1. STATE AUTHORIZATION REGULATION: UPDATE AND STATE EXAMPLES Jeannie Yockey-Fine, Dow Lohnes PLLC Marianne Boeke, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) WCET Annual Conference October 31, 2012

2. AGENDA Marianne Boeke (NCHEMS) Survey Results 2011 Vs. 2012 SHEEO Update Common Questions Jeannie Yockey-Fine (Dow Lohnes PLLC) State Agency Examples Stay Tuned… Discussion with Participants

3. SURVEY RESULTS – 2011 VS. 2012 How Many State Agencies: 69 - 70 state agencies How Many State Agencies Completed the Survey: 61 - 58 completed How Many State Agencies Are Missing: 8 - 12 missing Numbers above reflect the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico NOT included are the 7 US Territories

4. SURVEY RESULTS – JUNE 2012 STATEAGENCIES THAT HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO SURVEY AlabamaAlabama Secretary of State ConnecticutConnecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education Hawaii(no agency) IndianaIndiana Commission for Higher Education IndianaIndiana Department of Workforce Development KentuckyKentucky State Board for Proprietary Education New JerseyNew Jersey Secretary of Higher Education New Jersey New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Center for Occupational Employment Information New YorkNew York Office of College and University Evaluation North CarolinaNorth Carolina Community College System, Office of Proprietary Schools OklahomaOklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education South DakotaSouth Dakota Secretary of State

5. SURVEY RESULTS – JUNE 2012 State Definitions Clarified Private Institution (NV and FL) Physical Presence State Web Sites Improved Alaska Florida Utah Wisconsin Complaint Process – Up and Running State Regulators

6. SURVEY RESULTS – JUNE 2012 3 States Have Added Agencies: Alabama Connecticut Indiana 18 State Agencies Require Authorization Regardless of Physical Presence. In 2011 it was 12. Individual States Made Changes – But The Overall National Trend Is The Same

7. SURVEY RESULTS - SCOPE OF AUTHORIZATION OCTOBER 2011JUNE 2012

8. SURVEY RESULTS - EXEMPTIONS AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2011JUNE 2012

9. SURVEY RESULTS - PHYSICAL PRESENCE TRIGGERS OCTOBER 2011JUNE 2012

10. SURVEY RESULTS – JUNE 2012 Although Individual States Made Changes – Overall National Trend Is The Same… Which Means: We Did Not See The Majority of States Moving Away from Complex Regulations/Policies We Did Not See The Majority of States Pushing Through New State Legislation on State Authorization Reciprocity Is Still A Viable Option

11. SHEEO SURVEY UPDATES SHEEO Is Working On: Updating all agency surveys (twice per year) Continued analysis of survey data Monitoring the federal regulations Available On SHEEO State Authorization Website: Survey results – by state Contact list of state regulators Complaint process and links list**** Fees structure summary Analysis Of Selected Data

12. COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT AUTHORIZATION REGULATIONS 1.Is There a List of “Hard” States? Private/Public; Not for Profit/For Profit; Degree/Non-Degree WCET Paper 2.If An Institution Offers Non-Degree Courses/Programs – We Don’t Need to Worry About State Authorization, Right? 3.What About Military Students? 4.What About the U.S. Territories? 5.My Institution is Authorized… Now What?

13. STATE AGENCY EXAMPLES Maryland Massachusetts Ohio Oklahoma Texas

14. STAY TUNED… United States Department of Education (USDOE) United States Department of Defense (USDOD) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Reciprocity

15. THANK YOU! For more information, please contact us at: Jeannie Yockey-Fine (Dow Lohnes PLLC) JYockey-Fine@dowlohnes.com Marianne Boeke (NCHEMS) marianne@nchems.org SHEEO state authorization website: http://www.sheeo.org/stateauth/stateauth- home.htm