Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Safety and Professional Services
SPS 400 - Educational Approval
Chapter SPS 411 - Distance Learning
Section SPS 411.01 - Principles
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง SPS 411.01
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) The department acknowledges that distance learning, especially via the Internet, presents a materially new context for the state's responsibility to protect consumers by regulating private, postsecondary schools.
(2) The department believes the following principles should guide its regulation of private, postsecondary schools offering programs primarily through distance learning:
(a) The department's regulatory
process ought to encourage schools offering programs through distance learning
to become approved since the department's consumer protection role works best
when schools are approved.
(b) The
department's regulatory process must be rigorous and standards-based so only
quality schools are approved to provide options to Wisconsin
residents.
(c) While the
department's regulatory process must be rigorous and consistent with the basic
school approval process, it should also be user-friendly to schools using
distance learning and honor other rigorous state approval processes so schools
do not have to duplicate effort and incur unreasonable costs.
(d) The department's regulatory process
should include a fee structure that pays for itself, is fair to the other
approved schools, and is not cost prohibitive to schools using distance
learning.
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