Rule 10-201-3.8 - Changes Requiring Notice or ApprovalA. Institutions shall submit to the Commission a notification or a request for approval along with documentation and a detailed description regarding how the change(s) will affect the institution's compliance with Commission standards and regulations, provisions, procedures, and policies. a. Closing an institution, a program, a method of delivery, an instructional site, a non-instructional site;b. Changing legal status, form of control, or ownership of an institution;c. Merging/consolidating two or more institutions or entities;d. Acquiring another institution or instruction site;e. Relocating an institution or instructional site of an institution;f. Re-opening a previously closed location;h. Entering into a cooperative academic arrangement or other arrangement;i. Initiating programs by distance education;j. Changing or adding method of delivery;k. Offering programs at a higher or lower degree level than authorized;n. Changing the way the institution measures student progress (clock or credit hours; semesters, trimesters, or quarters; time based or non-time based);o. Adding competency-based education programs;p. Change of recognized accreditors;q. Change in institutional accreditation status;r. Change in federal financial assistance program participation status;s. Change in designated central institutional contact, administrators.B. An institution must immediately notify the Commission if it is subject to any investigative action, complaint, show-cause or disciplinary action with an accrediting, state, or federal agency including loss of accreditation or loss of eligibility to participate in the federal financial assistance program. Reports and documents commonly included as part of the accreditation or eligibility process must be made available if requested by the Commission.C. Commission authorization is not transferable. In the event of a change in ownership of an institution, the new owner must apply for state authorization.10 Miss. Code. R. 201-3.8
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-101-241 (1972, as amended).