Non-NY State Authorization and Distance Education

No. The federal regulation requiring institutions to comply with state regulations was ‘vacated’ by a federal court order, which was upheld in 2012. The regulation was set aside on purely procedural grounds.

Federal regulations acknowledge that even without the federal regulations, states still expect you to follow their laws. Reciprocity agreements have been drafted but are far from being in order to be adopted.

If you have students that reside outside of New York State and are enrolled in a distane education program, you will likely have to go through the process for State Authroization in the states where you have students. Do not worry, you are not alone. It is a complicated process but Brianna Bates, Accreditation Coordinator, will guide you through the process and paperwork.

For now, as NYU works to comply with all State Authorization requirements, it is important that the Office of Academic Program Review be made aware of the level of activity in other states. This will help prioritize the order in which applications should take place to avoid fines and any other penalities.

Maybe.

If you have no distance education but have any marketing and/or advertising, non-classroom offerings (internship, externship, clinical, practicum, field experience, clerkship, etc.), or any proctoring activities, you may be required to apply for authorization in specific states, depending on the laws and regulations of those states.

Please refer to the catagories listing the key triggers for State Authorization to the left on this page.

Please notify our office immediately. It is important that we are aware of all activity so that we can navigate regulations to comply and protect the placement of that student.

We know that your team works hard to make placements available and that these experiences are beyond valuable to students. With your help we are working as hard as we can to keep all opportunities open.

Prior to securing authorization please understand that it may be necessary to restrict placements within specific states.

Maybe.

The following states require state authorization to proctor within their state: Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island and West Virginia.

Maybe.

Please view the map and chart listed as a resource under the detailed discription of the marketing and/or advertising catagories listed to the left.

You first need to obtain approval from the New York State Education Department to offer the program. Click here for information on how to proceed and contact the Office of Academic Program Review if you have any questions.

Yes, but this list is dependent on the distance education offering not having any of the other triggers present.

A chart will be coming soon to provide you with an easily accessible listing.

Yes, Maine.

Yes, you need to and should have a statement on your website and a system for turning the students away.

A sample statement could be" students from x, y and z states are restricted from enrollment at this time".

One of or a combination of the following could happen: fines may be assessed to New York University, the state may request that the student be pulled from their placement or de-enrolled in their program (which could incur additional financial cost, and a strained relstionship would exist moving forward toward securing authorization within that specific state.