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State Authorization Regulation 600.9

In October 2010, as part of the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) issued a new regulation (§ 600.9 State authorization) that will have far-reaching implications for higher education institutions offering online courses to students in other states. By July 1, 2014, institutions must demonstrate good faith efforts to comply with the new regulations. This page contains documents that may be useful to your institution as you develop your response to this new requirement.

Key resources on this topic:

Table of Contents

DOE Regulation

• The proposed regulations published June 18, 2010
• The final regulations published October 29, 2010
  
  

Resources for Responding

• https://confluence.umassonline.net/display/OBS/HEA+State+Responses
• http://www.sheeo.org/
• http://wcet.wiche.edu/advance/state-authorization-network
  
  

Other Resources
WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (updated frequently)
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (updated frequently)


Webinar with the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) regarding the State legal authorization provisions of the Program Integrity final regulations. That webinar and the slides for the webinar can be accessed at http://wcet.wiche.edu/advance/state-approval.

Letters

• DOE Dear Colleague Letter GEN1111- Amended, May 6, 2011
• DOE Dear Colleague Letter GEN 11-11 Clarification of Enforcement. April 20, 2011 (Push back July 1, 2014)
• DOE Dear Colleague Letter GEN-11-05, March 17, 2011
• UPCEA Institutional Representatives, published March 8, 2011
• American Council on Education, published March 2, 2011