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News & Events (July)

Annual SANsational Award Nomination Time! Nominations open June 16 through July 18, 2025. Recognizing Outstanding efforts by SAN member institutions and organizations. Please consider nominating your processes and strategies in the following 3 categories:

Licensure Programs - Notifications and disclosures for professional licensure program status in each state.
Location - Identifying student location and reporting such information
Compliance Innovations - Institution policy, tools, compliance teams or other inventive or novel compliance management process.

Training Opportunities!

SANBox Learning Center - courses and workshops
- SAN - State Authorization Foundations Course (8-week Online Fundamentals Course) Registration is OPEN!
  - Register Now!
  - When: Cohort #2 - August 19, 2025- October 13, 2025
  - Where: Virtual, Asynchronous, Weekly Assignments
  - Member and Non-Member Rates!
  - Details and Registration Information

Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education 2025-2026 (U.S. Department of Education 2025-2026 rulemaking webpage)

Student Loans and Affordability Committee - Meeting June 30, 2025- July 2, 2025
Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Concludes Negotiated Rulemaking Session to Restore Public Service Loan Forgiveness; July 2, 2025

WCET Annual Meeting + SAN Coordinator Meeting (in person): Registration is Open!

Dates: October 20 SAN Coordinator Meeting; October 21-23 WCET Annual Meeting; October 23-24 ASWE Rise
Location: Denver, Colorado
Several SAN members will be presenting!

Open Forum - 2nd Tuesday of each month. July 8, 2025! Time: 10AM Alaska, 11AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1PM Central, 2PM Eastern; New Registration Process! Register Each Month: July Registration Link! July Topic: How an Institution Prepares for Web Accessibility Compliance; July Expert: Bryanne Ostoyich, Aims Community College. Open Forum is not typically recorded.

Quick Links

Access to Key Areas of the SAN website:

Are you new or relatively new to the issue of out-of-state activity compliance? Start Here with State Authorization 101 which leads to How it Works and Why Comply. Topical one/two pagers and charts are found on Getting Started page.
Topic Areas: Nine key subject areas can be accessed through the 9 tiles on this website homepage as you scroll down this page or from the Resources tab drop down at the top of the webpage.
Website login information is provided to SAN members by the SAN Coordinators for your SAN Membership. Login is required for member only resources noted as requiring SAN Member login.
SAN Coordinators (managers of SAN memberships) SAN Membership Coordinator Welcome Information

Communication Platform for SAN member email updates and SAN discussions - use MIX. Important links to use MIX: