SOUTH AMERICA

Country Higher Education
General Law not including DA Specific for DA
Argentina
  • Law 24,521: Law of Higher Education
  • Law 26,206/06: Law of national education
  • Decree 81/98 Distance Education.
  • Ministry Res. 1423/98 and Ministry Res. 1716/98: Minimum norms and standards to ensure orderly operation of the "Distance Education" modality.
Bolivia

General Norms for Managing Higher Education 2015

  
Brasil
  • Law No. 9,394 of 20 December 1996 – Law of Guidelines and Precepts for Brazilian Education.
  • Decree 5622/200: Regulations for Article 80 of Law No. 9,394, of 20 December 1996, establishing the guidelines and precepts for national education.
  
Chile

General Constitutional Law 18,962 on Education (LOCE)

  
Colombia
  • Law 30 of 1992..
  • Law 115 of 1994 - General Law on Education.

Decree 1295 of 20 April 2010
Ecuador

General Law on Higher Education (LOES). 2010

Regulations for Career and Academic Programs in On-line, Distance, and Semi-Distance or Media Convergence Modalities. RPC-SE-14-No.043-2015.

 
Paraguay
  • Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay (1992).
  • General Education Law of 1998.
  • Law N° 4995/13 "ON HIGHER EDUCATION" 2013.
  
Perú
  • Law N°28044 General Law on Education.
  • Law N° 30220, University Law. 2014.
  
Uruguay
  • General Law on Education Nº 18,437 10/12/2008.
  • DECREE 104/014.  Reorganization of the Private Tertiary Educational System. 2014.
  
Venezuela

General Law on Higher Education (LOE).