It's a Federal v. States thing now https://www.educationdive.com/news/new-regulations-limit-states-oversight-of-online-colleges-how-will-they-r/571397/
To be fair, I always did find it a bit odd that a school in Texas would have to have approval in New York just because someone in New York wanted to take courses there. I'm not saying a state shouldn't have any role in what is "offered" to residents of a given state but I think the idea that the state essentially gets to veto what someone does on the internet is a dated notion that needed killing.
There's a bit of a development https://www.educationdive.com/news/a-new-state-bill-could-challenge-key-interstate-distance-learning-pact/573513/
