19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.314 - Admission to SARA
All eligible institutions may apply to the Coordinating Board for admission to SARA under the signature of the institution's chief academic officer. Coordinating Board staff will review the application and make a determination to approve or deny the request to participate in SARA. Within the application, an institution shall make assurances that it:
(1) Agrees to abide by the C-RAC Guidelines
for the Evaluation of Distance Education.
(2) Agrees to be responsible for the actions
of any third-party providers used by the institution to engage in operations
under SARA.
(3) Agrees to notify
the board of any negative changes to its accreditation status.
(4) Agrees to provide data requested by the
board.
(5) Agrees to cooperate with
the board in the investigation of any complaints arising from the students its
serves in other states through SARA and to abide by investigating authority's
resolution of any such complaint.
(6) All complaints must follow the
institution's customary resolution procedure prior to being referred to the
Coordinating Board. Grade appeals and student conduct appeals will be resolved
at the institutional level without further appeal through SARA.
(7) Agrees to notify all students in a course
or program that customarily leads to professional licensure, or which a student
could reasonably believe leads to such licensure, whether or not the course or
program meets requirements for licensure in the state where the student
resides. If an institution does not know whether the course or program meets
licensure requirements in the student's state of residence, the institution may
meet this SARA requirement by informing the student in writing and providing
the student the contact information for the appropriate state licensing
board(s). An email dedicated solely to this purpose and sent to the student's
best known email address meets this requirement.
(8) Agrees, in cases where the institution
cannot fully deliver the instruction for which a student has contracted, to
provide a reasonable alternative for delivering the instruction or reasonable
financial compensation for the education the student did not receive.
(9) Agrees to pay an annual fee to NC-SARA.
This fee replaces any state fees that the institution would normally pay to
other SARA member states. If an institution offers distance education to
students in non-SARA participating states, it must pay required state
fees.
(10) If the Coordinating
Board's SARA Coordinator denies an institution's application for membership in
SARA, a written reason for denial will be provided. The institution may reapply
at any time, having corrected any deficiencies, or may appeal the denial within
30 calendar days to the Coordinating Board's SARA Signatory. SARA director of
SREB. If the denial is upheld by SREB, the institution may appeal to NC-SARA.
The Coordinating Board's SARA Signatory will review the appeal and render a
final decision. If the SARA Signatory upholds the denial, the institution may
appeal to the SREB to determine if the board has met the requirements of SARA,
but the SREB cannot overturn the final decision made by the Coordinating
Board's SARA Signatory.
Notes
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