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Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENTChapter II - Regulations of the CommissionerSubchapter A - Higher and Professional EducationPart 49 - Post-Secondary Distance Education
Subpart 49-1 - Approval of New York State Degree-Granting Institutions to Operate Under a State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)
Section 49-1.1 - Definitions

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 §§ 49-1.1

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Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024
Section 49-1.1 - Definitions

For purposes of this Subpart:

(a) Accredited shall mean holding institutional accreditation from an accreditor recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
(b) Approved or Approval means the department has granted approval for an institution to operate distance education programs under the terms of the state authorization reciprocity agreement (SARA), pursuant to section 210-c of the Education Law.
(c) Complaint means a formal complaint received by the department in writing that asserts that an institution has violated the terms and policies of SARA and/or the provisions of this Subpart, are being violated by a person, institution, state, agency or other organization or entity operating under SARA.
(d) Distance education means instruction offered by any means where the student and faculty member are in separate physical locations. It includes, but is not limited to, online, interactive video or correspondence courses or programs. It does not include intrastate distance education activity.
(e) Institution means a post-secondary higher education institution that is authorized by the Regents to confer degrees in New York State.
(f) Legal domicile means the state in which the institution's principal campus holds its institutional accreditation and, if applicable, its federal Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier (OPEID) number.
(g) State authorization reciprocity agreement or SARA means an agreement among member states, districts and U.S. territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of post-secondary distance-education courses and programs.
(h) SARA policies and standards means the SARA Manual as adopted by National Council of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements, 3005 Center Green Drive, Suite 130 Boulder, Colorado 80301 - Available at the Office of Counsel, New York State Education Department, State Education Building, Room 148, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York, 12234.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 §§ 49-1.1

Adopted New York State Register September 28, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Issue 39, eff. 9/28/2016
Amended New York State Register December 30, 2020/Volume XLII, Issue 52, eff. 12/30/2020