§ 210-c. Interstate reciprocity agreement for post-secondary distance\neducation programs.\n INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT FOR THE POST-SECONDARY DISTANCE\n EDUCATION PROGRAMS\n Article I\n Purpose, findings, and policy\n The states party to an interstate agreement desire by common action to\nestablish comparable standards for the offering of postsecondary\ndistance-education courses and programs and to facilitate more offerings\nof distance education courses to the students in their state.\n Article II\n Definitions\n As used in this section and any agreements and contracts made pursuant\nto it, unless the context clearly states otherwise:\n (a)"Accredited" shall mean holding institutional accreditation by name\nas a U.S.-based institution from an accreditor recognized by the U.S.\nDepartment of Education.\n (b)"Approve" or "Approval" in the context of an institutional\napplication to operate under the state authorization reciprocity\nagreement (SARA) means: a written statement by a home state that an\ninstitution meets the standards required by SARA and is eligible to\noperate under SARA.\n (c)"Complaint" means: a formal assertion in writing that the terms of\nthis agreement, or of laws, standards or regulations incorporated by\nthis agreement, are being violated by a person, institution, state,\nagency or other organization or entity operating under the terms of this\nagreement.\n (d) "Council" means: the National Council for SARA.\n (e)"C-RAC guidelines" and other uses of "C-RAC" refers to the\nInterregional Guidelines for the Evaluation of Distance Education\nPrograms (Online Learning) for best practices in postsecondary distance\neducation adopted by the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions\n(C-RAC).\n (f) "Distance education" means, for purposes of an interstate\nreciprocity agreement under this section: instruction offered by any\nmeans where the student and faculty member are in separate physical\nlocations. It includes, but is not limited to, online, interactive video\nor correspondence courses or programs. It does not include intrastate\ndistance education activity.\n (g) "Home state" means: a member state where the institution holds its\nlegal domicile. To operate under SARA an institution must have a single\nhome state.\n (h) "Institution" means: a degree-granting postsecondary entity.\n (i) "Legal domicile" of an institution for purposes of eligibility in\nan interstate agreement means the state in which the institution's\nprincipal campus holds its institutional accreditation and, if\napplicable, its federal Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier\n(OPEID) number. In the event that the OPEID number is assigned to a\ncampus that is in a different state than the principal accredited\ncampus, the SARA committees of the affected regional compacts shall\ndetermine which is the home state for purposes of SARA.\n (j) "Member state" means: any state, district or territory that has\njoined SARA.\n (k) "Physical presence" means: a measure by which a state defines the\nstatus of an educational institution's presence within the state. The\ndistance education activities of an educational institution with a\nphysical presence within the state are not covered under an interstate\nreciprocity agreement under this Act and instead must meet the\nrequirements of the state.\n (l) "Portal agency" means: the single agency designated by the state\nto serve as the interstate point of contact for questions, complaints\nand other communications related to the interstate compact and/or any\nregional compact.\n (m) "Regional compact" means one of New England Board of Higher\nEducation, Midwestern Higher Education Compact, Southern Regional\nEducation Board or Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education,\nor another SARA interstate regional compact for the mid-Atlan
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