State Approval List for Online Programs

Recently enacted federal regulations require enforcement of state laws affecting the delivery of distance education degrees, programs and courses to students whose physical presence is in a state other than Georgia may limit Columbus State University’s ability to offer online opportunities to these students. Below is a list of states the Columbus State University has acquired permission to offer online courses to and the status of other states.

Approved:	Approved: (pending "Physical Presence") *	Not Seeking Approval:
Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut D.C. – Washington Delaware Florida Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Maine Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming	Arizona Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Washington West Virginia	Minnesota Iowa ** Massachusetts ** Washington **

* Approved pending “physical presence” means that Columbus State University is somewhat limited in providing programs or parts of programs in that state to its learners. “Physical presence” in this case is internship, externship, clinical, mentorship, or ANY other type of field experiential component. Examples of programs that have these components are M.S.N. Nursing, Online M.A.T. Secondary Education: Mathematics and Science, and M.Ed. Educational Leadership.

** For Iowa, Massachusetts, and Washington, Columbus State University is only permitted to provide programs to its learners if the program DOES NOT have an internship, externship, clinical, mentorship, or ANY other type of field experiential component. Examples of programs that have these components are M.S.N. Nursing, Online M.A.T. Secondary Education: Mathematics and Science, and M.Ed. Educational Leadership.

Please note and be advised the states are subject to change AT ANY TIME as the laws and regulations are ever changing.