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State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)

November 12, 2014

What is SARA? The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. SARA is overseen by a National Council, referred to as NC-SARA, and administered by four regional education compacts. States and institutions participating in SARA NC-SARA maintains a list of states and institutions nationally participating in SARA. On October 15, 2014, West Virginia was accepted as part of…

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