[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR403.117]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 403--STATE VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM--
Table of Contents
 
Subpart E--What Kinds of Activities Does the Secretary Assist Under the 
                             Basic Programs?
 
Sec. 403.117  What definitions apply to the Postsecondary and Adult 
Vocational Education Programs?

    For the purposes of Secs. 403.116, 403.118, and 403.120 the 
following definitions apply:
    (a) Eligible institution means an institution of higher education, 
an LEA serving adults, or an area vocational education school serving 
adults that offers or will offer a program that meets the requirements 
of Sec. 403.111 and seeks to receive assistance under Sec. 403.116.
    (b)(1) Institution of higher education means an educational 
institution in any State that--

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    (i) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of 
graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the 
recognized equivalent of that certificate, or who are beyond the age of 
compulsory school attendance;
    (ii) Is legally authorized within the State to provide a program of 
education beyond secondary education;
    (iii) Provides an educational program for which it awards a 
bachelor's degree or provides not less than a two-year program which is 
acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or in the case of a 
hospital or health care facility, that provides training of not less 
than one year for graduates of accredited health professions programs, 
leading to a degree or certificate upon completion of that training;
    (iv) Is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
    (v) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or 
association approved by the Secretary for this purpose or, if not so 
accredited--
    (A) Is an institution with respect to which the Secretary has 
determined that there is satisfactory assurance, considering the 
resources available to the institution, the period of time, if any, 
during which it has operated, the effort it is making to meet 
accreditation standards, and the purpose for which this determination is 
being made, that the institution will meet the accreditation standards 
of such an agency or association within a reasonable time; or
    (B) Is an institution whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by 
not less than three institutions that are so accredited, for credit on 
the same basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited.
    (2) This term also includes any school that provides not less than a 
one-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment 
in a recognized occupation and that meets the provisions of paragraphs 
(b)(1) (i), (ii), (iv), and (v) of this definition. If the Secretary 
determines that a particular category of these schools does not meet the 
requirements of paragraph (b)(1)(v) because there is no nationally 
recognized accrediting agency or association qualified to accredit 
schools in that category, the Secretary, pending the establishment of 
such an accrediting agency or association, appoints an advisory 
committee, composed of persons specially qualified to evaluate training 
provided by schools in that category, that must--
    (i) Prescribe the standards of content, scope, and quality that must 
be met in order to qualify schools in that category to participate in 
the program pursuant to this part; and
    (ii) Determine whether particular schools not meeting the 
requirements of paragraph (b)(1)(v) of this definition meet those 
standards.


(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1085)

    (c) Pell Grant recipient means a recipient of financial aid under 
subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a-l et seq.).

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2341a(d))