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[Johann]

I'm pretty sure that's EXACTLY what happened. Somewhere in cyberspace. And to eLearner: State-licensed or State-authorized is NOT State-Approved. Different thingy. Most states don't have an approval mechanism. They leave that function to the usual suspects, i.e. accreditors. CA used to have a State Approval system years ago but not for a long time now...

I never said they were the same thing so I'm not sure what point you're making. I simply thought this specific school was state-approved, but at second glance I see they're only in the provisional certification process, and they're not conducting classes according to their own written information.

Sorry. Many people DO make the error of confusing State Approval with State Licensed, authorized etc. That's what I thought you were doing, when you wrote State Approved. They are DEFINITELY two different processes. California has had both a State Approved and State Authorized system, for unaccredited schools, at different times. For example, I believe the well-known, long-defunct California Pacific U. operated under both schemes at different times. 

Some readers view State Approved as a separate tier, below "accredited" and at the higher end of "unaccredited" - schools awarding degrees with at least some legitimacy - above those schools which have simply purchased a license and can legally award degrees without academic oversight (or any real standing,) as long as they follow the State's consumer protection laws, or whatever their license demands. The State Approved status has existed, e,g. California -- but it's relatively rare and IS separate from ordinary State permission, via registration or a license.

Other readers interchange the terms licensed, authorized with "State Approved" and treat them all as one. mixing the terms. They are not the same.

I apologize for thinking you might have ignored this difference. I think we might well have readers who perhaps  do NOT know this distinction and perhaps now some of them might be more aware. Again, sorry for jumping the gun.

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