State Authorization
As a participant in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), Texas Wesleyan University may admit online students who live in states that are members of SARA. This is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance-education courses and programs. SARA is overseen by a national council and administered by four regional education compacts.
SARA Complaint Resolution Processes
Effective July 1, 2026
Complaints against an institution operating under SARA must first go through the institution’s own procedures for the resolution of grievances.
If the complainant is not satisfied with the outcome of the institution’s complaint process, the resolution of the complaint (except for complaints about grades or student conduct violations) may be appealed, within two years of the incident about which the complaint is made, to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or to the SARA State Portal Entity of the state in which the student is located. Contact information is provided below. The SARA State Portal Entity that receives the appeal shall notify the SARA State Portal Entity of the institution’s home state and provide to the student the contact information of the SARA State Portal Entity of the institution’s home state. The resolution of the complaint appeal by the institution’s home state SARA State Portal Entity, through its SARA complaint resolution process, will be final.
Information about the SARA Student Complaint Process is available on the nc-sara.org website.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Office of General Counsel
P.O. Box 12788
Austin, Texas 78711-2788
Student Complaints - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Contact information is provided here for all NC-SARA member states/territories: https://www.nc-sara.org/state-portal-entity-contacts
California does not participate in NC-SARA. If you are an online student residing in California, please see the information for the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education https://www.bppe.ca.gov/students/
The territory of Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Marianas do not participate in NC-SARA. Students residing in Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas interested in an online program should contact the program to discuss admission and the University’s financial aid office for information about Title IV funding eligibility.