Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 1033 - HIGHER EDUCATION DISTANCE LEARNING AND INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY
Section 1033.50 - Provisional Admission or Renewal
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
a) The Board staff will approve an institution applying for initial or renewal participation in SARA to participate on provisional status in any of the following circumstances:
b) The Board staff shall notify the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (Regional Compact) and NC-SARA of the admission or renewal of an institution on provisional status.
c) An institution admitted to or renewed for SARA participation on provisional status is subject to additional oversight measures as the Board staff considers necessary for purposes of ensuring SARA requirements are met regarding program quality, financial stability and consumer protection, including limits on its distance learning enrollments if deemed necessary and appropriate by the home state. If the institution's home state is Illinois, BHE shall report to its regional SARA steering committee and NC-SARA at least once a year on the status of any institutions admitted or renewed on provisional status.
d) An institution admitted to or renewed for SARA participation on provisional status shall remain in that status for a period not to exceed one year if the following are true:
e) In no event shall such an extension of provisional status exceed one additional year.
f) In the event that the Board staff determines that an institution on SARA provisional status is no longer subject to any of the circumstances set forth in subsection (a), the Board staff shall remove the institution's designation of provisional status and shall notify the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (regional compact) and NC-SARA.
g) If an institution on SARA provisional status is found by the Board staff to not meet the requirements of SARA, the Board staff shall disallow any further enrollments under SARA, shall notify the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (its regional compact) and NC-SARA, and:
h) If an institution on SARA provisional status is found by the Board staff not to meet the requirements of SARA, the Board staff shall allow any students enrolled in the institution under the SARA Policy Manual at the time of the finding of noncompliance a period of six months in which to conclude their work at the institution under SARA provisions, irrespective of the institution's SARA status.
i) Provisional status between renewal periods. The Board staff may place an institution on provisional status at any time if the institution is subject to any conditions set forth in subsection (a), or if the institution's Federal Financial Composite Score falls between 1.0 and 1.5. An institution placed on provisional status by the Board staff shall remain in that status until its next renewal date, at which time the Board staff will determine if the institution will be removed from SARA participation, renewed for provisional SARA participation for no longer than one year, unless conditions of subsection (d), are met, or renewed without a provisional designation.
j) SARA eligibility following change of ownership. A change of ownership will be determined by the Board staff in accordance with 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1030 and 1095, and if there is a change of ownership, a new application for authorization must be submitted by the new ownership and approved by the Board.