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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Please see the note shared from the W-SARA director concerning removal of NAU from SARA participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Wanda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Christina Sedney <csedney@wiche.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2020 9:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Wanda Barker <Wanda.Barker@sreb.org>; emilyj@mhec.org; Rachael Stachowiak <rstachowiak@nebhe.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Marianne Boeke <mboeke@nc-sara.org>; mlarson@nc-sara.org; Jeannie Yockey-Fine <jyockey-fine@nc-sara.org>; Lori Williams <lwilliams@nc-sara.org>; Hubbart, Katie <Katie.Hubbart@sdbor.edu>; Shelley Plutto <splutto@wiche.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> National American University - Status Update<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to share a quick update regarding National American University and their removal from SARA participation. Please feel free to share this information with your state portal entities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As of today, April 22, 2020 National American University (NAU) is no longer a SARA member. After a year on provisional status, the school’s federal financial composite score has decreased from a 1.1 to 1.0 and they remain on heightened
cash monitoring with the US Department of Education. Therefore, South Dakota has decided not to renew the institution’s SARA participation for the coming year.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Under the provisions of SARA Manual Section 3.8, an institution that loses eligibility to participate in SARA may no longer enroll students under SARA provisions, meaning that NAU must meet the appropriate state authorization requirements
in every state where any new students are admitted after the loss of SARA eligibility, effective April 22, 2020. For students who are currently enrolled under the provisions of SARA, NAU may continue to operate under SARA for 90 days or until each student
enrolled under SARA in the current term has completed work for that term, withdrawn, or otherwise ceased enrollment (not to exceed six months). The longer of these two criteria will be utilized, starting from the date that NAU’s SARA membership is no longer
effective. Therefore, no students can be authorized through SARA starting July 21, 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christina<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Christina Sedney</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><br>
Director of Policy Initiatives and State Authorization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">(p) 303.541.0238 | (e)
<a href="mailto:csedney@wiche.edu"><span style="color:#44546A">csedney@wiche.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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