The implementation of a new framework to achieve interstate reciprocity in the regulation of postsecondary distance education is the focus of a meeting this month (April 16-17) in Indianapolis, convened by the Presidents’ Forum and Council of State Governments (CSG), with the assistance of Lumina Foundation. WICHE and several organizations, including the three other regional higher education compacts, as well as the Commission on the Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education, the Presidents’ Forum, and the Council of State Governments (CSG), have been involved in crafting the new framework, the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA). The commission’s final report, which will be disseminated broadly and available at the national symposium, integrates the contributions of these efforts into a single document. WICHE, the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, the New England Board of Higher Education, and the Southern Regional Education Board will implement the agreement collaboratively, working with a national SARA coordinating board (to be established by July) to assure reciprocity between all interested states and to provide reasonable oversight. The regional compacts will hold regional briefings on SARA as the implementation process gets underway. 

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