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• • 1972
    • 1972 Supplement
  • 1978
  • 1980
  • 1982
  • 1984
  • 1994
  • 2001
  • 2011

2011 Master Plan for Public Postsecondary Education

• • • • First Annual Review of the Master Plan,  August 2012
      • Second Annual Review of the Master Plan, August 2013
      • Third Annual Review of the Master Plan, August 2014
      • Fourth Annual Review of the Master Plan, August 2015

2019 Master Plan for Higher Education

• • • • Year 1 Review, 2020
      • Year 2 Review, 2021
      • Year 3 Review, 2022
      • Year 4 Review, 2023

In 1997, the �鶹����������ý Legislature designated that funding be established for a Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITAL) within the �鶹����������ý Board of Regents to improve university-based teacher training programs in �鶹����������ý. CITAL’s mission is to improve K-12 teacher preparation and educational leadership programs in all disciplines, consistent with state and national standards, statewide education reform initiatives, and policies of the Board of Regents and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Specific efforts supported by the Board of Regents to help improve the learning of PK-12 students by placing a caring and highly competent teacher and leader in classrooms and schools in �鶹����������ý are the following:

• • Teacher Preparation Data Dashboards & Fact Book
  • Teacher Preparation Transformation 1.0 and 2.0
  • Birth to Kindergarten Pathway
  • Blue Ribbon Commission
  • BoR Advisory Council for Teacher and Leader Preparation Effectiveness
  • CTEP: Classroom Teacher Enrollment Program
  • Institutional Reports for the Preparation of Teachers
  • BoR Forms for Teacher Preparation
  • Teacher Preparation Programs in �鶹����������ý
  • Redesign of Teacher Preparation Programs in �鶹����������ý
  • Teacher Preparation Education Policy and Guidelines
  • TEACH �鶹����������ý
  • Title II Reporting for Higher Education Act
  • Value-Added Teacher Preparation Program Assessment Model
  • Other Reports and Resources

House Concurrent Resolution 39 of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session creates the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention Task Force. The legislation requires the Task Force to study the declining enrollment in teacher preparation programs and review strategies that can be utilized by the state and individual school districts in locations of teacher shortages to reverse declines.

�鶹����������ý became a member of SARA on December 1, 2014. SARA is a national initiative that seeks to establish comparable national standards for the interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. SARA is a voluntary agreement among regional compacts (SREB, NEBHE, MHEC, and WICHE) and member states. Each member state approves its in-state institutions for SARA participation. Institutional membership is voluntary and open to accredited, degree-granting institutions from all sectors of postsecondary education (proprietary, public, private). Once approved, SARA member institutions may offer distance education programs in other SARA member states without additional authorization. For more information on SARA, and for the latest listing of participating states and institutions, visit

PLEASE NOTE: As of January 11, 2021, Initial and Renewal applications have been combined into one document with a check box to select initial or renewal. The link to the updated application is under step #2 below. 

For postsecondary institutions located in �鶹����������ý: Accredited, degree-granting institutions located in �鶹����������ý seeking INITIAL SARA membership and RENEWAL SARA membership should do the following:

1. Review the following document: �鶹����������ý SARA Institutional Application Process and Student Complaint Process
2. Complete the
3. Attach the following documents to the Application for Institutional Approval to Participate in SARA:
   1. 1. 1. A copy of the institution’s student  complaint process;
         2. documentation explaining the institution’s policies and practices addressing catastrophic events; and
         3. continuity of operations
4. Enclose a check or money order in the amount of $1,500, made payable to the �鶹����������ý Board of Regents
5. Submit the above items to:

�鶹����������ý Board of Regents
P.O. Box 3677
Baton Rouge, LA. 70821-3677
Attention: LeAnn Detillier

Applications are reviewed and approved on a rolling basis. Applications will be reviewed and submitted to the Board of Regents for consideration within 60 days of receipt.

If you have questions regarding the SARA institutional application process, please contact LeAnn Detillier at LeAnn. Detillier@laregents.edu.

For SARA-approved postsecondary institutions located outside of �鶹����������ý:

SARA-approved postsecondary institutions listed on the NC-SARA website listing of approved institutions () may operate within �鶹����������ý without additional authorization unless the institution offers courses or programs that require clinical experiences in the State of �鶹����������ý and such clinical experiences place more than 10 students from each program in �鶹����������ý who are physically present simultaneously at a single facility/site.

SARA Student Complaints

(NOTE: THIS PROCESS IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO SARA STUDENTS)

If you are a student living outside of �鶹����������ý in a state currently participating in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), and you are enrolled via distance education in a �鶹����������ý college/university that is a current member of SARA, and you are unable to resolve a complaint with the college/university, or feel that not all issues were resolved with the final disposition of the college/university, you may appeal to the �鶹����������ý Board of Regents. To find out whether or not your college/university is SARA-approved and/or the state in which you reside is a SARA state, please visit the National Council for SARA website at . Below are links to the forms you will need to file your formal complaint:

�鶹����������ý SARA Student Complaint Process (read this first)

LOUISIANA SARA STUDENT COMPLAINT FORM

• • Financial Aid Data System (FADS)
  • Retention/Transfer/Exit Reports
  • Inventory of Degree and Certificate Programs
  • Statewide Completers System
  • Statewide Student Profile System
  • Student Credit Hour Production Data
  • Teacher Preparation Report (2022)
  • Teacher Preparation Data Dashboards and Fact Books (2014-2021)

• • HBCU Designation
  • Quality Postsecondary Credentials of Value