[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 34CFR602.26]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 602_THE SECRETARY'S RECOGNITION OF ACCREDITING AGENCIES--Table of 

Contents

 

                 Subpart B_The Criteria for Recognition

 

Sec. 602.26  Notification of accrediting decisions.



    The agency must demonstrate that it has established and follows 

written procedures requiring it to provide written notice of its 

accrediting decisions to the Secretary, the appropriate State licensing 

or authorizing agency, the appropriate accrediting agencies, and the 

public. The agency meets this requirement if the agency, following its 

written procedures--

    (a) Provides written notice of the following types of decisions to 

the Secretary, the appropriate State licensing or authorizing agency, 

the appropriate accrediting agencies, and the public no later than 30 

days after it makes the decision:

    (1) A decision to award initial accreditation or preaccreditation to 

an institution or program.

    (2) A decision to renew an institution's or program's accreditation 

or preaccreditation;

    (b) Provides written notice of the following types of decisions to 

the Secretary, the appropriate State licensing or authorizing agency, 

and the appropriate accrediting agencies at the same time it notifies 

the institution or program of the decision, but no later than 30 days 

after it reaches the decision:

    (1) A final decision to place an institution or program on probation 

or an equivalent status.

    (2) A final decision to deny, withdraw, suspend, revoke, or 

terminate the accreditation or preaccreditation of an institution or 

program;

    (c) Provides written notice to the public of the decisions listed in 

paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section within 24 hours of its 

notice to the institution or program;

    (d) For any decision listed in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, 

makes available to the Secretary, the appropriate State licensing or 

authorizing agency, and the public upon request, no later than 60 days 

after the decision, a brief statement summarizing the reasons for the 

agency's decision and the comments, if any, that the affected 

institution or program may wish to make with regard to that decision; 

and

    (e) Notifies the Secretary, the appropriate State licensing or 

authorizing agency, the appropriate accrediting agencies, and, upon 

request, the public if an accredited or preaccredited institution or 

program--

    (1) Decides to withdraw voluntarily from accreditation or 

preaccreditation, within 30 days of receiving notification from the 

institution or program that it is withdrawing voluntarily from 

accreditation or preaccreditation; or

    (2) Lets its accreditation or preaccreditation lapse, within 30 days 

of the date on which accreditation or preaccreditation lapses.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

1845-0003)



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