On October 29th, 2010, the U.S. Department of Education released a regulation '600.9(c) State Authorization' requiring institutions that offer distance education in a state where it is not physically located meet individual state requirements for offering distance or correspondence education within that state.
The laws and regulations apply only to the distance-delivered courses for students who reside outside the state of Arizona.
In complying with the law of any state where we offer Internet courses, Mesa Community College is approved in the state/s listed in the table below. The table will be updated as states are approved.
| State |
Approval Date |
| California |
10/11/2011 |
| Colorado |
10/24/2011 |
| Delaware |
12/12/2011 |
| Hawaii |
10/18/2011 |
| Idaho |
12/8/2011 |
| Louisiana |
11/15/2011 |
| North Carolina |
12/9/2011 |
| Nebraska |
11/21/2011 |
| New Hampshire |
11/15/2011 |
| New Jersey |
12/8/2011 |
| Rhode Island |
11/14/2011 |
| South Dakota |
11/10/2011 |
| Tennessee |
12/13/2011 |
| Texas |
12/8/2011 |
| Virginia |
11/10/2011 |
| Vermont |
11/9/2011 |
| Washington |
11/17/2011 |