USG to Apply as a
System
No action required
Nebraska - If you state that
none of your 35 institutions
has a physical presence, we
can provide a single letter
covering the University
System of Georgia.
California – No action
required if no physical
presence
Vermont – BOR will send
letter regarding state
presence for all institutions.
Louisiana – No licensure
required unless the
institution has a physical
presence and/or offers
degree credit
clinical/practicum
experiences in the state.
Maryland – No action
necessary unless the
institution has a physical
presence and/or offers
degree credit
clinical/practicum
experiences in the state.
No Requirements
other than
Registration with
State
Alaska – apply for
exemption if no physical
presence in state (form is on
USG website)
Arizona – nothing required
as long as no physical
presence
Approval Required by
Designated Process
Alabama – lengthy process
requiring significant
documentation from each
institution
Arkansas - Certification of all outof-state and/or non-public
institutions offering degree
programs required.
Kansas – Must complete
application for approval
Colorado - Under the Degree Kentucky – Must submit a letter
Authorization Act (DAA),
for consideration to determine
without physical presence
whether licensure is required.
an institution would not
need to seek authorization.
However, the institution
must provide some sort of
notification to the
department of higher
education about any activity
occurring in the state.
Michigan - Approval or
licensure by the State of
Michigan is not required to
provide online instruction
to Michigan residents unless
the school has a physical
presence in the state.
Physical presence does not
include conducting courses
such as internships,
clinicals, practicum’s, etc.
(*Exception: Approval is
required if an institution
employs faculty working
from the state and the
institution wishes to
incorporate or file a
certificate of authority to
operate in Michigan.)
Connecticut – Must
demonstrate compliance
with all applicable
procedures and standards
as indicated in their letter
(link on USG website)
Massachusetts – Must apply for
licensure at this time
Mississippi – No action
required if no physical
presence
Delaware – If not
incorporated in Delaware
and if no physical presence,
nothing required but
notification to state
Minnesota – Must complete
application packet to register as
degree-granting institution
New Mexico – Pending
legislation, “public out-ofstate institutions are given a
one year waiver from
meeting [the] New Mexico
statutory requirement until
June 30, 2012.”
New York - No action
required if no physical
presence
Illinois – Must apply for an
exemption under the
distance education - no
physical presence
exemption (link to form on
USG site)
Montana – Must be accredited by
agency recognized by Montana
BOR and meet the registration
requirements of the Montana
Secretary of State’s Office (link on
USG site)
Maine – Must complete
survey to determine status
(link to survey on USG site)
Pennsylvania – Form required to
be considered (available on
website)
North Carolina - No action
necessary unless the
institution has a physical
presence and/or offers
practicums, clinical
experiences, and student
teaching..
Missouri – Must submit a
letter affirming compliance
with both regional
accrediting standards and
the MDHE Principles of
Good Practice for Distance
Learning and Web-Based
Courses (address on USG
site)
Texas – Institutions must “send a
formal inquiry detailing their
accreditation status, applicable
degree programs, and a statement
indicating whether or not the
programs are completely online,
contain some in-state
instruction/practicum/internship,
and whether or not the institution
has a physical presence or agent
located or planned for Texas.”
(contact info. on website)
South Carolina – No action
necessary if no physical
presence or solicitation instate.
Nevada – Complete form
(available on USG site)
certifying no physical
presence as defined by
Nevada
Utah – accredited schools must
file for exemption (new legislation
pending)
South Dakota – No action
necessary as long as
accredited by a regional or
national accreditation
agency, in candidacy for
accreditation, or part of a
financial aid articulation
agreement.
Tennessee – No action
necessary if no physical
presence (as defined in
letter on website).
North Dakota – Institutions
may be exempt if no
physical presence. To claim
exemption an institution
must “provide to the board,
in writing, sufficient
information supporting the
exemption.”
Oklahoma – letter defining
level of presence in state
required (see website for
required information and
contact info for Vice
Chancellor)
Washington – Must fax
questionnaire to determine next
steps (questionnaire and fax
number on website)
West Virginia – Must complete
questionnaire. (Document with
questionnaire and mailing
address on website).
Virginia – No action
required if no physical
presence.
However – be cognizant of
some unique language in
their letter:
“ If an out-of-state
institution does not plan to
operate a facility in Virginia
and/or the mechanism by
which instruction is
initiated (server) is not
located within Virginia, the
school does not meet
Virginia’s criterion of
physical presence. Any
school not meeting this
criterion is ineligible for
certification to operate in
Virginia.
This ineligibility would not
prevent or prohibit an outof-state institution from
offering postsecondary
instruction via distance
learning to residents of the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
Those students, however,
would not benefit from
protections available to
Wyoming – Must register and
confirm accreditation (forms on
website.
students attending
institutions that are
certified by SCHEV.”
Wisconsin – USG
institutions are exempt
unless offering programs in
a regulated profession (e.g.
nursing, teacher training)