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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Good morning!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">This is a quick reminder of the August 24th Deadline for the comment period for the
<a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-07-25/pdf/2016-17068.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Proposed Federal Regulations about State Authorization of Distance Education</span></a>. We encourage you to submit a comment! Volume matters! You may review
Russ' blog post, </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="https://wcetfrontiers.org/2016/08/02/comment-on-state-auth-reg/"><span style="color:blue">Call to Action: Comment on State Authorization
for Distance Education Regulation</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">for analysis and suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">How to Comment<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Join the fun. Reply! VOLUME COUNTS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Who Should Reply?</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Institutions, programs, or individuals may reply. If you serve students via distance education in other states, you should consider replying. For an institutional or programmatic reply,
you need to navigate the proper government relations channels at your institution. This may be difficult given the August 24 deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">If you reply as an individual, you can’t use your institution or organization letterhead. You can supply your name, title, and employer. It might be good to reiterate that you are not responding
in your official capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">How Do I Reply?</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Directions on how to reply appear in the “Addresses” section of the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/01/2016-07354/teacher-preparation-issues"><span style="color:blue">Supplemental
NPRM</span></a>. You may: “Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after the comment period. To ensure
that we do not receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments. If you are submitting comments electronically, we strongly encourage you to submit any comments or attachments
in Microsoft Word format.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">If you plan to use the Portal, give yourself some time to figure it out or get help from the person who usually submits comments for your institution. Read the specific instructions
<a href="http://www2.ed.gov/documents/press-releases/07222016-state-authorization-nprm.pdf">
<span style="color:blue">on pages 2 and 3</span></a> of the proposed regulation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">What Should I Say?</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Personalize it as form letters get less attention. Briefly tell your story. Who are you? What impact would these regulations have on students? What impact would these regulations have on
your program? Focus on what would have the greatest impact on you and your students. Say why the proposed would regulations would help or hurt you, your institution, and (especially) your students. Discard the rest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Be respectful. We can be better than the presidential nominees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Make positive or helpful suggestions. Personally, I hate the responses which object to everything without supplying, at least some, helpful alternatives. This helps to address the sense
that we are merely objecting to any type of oversight or anything that inconveniences us. I’m for regulations that serve a purpose and for which the cure is not worse than the disease.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Ask questions about clarifications that are needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white">Kia<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0E3A13;background:white">Office of Instructional Innovation </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0E3A13"><br>
<span style="background:white">Kia D. Stone, Coordinator of Compliance & Quality Assurance</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0E3A13;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0E3A13"><br>
<span style="background:white">115 Haning Hall | Ohio University | Athens OH 45701-2979
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</span><a href="mailto:stonek1@ohio.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0563C1;background:white">stonek1@ohio.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0E3A13;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#262626;background:white"><a href="https://www.ohio.edu/instructional-innovation/state-authorization/index.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.ohio.edu/instructional-innovation/state-authorization/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">**If you would like to be included on updates concerning State Authorizations, please add your email to the following link
<a href="http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/state_authorization_update"><span style="color:blue">http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/state_authorization_update</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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