State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)
Under NC-SARA (National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements) rules, students have the right to lodge a complaint or grievance if that student’s experience in an online program is not what they anticipate.
Brooklyn College wants to ensure that all student complaints are addressed fairly and resolved promptly. All student complaints must be filed initially with Senior Associate Provost April Bedford, Brooklyn College’s SARA Principal contact at abedford@brooklyn.cuny.edu.
If the complaint is not resolved at the college level to the student’s satisfaction, then a further appeal can be addressed to:
Supervisor of Higher Education Programs
New York State Education Department
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234
518.474.1551
IHEauthorize@nysed.gov
The following resources provide further guidance on complaint procedures and contacts.
You may also view a listing of complaint reports collected as part of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement.
State contact information is listed through the SARA website found here.
Mandatory Professional Licensure Disclosure
New York State takes pride in the high quality of its licensed and certified professionals. For the protection of its citizens, each license and certificate has requirements that individuals must meet in order to be licensed or certified in New York State. CUNY’s academic programs leading to licensure or certification are carefully designed to meet and exceed these State requirements. This is a role CUNY plays in protecting the public. Other states frequently have their own requirements, so if your goal is to practice in another state, this disclosure will help you check to see what that state requires.
Per U.S. Federal Regulations, §668.43 (2019 Rule), and in compliance with the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA) Manual version 19.2, CUNY Lehman College provides the following disclosure related to the educational requirements for professional licensure and certification.
This Disclosure is strictly limited to the CUNY Brooklyn College determination of whether its online graduate teacher preparation programs, if successfully completed, would be sufficient to meet the educational licensure or certification requirements in a state other than New York. CUNY Brooklyn College cannot provide verification of an individual’s ability to meet licensure or certification requirements unrelated to its educational programming. Such individual determinations are made by state licensing boards, and are fact-specific determinations.
This disclosure does not provide any guarantee that any particular state licensure or certification entity will approve or deny your application. Furthermore, this disclosure does not account for changes in state law or regulation that may affect your application for licensure and occur after this disclosure has been made.
Enrolled students and prospective students are strongly encouraged to contact their State’s licensure entity using the links provided to review all licensure and certification requirements imposed by their state(s) of choice.
CUNY Brooklyn College has designed curricula in online graduate teacher preparation programs that if successfully completed is sufficient to meet the licensure and certification requirements for an initial teaching certification license in the following states:
New York: http://www.nysed.gov/content/teacher-certification
After making all reasonable efforts, CUNY Brooklyn College cannot determine whether the curricula for its online graduate teacher preparation programs, if successfully completed, is sufficient to meet the licensure and certification requirements for programs in states and territories other than New York.
Furthermore, after making all reasonable efforts, CUNY Brooklyn College cannot determine whether the curricula for its online graduate teacher preparation programs, if successfully completed, is insufficient to meet the licensure and certification requirements for programs in states and territories other than New York.
After making all reasonable efforts, CUNY Brooklyn College cannot determine whether the curricula for its online graduate teacher preparation programs, if successfully completed, is sufficient to meet the licensure and certification requirements in the following states:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- American Samoa
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
