1) Institutions
offering degree programs at the University Center of Lake County and the
Quad-Cities Graduate Center shall not be required to apply for Board approval
when offering degree programs authorized for their home campus. For these
institutions, center approval is required and the center shall be treated as
part of the institution's home campus, provided the center has notified the
Board of its approval of the new degree program.
2) Institutions with Limited Physical
Presence in Illinois
Any public or private person, group of persons, partnership or
corporation that is located outside of the State of Illinois that is or
contemplates offering instruction in Illinois above the high school level is
not required under either the 1945 Act or the 1961 Act to obtain a Certificate
of Approval or operating or degree authorization if the institution has a
limited physical presence in the State. No such institution shall be considered
to have limited physical presence for any geographic location and program in
Illinois unless it has received a written finding from the Board that it has
such a limited physical presence. In determining whether an institution has a
limited physical presence, the Board shall require the following:
A) Evidence of authorization to operate in at
least one other state; and
B)
Evidence of accreditation by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education and/or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; and
C) Evidence that the institution does not
offer degrees or credit bearing coursework from a physical location owned,
operated or rented by the institution in Illinois, or does not provide
instruction for students at a physical location owned, operated or rented by
the institution in Illinois; and
D)
Evidence that the institution does not maintain a physical facility in Illinois
or does not physically provide out of an institutionally owned, operated or
rented facility core academic support services in Illinois, including but not
limited to admissions, evaluation, assessment, registration, financial aid,
academic scheduling, and faculty hiring and support in the State of
Illinois.
3)
Institutions participating in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement
(SARA) that are determined by the Board to have limited physical presence do
not need to apply for exemption.
4)
Approved institutions under the jurisdiction of the 1945 or 1961 Acts offering
degree programs through mediated instruction do not require additional Board
approval.
5) Additional Board
approval is not required for Board approved institutions offering programs:
A) On federal military bases exclusively to
base personnel and their family members;
B) At clinical or practice sites that are
utilized as a part of Board approved degree programs;
C) Offering dual credit courses to high
school students in high schools; or
D) Offering courses inside public
correctional facilities.