---
title: "Substantive Change Templates"
canonical: "https://resources.acenursing.org/space/SC1/1995603980/Substantive%20Change%20Templates"
format: markdown
---
| **Substantive Change Type** | **Template** |
| --- | --- |
| **Change in Nurse Administrator ** |  |
| **Program Outcomes (Licensure Pass Rates, Completion Rates, Job Placement)** |  |
| **Change in Regulatory or Institutional Accreditor Status** |  |
| **Relocation of Nursing Program or Off-Campus Instructional Site** |  |
| **New Program Type (Example: Adding an Associate Program to an Existing Practical Nursing Program)** |  |
| **New Program Option (Example: Adding a Nurse Educator Program Option to an existing accredited program)** |  |
| **New Off-Campus Instructional Site** |  |
| **Mission and Governance **<br>- **Change in ownership **(nursing program or governing organization)
- **Merger/Consolidation **(nursing program)
- **Change in form of control **(governing organization)**            **
- **Change in legal status **(governing organization)**      **
- **Acquisition of a Nursing Program **(nursing program)**          **
- **Change (significant) in nursing program organizational structure** |  |
| **Inactivation or Reactivation of a Nursing Program or Program Option** |  |
| **Change in Financial Status or Composite Score** |  |
| **Increase in Enrollment** |  |
| **Implementation or Increase in Distance Education** |  |
| **Curriculum Revisions 50% or Greater / Change in Credit/ Clock Hours ** |  |
| **Consortia and Contractual Agreements** |  |
| **Closing Nursing Program or Location** |  |
| **Implementation Report** |  |

For information about substantive change requirements, see [Substantive Change Guidelines](https://acenursing.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SC1/pages/2000420887) or review [Policy #14 Reporting Substantive Changes](https://resources.acenursing.org/space/AM/1828061279/POLICY+%2314+%0AREPORTING+SUBSTANTIVE+CHANGES).