SDCL 13-49-27.1 Nonaccredited Institutions Prohibited From Offering Postsecondary Education Credit Or Degree-Misdemeanor and Civil Penalty-Exception

• Library: South Dakota Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: SDCL 13-49-27.1

No person or governmental entity may offer postsecondary education credit or degree in South Dakota, or while organized under the laws of South Dakota, unless currently holding accreditation from an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1099b as amended to January 1, 2009, as a regional or national institutional accrediting agency, or participating in any federal financial assistance program authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended to January 1, 2009, or unless the person or governmental entity is, for a period of no more than five years, actively seeking accreditation from a recognized accrediting agency while operating in South Dakota under an affiliation agreement with an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education as a regional or national institutional accrediting agency or an institution that participates in...