director of Consumer Protection - saml@wsac.wa.gov | | |
| 53 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Email: osse.elcmail@dc.gov | | |
| 54 | | No | No | N/A - our agency is not offering a waiver | N/A - our state is not extending a waiver | Nikki Bryant - Director of Academic Programming - nikki.bryant@wvhepc.edu | | |
| 55 | | Yes | No | Yes | Through June 2021 | | dspsexaminationsoffice.gov | |
| 56 | | X | | | | | | |