SREB SARA Documents
SREB SARA Documents
State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA) are agreements among SARA member states, districts and U.S. territories that establish comparable national standards for interstate offerings of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. They are intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions in a state other than the one where they reside. SARA is overseen by a national council and administered by four regional higher education compacts, MHEC, NEBHE, SREB and WICHE. The four SARA agreements of these compacts are collectively referred to as the agreements.
S-SARA Manual
Regional Steering Committee Guidelines and Procedures Manual
Version 1 of the SREB-SARA Regional Steering Committee Guidelines and Procedures manual is now available. In addition to the NC-SARA manual, this compact-specific publication is a guide for regional steering committee members to enforce state authorization policies, as well as a resource to support state portal entities as they manage and assist SARA institutions with daily state authorization operations.
S-SARA State Meeting Planning
Request for Financial Assistance
SREB proudly serves as a resource for state portal entities managing SARA in their states. As more SPEs schedule annual statewide SARA meetings for their institutions, we want to continue to support them by providing financial assistance for these meetings. Each SPE is eligible for one-time financial assistance per calendar year to help plan its annual state SARA meeting. SREB-approved financial assistance will be reimbursed with proper documentation after the meeting takes place.
SREB SARA Steering Committee Members
The list of SREB SARA Steering Committee Members as of June 3, 2020, can be found below.
NC-SARA Membership and Renewal Applications
SARA State and Institutional Applications
NC SARA maintains updated state and institution membership applications. To ensure that the most current version is utilized when submitting an application, applications are available for download from the NC-SARA website at Apply and Renew.
NC-SARA Manual
June 1, 2019 Publication
Version 19.2 of the NC-SARA Manual is now available. This version of the manual incorporates and replaces the past edition’s FAQ’s, policies and standards. The manual can be found in its entirety on the NC-SARA website under Documents/Links.
SECRRA Dissolve Date
June 2017: SECRRA No Longer Needed with National Reciprocity Agreement
The regional reciprocity agreement associated with SREB’s Electronic Campus Regional Reciprocity Agreement (SECRRA) dissolved June 30, 2017. Courses and programs listed on the Electronic Campus that students completed by June 30, 2017, through SECRRA, benefited from the reciprocity agreement of SECRRA. Courses and programs that students began after June 30, 2017, were not covered by SECRRA-based agreements.