[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR602.12]

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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 
 
                 Subpart B_The Criteria for Recognition
 
Sec. 602.12  Accrediting experience.

    (a) An agency seeking initial recognition must demonstrate that it 
has--
    (1) Granted accreditation or preaccreditation--
    (i) To one or more institutions if it is requesting recognition as 
an institutional accrediting agency and to one or more programs if it is 
requesting recognition as a programmatic accrediting agency;
    (ii) That covers the range of the specific degrees, certificates, 
institutions, and programs for which it seeks recognition; and
    (iii) In the geographic area for which it seeks recognition; and
    (2) Conducted accrediting activities, including deciding whether to 
grant or deny accreditation or preaccreditation, for at least two years 
prior to seeking recognition.
    (b) A recognized agency seeking an expansion of its scope of 
recognition must demonstrate that it has granted accreditation or 
preaccreditation covering the range of the specific degrees, 
certificates, institutions, and programs for which it seeks the 
expansion of scope.

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