The US Department of Education (ED) announced last week that it will implement updates to its Electronic Application (E-App) system – the website on which institutions apply for and certify their eligibility for federal...more
The US Department of Education (ED) has issued an update to its March 5 guidance for interruptions of study related to COVID-19. The updated information is included as an attachment to the March 5 guidance, containing 10...more
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In response to the threat posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19), schools and colleges across the country and around the world have made headlines by canceling classes, shutting down campus operations and rapidly shifting to...more
On Friday, November 1, the Department of Education published its final state authorization for distance education regulations in the Federal Register, available here. The rule draws on the 2016 version of the state...more
In another important development, the Neg Reg negotiators reached consensus on revisions to the department’s long-delayed state authorization rules. While the distance learning community has been keenly aware of these...more
Last week, the California Assembly Higher Education Committee unanimously voted to advance a bill designed to exclude OPMs and service providers from tuition share arrangements. AB 1345 would broaden California’s existing...more
In a previous post on CooleyED, we explained that alternative providers often require a license from state education agencies to enroll residents of a given state. That’s true regardless of whether the program is online and...more
Education models that challenge traditional delivery methods are attracting increased scrutiny from state regulators. Every state has laws governing entities offering education within its borders, but those laws – and how...more
In our last alert on the growing interaction between ed tech and disability law, we noted that the Department of Justice ("DOJ") appears to be moving to extend the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") to...more