DEFINITIONS
§ 741a.1. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Calendar year—January 1—December 31.
Department—The Department of Education of this Commonwealth.
Distance education—(i) Instruction offered by any means when the student and faculty member are in separate physical locations so that face-to-face communication is absent and communication is accomplished by one or more technological media. It includes real-time or delayed interaction using voice, video, data or text, or both, including instruction provided online, by correspondence, or by interactive video.
(ii) Instruction provided by means of synchronous video from an institution in this Commonwealth to additional campus sites of the same institution in this Commonwealth is not considered distance education.
(iii) Distance education is instructor-led and is not independent study.
Portal agency—The single entity designated to serve as the interstate point of contact for SARA questions, complaints and other communications.
Postsecondary institution—An institution legally authorized to award degrees at the associate level or above.
Regional compact—A nonprofit organization with member states dedicated to advancing education in a region. The four regional compacts are the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, the New England Board of Higher Education, the Southern Regional Education Board and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
SARA—State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement—A voluntary agreement adopted by the regional compacts to establish National standards for interstate delivery of postsecondary education through distance education.
Tuition—(i) Moneys charged by the institution for instruction.
(ii) The term does not include moneys charged as fees, such as technology fees, student services fees or activities fees if those fees are noted on the invoice and in publications as fees that are separated from tuition.
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