Registration and Licensing Office
Legal base
Law No. 212-2018 created the Board of Postsecondary Institutions(JIP) attached to the Department of State and transferred to said Board and theSecretary of State faculties and responsibilities previously attended by theCouncil of Education of Puerto Rico with respect to registration of privatebasic educational institutions and the licensing of post-secondary educationalinstitutions that operate in Puerto Rico.
In the Department of State, the Office of Registration and Licensing of Educational Institutions (ORLIE) is in charge of supporting the Secretary and the Board in the fulfillment of the duties and functions that the Law entrusted to them. This Office is in charge, among others, of the following functions and services:
Law No. 212-2018 created the Board of Postsecondary Institutions(JIP) attached to the Department of State and transferred to said Board and theSecretary of State faculties and responsibilities previously attended by theCouncil of Education of Puerto Rico with respect to registration of privatebasic educational institutions and the licensing of post-secondary educationalinstitutions that operate in Puerto Rico.
In the Department of State, the Office of Registration and Licensing of Educational Institutions (ORLIE) is in charge of supporting the Secretary and the Board in the fulfillment of the duties and functions that the Law entrusted to them. This Office is in charge, among others, of the following functions and services:
Functions
- Carry out and publish the Registry of Basic Education Institutions(IEB) and the Registry of Church-Schools(I-E). To view the list of IEBs in compliance, click here.
- Attend to the Licensing processes of Higher Education Institutions (IES) and Post-Secondary Technical Vocational Institutions (PTV) in charge of the Post-Secondary Institutions Board, attached to the Department of State.
- Safeguard the credit transcripts of students who have graduated from institutions that have closed operations and delivered the academic records to the Department of State.
- Manage the allocation of state scholarship program funds to students at post-secondary institutions.
- Coordinate the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements(SARA) for Puerto Rico.
- Collect and publish statistics from private basic education institutions and public and private post-secondary institutions.
Services (for citizens or educational institutions)
- Offer certification services for educational institutions of basic and higher education. To make a query, you can send us an email to: consultatrancrip@estado.pr.gov
- Address complaints about the non-compliance of educational institutions with the Registration or Licensing requirements required by law.
For general inquiries, you can write to us at:
Links of interest
PO Box 9023271
San Juan, PR 00902-3271
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PR.gov
Accesibilidad
PRITS-010824-ESTADO-ENG
Conforme a la Ley 229 de 2003
