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SARA North Carolina will operate on a rolling admission cycle. This means that an institution will be able to apply at any point throughout the year.

Application Process

• For public institutions, a copy of the naming statute or code (where the institution is specifically named). For constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina, a copy of N.C. Gen. Stat. 116-4 will satisfy this item. For the public community colleges in the North Carolina Community College System, a copy of 1A SBCCC 300.3 will satisfy this item.
• For private institutions, a letter of license approval from the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina (if applicable), a copy of the naming statute (where the institution is specifically named), or a copy of the institution's articles of incorporation.

• For institutions that are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), a Grant of Accreditation from the SACSCOC, any public disclosure notices (PDN), if applicable and any current communications regarding pending actions;
• For institutions accredited by a national accrediting agency, a certificate and approval letter with stipulations or requirements, if applicable.
• Institutions must be accredited (not “pre-accredited,” or in “candidacy”) by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to qualify for participation in SARA.

• Your institution's financial responsibility index score from the U.S. Department of Education, if applicable.

Institution's Complaint Information

1. Please list on the webpage itself the contact information of the institution's representative that handles student complaints.
   a. Name
   b. Campus mailing address
   c. Telephone number
   d. Email address
   e. Website address
   
2. Please list on the webpage itself links to the:
   a. Institution's Student Complaint Process
   b. Institution's Student Complaint Form (if applicable)
   

Accreditor Information

1. Please list on the webpage itself the Accreditor contact information.
   a. Name
   b. Address
   c. Telephone number
   d. Accreditor's website address
2. Please list on the webpage itself links to the:
   a. Accreditor's Student Complaint Process and Form (10-page PDF for SACSCOC)
   

SARA North Carolina State Portal Information

1. Please list on the webpage itself, the State Portal contact information.
   a. Name
   b. Address
   c. Telephone number
   d. Email address
   e. State Portal's website address
2. Please list on the webpage itself links to the:
   a. State Portal Student Complaint Process
   b. State Portal Student Complaint Form

State Agency Complaint Process

1. Please list on the webpage itself, the contact information for the appropriate State Complaint agency for your Institution's sector
   a. Name
   b. Address
   c. Telephone number
   d. Email address
   e. State agency website address
2. Please list on the webpage itself links to the:
   a. State Agency Student Complaint Process
   b. State Agency Student Complaint Form

State Authorization Liaisons per State

1. Please provide the Student Complaint Agency's contact information for each State.
   a. Name
   b. Address
   c. Telephone number
   d. Email address
   e. Website address
2. Please provide the State Authorization Liaison's contact information for each state.
   a. Name
   b. Address
   c. Telephone number
   d. Email address
   e. Website address

Professional Licensure Disclosures

1. We can no longer use the phrase "it is the student's responsibility..." or instruct students to consult other states on their own without providing more information.
   Note: Many institutions have recommended the student contact the degree program within the institution directly prior to enrolling into the course or degree program.
2. On July 1, 2020, the new federal regulations, 34 CFR 668.43(a)(5)(v) - General Disclosures, went into effect. Please ensure the institutional website includes the following information.
   
   The institution should disclose their findings, for ALL modalities, by creating a list of states where the disclosures use the following language exactly as it reads below:
   
   
   • the program curriculum meets state educational requirements for licensure or certification, and
   • the program curriculum does not meet state educational requirements for licensure or certification, and
   • the institution has not made a determination whether the program curriculum meets, or does not meet, state educational requirements for licensure or certification.
   
   For ALL modalities, disclosures must be made if the institution's degree programs are:
   
   
   • "designed" to meet educational requirements for a specific professional license or certification that is required for an occupation, or
   • "advertised" as meeting professional licensure educational requirements in a state for that occupation.
   
   Please note that disclosures are not based on whether the degree program actually leads to a professional license or certificate (i.e., a fully online RN-to-BSN program). If the program is designed or advertised to meet professional licensure criteria required for an occupation, disclosures must be made.
3. If your institution does not offer a degree program that leads to professional licensure, please state that on your website under a heading that says Professional Licensure.
4. Please add the full Contact Information (Name, Address, Phone, and Email) for the program director of each degree program that leads to professional licensure. If there are too many to list on the webpage, please create a link that will lead to such a list.
5. Please provide the contact information for the Professional Licensing Boards, per state, that correspond to the degree programs you plan to offer. As a reminder, NC-SARA has created a professional licensure directory for five fields.

Miscellaneous

• Please ensure that when a search is performed for student complaint, state authorization and/or professional licensure, the link to the webpage that lists the items listed above is within the top five (5) search results. For example, when a search for state authorization is performed, a link to the page that lists the above information should appear within the first five results returned.

NCSEAA
c/o SARA North Carolina
P.O. Box 41349
Raleigh, NC 27629
(919) 248-6667, fax