[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR603.20]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 603_SECRETARY'S RECOGNITION PROCEDURES FOR STATE AGENCIES
--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B_Criteria for State Agencies
 
Sec. 603.20  Scope.




Subpart A [Reserved]

                  Subpart B_Criteria for State Agencies

Sec.
603.20 Scope.
603.21 Publication of list.
603.22 Inclusion on list.
603.23 Initial recognition, and reevaluation.
603.24 Criteria for State agencies.

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 403(b), 1085(b), 1141(a), 1248(11); 42 U.S.C. 
293a(b), 295f-3(b), 295h-4(1)(D), 298b(f); 38 U.S.C. 1775(a), unless 
otherwise noted.

Subpart A [Reserved]


    Authority: Sec. 438(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. 
89-329 as amended by Pub. L. 92-318, 86 Stat. 235, 264 (20 U.S.C. 1087-
1(b)), unless otherwise noted.

    Source: 39 FR 30042, Aug. 20, 1974, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 45 FR 77369, Nov. 21, 1980.


    (a) Pursuant to section 438(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
as amended by Pub. L. 92-318, the Secretary is required to publish a 
list of State agencies which he determines to be reliable authorities as 
to the quality of public postsecondary vocational education in their 
respective States for the purpose of determining eligibility for Federal 
student assistance programs administered by the Department.
    (b) Approval by a State agency included on the list will provide an 
alternative means of satisfying statutory standards as to the quality of 
public postsecondary vocational education to be undertaken by students 
receiving assistance under such programs.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087-1(b))