[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: 34CFR602.18]

[Page 203]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 602--THE SECRETARY'S RECOGNITION OF ACCREDITING AGENCIES--Table of 
Contents
 
                 Subpart B--The Criteria for Recognition
 
Sec. 602.18  Ensuring consistency in decision-making.

    The agency must consistently apply and enforce its standards to 
ensure that the education or training offered by an institution or 
program, including any offered through distance education, is of 
sufficient quality to achieve its stated objective for the duration of 
any accreditation or preaccreditation period granted by the agency. The 
agency meets this requirement if the agency--
    (a) Has effective controls against the inconsistent application of 
the agency's standards;
    (b) Bases decisions regarding accreditation and preaccreditation on 
the agency's published standards; and
    (c) Has a reasonable basis for determining that the information the 
agency relies on for making accrediting decisions is accurate.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b)