80_FR_54950 80 FR 54774 - National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting

80 FR 54774 - National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 176 (September 11, 2015)

Page Range54774-54776
FR Document2015-22925

This notice sets forth the agenda for the December 16, 17, and 18, 2015, meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), and provides information to members of the public on submitting written comments and on requesting to make oral comments at the meeting. The notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and section 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 
Integrity Meeting

AGENCY: National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 
Integrity (NACIQI), Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department 
of Education.

ACTION: Announcement of an open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda for the December 16, 17, and 
18, 2015, meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional 
Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), and provides information to members of 
the public on submitting written comments and on requesting to make 
oral comments at the meeting. The notice of this meeting is required 
under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and 
section 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as 
amended.

DATES: The NACIQI meeting will be held December 16, 17, and 18, 2015, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at a location in the Washington DC area to 
be announced in a later notice.

ADDRESSES: The exact location of the meeting will be published at a 
later date in the Federal Register and on the Department's Web site at 
http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/naciqi.html#meetings by November 
13, 2015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    NACIQI's Statutory Authority and Function: The NACIQI is 
established under section 114 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The NACIQI advises the Secretary of 
Education about:
     The establishment and enforcement of the criteria for 
recognition of accrediting agencies or associations under subpart 2, 
part H, title IV of the HEA, as amended.
     The recognition of specific accrediting agencies or 
associations or a specific State public postsecondary vocational 
education or nurse education approval agency.
     The preparation and publication of the list of nationally 
recognized accrediting agencies and associations.
     The eligibility and certification process for institutions 
of higher education under title IV of the HEA, together with 
recommendations for improvement in such process.
     The relationship between (1) accreditation of institutions 
of higher education and the certification and eligibility of such 
institutions, and (2) State licensing responsibilities with respect to 
such institutions.
     Any other advisory function relating to accreditation and 
institutional eligibility that the Secretary may prescribe.

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    Meeting Agenda: Below is a list of agencies, including their 
current and requested scopes of recognition, scheduled for review 
during the December 2015 meeting:

Application for Initial Recognition

    Association of Institutions for Jewish Studies Requested scope of 
recognition: The accreditation of postsecondary institutions of Jewish 
Studies within the United States exclusively offering educational 
programs leading to a certificate, associate degree, baccalaureate 
degree or their equivalent credential in Jewish Studies or Classical 
Torah Studies.
    (The agency does not accredit any institution or program that 
offers credit for distance education or correspondence education.)

Applications for Renewal of Recognition

1. American Board of Funeral Service Education

    Scope of recognition: The accreditation of institutions and 
programs within the United States awarding diplomas, associate degrees 
and bachelor's degrees in funeral service or mortuary science, 
including the accreditation of distance learning courses and programs 
offered by these programs and institutions.

2. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic 
Accreditation in Audiology and Speech--Language Pathology

    Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation 
(Accreditation Candidate) throughout the United States of education 
programs in audiology and speech-language pathology leading to the 
first professional or clinical degree at the master's or doctoral 
level, and the accreditation of these programs offered via distance 
education.

3. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation

    Scope of recognition: The accreditation of institutions and 
programs in the United States that award postsecondary certificates, 
postsecondary diplomas, academic Associate degrees and occupational 
Associate degrees, in the practice of massage therapy, bodywork, and 
aesthetics/esthetics and skin care, including components of programs 
which are offered through distance learning modalities.

4. Council on Naturopathic Medical Education

    Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation 
throughout the United States of graduate-level, four-year naturopathic 
medical education programs leading to the Doctor of Naturopathic 
Medicine (N.M.D.) or Doctor of Naturopathy (N.D.)

5. Midwifery Education Accreditation Council

    Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation 
throughout the United States of direct- entry midwifery educational 
institutions and programs conferring degrees and certificates, 
including the accreditation of such programs offered via distance 
education.

6. Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education

    Scope of recognition: The accreditation of Montessori teacher 
education institutions and programs throughout the United States, 
including those offered via distance education.

7. National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.

    Scope of recognition: The accreditation throughout the United 
States of postsecondary schools and departments of cosmetology arts and 
sciences and massage therapy.

Compliance Reports

    1. Accrediting Commission for Education in Nursing (Consideration 
of relevant and material information not contained in the record 
pursuant to 34 CFR 602.36(g)(1)(i) and (ii).)
    Scope of recognition: Accreditation of nursing education programs 
and schools, both postsecondary and higher degree, which offer a 
certificate, diploma, or a recognized professional degree including 
clinical doctorate, masters, baccalaureate, associate, diploma, and 
practical nursing programs in the United States and its territories, 
including those offered via distance education.
    2. Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational 
Programs
    Scope of recognition: The accreditation of institutions and 
programs of nurse anesthesia at the post master's certificate, 
master's, or doctoral degree levels in the United States, and its 
territories, including programs offering distance education.)
    3. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
    Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation 
(``Candidacy status'') of postsecondary degree-granting educational 
institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and 
Washington, and the accreditation of programs offered via distance 
education within these institutions.
    4. Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting 
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
    Scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation 
(``Candidate for Accreditation'') of two-year, associate degree-
granting institutions located in California, Hawaii, the United States 
territories of Guam and American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the 
Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, including 
the accreditation of such programs offered via distance education at 
these colleges.
    Requested Scope of Recognition: The accreditation and 
preaccreditation (``Candidate for Accreditation'') of community and 
other colleges with a primarily pre-baccalaureate mission located in 
California, Hawaii, the United States territories of Guam and American 
Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, which offer certificates, associate degrees, and the 
first baccalaureate degree by means of a substantive change review 
offered by institutions that are already accredited by the agency, and 
such programs offered via distance education and correspondence 
education at these colleges. This recognition also extends to the 
Committee on Substantive Change of the Commission, for decisions on 
substantive changes, and the Appeals Panel.

State Approval Agency for Public Postsecondary Vocational Education--
Applications for Renewal of Recognition

    1. New York State Board of Regents (Public Postsecondary Vocational 
Education)
    2. Oklahoma Department of Career & Technology Education
    3. Pennsylvania State Board for Vocational Education, Bureau of 
Career and Technical Education
    4. Puerto Rico State Agency for the Approval of Public 
Postsecondary Vocational, Technical Institutions and Programs

State Approval Agency for Nurse Education--Applications for Renewal of 
Recognition

    1. Kansas State Board of Nursing

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    2. Maryland Board of Nursing
    3. New York State Board of Regents (Nursing Education)

Degree Modification (substantive change notification) for Military 
Educational Institutions

    United States Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of 
Engineering and Management (request to offer Masters in Operations 
Management degree at an additional location at Kirtland Air Force Base, 
Albuquerque, NM).
    Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9314, the United States Air Force Institute 
of Technology has submitted a request for modification of existing 
degree-granting authority to the U.S. Secretary of Education. The 
NACIQI is the designated review committee for matters concerning 
degree-granting authority of military educational institutions as 
outlined in the U.S. Department of Defense Instruction 5545.04 (DoDI 
5545.04) and the Federal Policy Governing the Granting of Academic 
Degrees by Federal Agencies and Institutions (approved by a letter, 
dated December 23, 1954, from the Director, Bureau of the Budget, to 
the Secretary for Health, Education, and Welfare). Under DoDI 5545.04, 
recommendations by the U.S. Secretary of Education regarding 
substantive change requests submitted by military educational 
institutions will be included with subsequent notification to the House 
and Senate Armed Services Committees.
    Submission of written comments regarding a specific accrediting 
agency or state approval agency under review: Written comments about 
the recognition of a specific accrediting or State agency must be 
received by September 25, 2015, in the ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov 
mailbox and include the subject line ``Written Comments: (agency 
name).'' The email must include the name(s), title, organization/
affiliation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number of 
the person(s) making the comment. Comments should be submitted as a 
Microsoft Word document or in a medium compatible with Microsoft Word 
(not a PDF file) that is attached to an electronic mail message (email) 
or provided in the body of an email message. Comments about an agency's 
recognition after review of a compliance report must relate to issues 
identified in the compliance report and the criteria for recognition 
cited in the Secretary's letter that requested the report. Comments 
about the renewal of an agency's recognition based on a review of the 
agency's petition must relate to its compliance with the Criteria for 
the Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, or the Criteria and Procedures 
for Recognition of State Agencies for Approval of Public Postsecondary 
Vocational Education, as appropriate, which are available at http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. Only material submitted by 
the deadline to the email address listed in this notice, and in 
accordance with these instructions, become part of the official record 
concerning agencies scheduled for review and are considered by the 
Department and NACIQI in their deliberations. Please do not send 
material directly to NACIQI members.
    Submission of requests to make an oral comment regarding a specific 
accrediting agency or state approval agency under review: There are two 
methods the public may use to make a third-party oral comment of three 
minutes concerning one of the agencies scheduled for review at the 
December 16,17, and 18, 2015 meeting. Oral comments about agencies 
undergoing review must relate to the Criteria for Recognition of 
Accrediting Agencies, or the Criteria and Procedures for Recognition of 
State Agencies for Approval of Public Postsecondary Vocational 
Education, as appropriate, which are available at: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
    Method One: Submit a request by email to the 
ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov mailbox. Please do not send material directly 
to NACIQI members. Requests must be received by September 25, 2015, and 
include the subject line ``Oral Comment Request: (agency name).'' The 
email must include the name(s), title, organization/affiliation, 
mailing address, email address, telephone number, of the person(s) 
requesting to speak, and a brief summary (not to exceed one page) of 
the principal points to be made during the oral presentation. All 
individuals submitting an advance request in accordance with this 
notice will be afforded an opportunity to speak.
    Method Two: Register at the meeting location on December 16, 17, or 
18, 2015, to make an oral comment during NACIQI's deliberations 
concerning a particular agency or institution scheduled for review. The 
requestor must provide his or her name, title, organization/
affiliation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. A 
total of up to fifteen minutes during each agency review will be 
allotted for oral commenters who register on December 16, 17, or 18, 
2015. Individuals will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. 
If selected, each commenter may not exceed three minutes.
    The oral comments made will become part of the official record and 
will be considered by the Department and NACIQI in their deliberations. 
No individual in attendance or making oral presentations may distribute 
written materials at the meeting.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the 
official report of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site 90 days after the 
meeting. Pursuant to the FACA, the public may also inspect the 
materials at 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC, by emailing 
aslrecordsmanager@ed.govor by calling (202) 502-7696 to schedule an 
appointment.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting site is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or 
service to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 
assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format), 
notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks 
before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will attempt to meet a 
request received after that date, we may not be able to make available 
the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to 
arrange it.
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    Authority:  20 U.S.C. 1011c.

Jamienne S. Studley,
Deputy Under Secretary.
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                                                 Meeting Agenda: Below is a list of                    4. Council on Naturopathic Medical                    degree-granting educational institutions
                                               agencies, including their current and                   Education                                             in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
                                               requested scopes of recognition,                           Scope of recognition: The                          Oregon, Utah, and Washington, and the
                                               scheduled for review during the                         accreditation and preaccreditation                    accreditation of programs offered via
                                               December 2015 meeting:                                  throughout the United States of                       distance education within these
                                                                                                       graduate-level, four-year naturopathic                institutions.
                                               Application for Initial Recognition                                                                              4. Western Association of Schools and
                                                                                                       medical education programs leading to
                                                                                                       the Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine                   Colleges, Accrediting Commission for
                                                 Association of Institutions for Jewish
                                                                                                       (N.M.D.) or Doctor of Naturopathy                     Community and Junior Colleges
                                               Studies Requested scope of recognition:                                                                          Scope of recognition: The
                                               The accreditation of postsecondary                      (N.D.)
                                                                                                                                                             accreditation and preaccreditation
                                               institutions of Jewish Studies within the               5. Midwifery Education Accreditation                  (‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of two-
                                               United States exclusively offering                      Council                                               year, associate degree-granting
                                               educational programs leading to a                                                                             institutions located in California,
                                                                                                          Scope of recognition: The
                                               certificate, associate degree,                                                                                Hawaii, the United States territories of
                                                                                                       accreditation and preaccreditation
                                               baccalaureate degree or their equivalent                                                                      Guam and American Samoa, the
                                                                                                       throughout the United States of direct-
                                               credential in Jewish Studies or Classical                                                                     Republic of Palau, the Federated States
                                                                                                       entry midwifery educational institutions
                                               Torah Studies.                                                                                                of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of
                                                                                                       and programs conferring degrees and
                                                 (The agency does not accredit any                     certificates, including the accreditation             the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
                                               institution or program that offers credit               of such programs offered via distance                 Republic of the Marshall Islands,
                                               for distance education or                               education.                                            including the accreditation of such
                                               correspondence education.)                                                                                    programs offered via distance education
                                                                                                       6. Montessori Accreditation Council for               at these colleges.
                                               Applications for Renewal of                             Teacher Education                                        Requested Scope of Recognition: The
                                               Recognition                                                Scope of recognition: The                          accreditation and preaccreditation
                                                                                                       accreditation of Montessori teacher                   (‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of
                                               1. American Board of Funeral Service
                                                                                                       education institutions and programs                   community and other colleges with a
                                               Education
                                                                                                       throughout the United States, including               primarily pre-baccalaureate mission
                                                 Scope of recognition: The                             those offered via distance education.                 located in California, Hawaii, the United
                                               accreditation of institutions and                                                                             States territories of Guam and American
                                                                                                       7. National Accrediting Commission of                 Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the
                                               programs within the United States
                                                                                                       Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.                        Federated States of Micronesia, the
                                               awarding diplomas, associate degrees
                                               and bachelor’s degrees in funeral service                  Scope of recognition: The                          Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
                                               or mortuary science, including the                      accreditation throughout the United                   Islands, and the Republic of the
                                               accreditation of distance learning                      States of postsecondary schools and                   Marshall Islands, which offer
                                               courses and programs offered by these                   departments of cosmetology arts and                   certificates, associate degrees, and the
                                               programs and institutions.                              sciences and massage therapy.                         first baccalaureate degree by means of a
                                                                                                                                                             substantive change review offered by
                                               2. American Speech-Language-Hearing                     Compliance Reports
                                                                                                                                                             institutions that are already accredited
                                               Association, Council on Academic                           1. Accrediting Commission for                      by the agency, and such programs
                                               Accreditation in Audiology and                          Education in Nursing (Consideration of                offered via distance education and
                                               Speech—Language Pathology                               relevant and material information not                 correspondence education at these
                                                                                                       contained in the record pursuant to 34                colleges. This recognition also extends
                                                 Scope of recognition: The                             CFR 602.36(g)(1)(i) and (ii).)                        to the Committee on Substantive Change
                                               accreditation and preaccreditation                         Scope of recognition: Accreditation of             of the Commission, for decisions on
                                               (Accreditation Candidate) throughout                    nursing education programs and                        substantive changes, and the Appeals
                                               the United States of education programs                 schools, both postsecondary and higher                Panel.
                                               in audiology and speech-language                        degree, which offer a certificate,
                                               pathology leading to the first                          diploma, or a recognized professional                 State Approval Agency for Public
                                               professional or clinical degree at the                  degree including clinical doctorate,                  Postsecondary Vocational Education—
                                               master’s or doctoral level, and the                     masters, baccalaureate, associate,                    Applications for Renewal of
                                               accreditation of these programs offered                 diploma, and practical nursing                        Recognition
                                               via distance education.                                 programs in the United States and its                   1. New York State Board of Regents
                                                                                                       territories, including those offered via                   (Public Postsecondary Vocational
                                               3. Commission on Massage Therapy                        distance education.                                        Education)
                                               Accreditation                                              2. Council on Accreditation of Nurse                 2. Oklahoma Department of Career &
                                                                                                       Anesthesia Educational Programs                            Technology Education
                                                 Scope of recognition: The                                Scope of recognition: The                            3. Pennsylvania State Board for
                                               accreditation of institutions and                       accreditation of institutions and                          Vocational Education, Bureau of
                                               programs in the United States that                      programs of nurse anesthesia at the post                   Career and Technical Education
                                               award postsecondary certificates,                       master’s certificate, master’s, or doctoral             4. Puerto Rico State Agency for the
                                               postsecondary diplomas, academic                        degree levels in the United States, and                    Approval of Public Postsecondary
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                                               Associate degrees and occupational                      its territories, including programs                        Vocational, Technical Institutions
                                               Associate degrees, in the practice of                   offering distance education.)                              and Programs
                                               massage therapy, bodywork, and                             3. Northwest Commission on Colleges
                                               aesthetics/esthetics and skin care,                     and Universities                                      State Approval Agency for Nurse
                                               including components of programs                           Scope of recognition: The                          Education—Applications for Renewal
                                               which are offered through distance                      accreditation and preaccreditation                    of Recognition
                                               learning modalities.                                    (‘‘Candidacy status’’) of postsecondary                 1. Kansas State Board of Nursing


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                                               54776                       Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 176 / Friday, September 11, 2015 / Notices

                                                  2. Maryland Board of Nursing                         Accrediting Agencies, or the Criteria                 commenter may not exceed three
                                                  3. New York State Board of Regents                   and Procedures for Recognition of State               minutes.
                                                     (Nursing Education)                               Agencies for Approval of Public                           The oral comments made will become
                                               Degree Modification (substantive                        Postsecondary Vocational Education, as                part of the official record and will be
                                               change notification) for Military                       appropriate, which are available at                   considered by the Department and
                                               Educational Institutions                                http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/
                                                                                                                                                             NACIQI in their deliberations. No
                                                                                                       accred/index.html. Only material
                                                  United States Air Force Institute of                                                                       individual in attendance or making oral
                                                                                                       submitted by the deadline to the email
                                               Technology, Graduate School of                          address listed in this notice, and in                 presentations may distribute written
                                               Engineering and Management (request                     accordance with these instructions,                   materials at the meeting.
                                               to offer Masters in Operations                          become part of the official record                        Access to Records of the Meeting: The
                                               Management degree at an additional                      concerning agencies scheduled for                     Department will post the official report
                                               location at Kirtland Air Force Base,                    review and are considered by the                      of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site
                                               Albuquerque, NM).                                       Department and NACIQI in their                        90 days after the meeting. Pursuant to
                                                  Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9314, the                      deliberations. Please do not send                     the FACA, the public may also inspect
                                               United States Air Force Institute of
                                                                                                       material directly to NACIQI members.                  the materials at 1990 K Street NW.,
                                               Technology has submitted a request for
                                                                                                          Submission of requests to make an                  Washington, DC, by emailing
                                               modification of existing degree-granting
                                               authority to the U.S. Secretary of                      oral comment regarding a specific                     aslrecordsmanager@ed.govor by calling
                                               Education. The NACIQI is the                            accrediting agency or state approval                  (202) 502–7696 to schedule an
                                               designated review committee for matters                 agency under review: There are two                    appointment.
                                               concerning degree-granting authority of                 methods the public may use to make a
                                                                                                                                                                 Reasonable Accommodations: The
                                               military educational institutions as                    third-party oral comment of three
                                                                                                       minutes concerning one of the agencies                meeting site is accessible to individuals
                                               outlined in the U.S. Department of                                                                            with disabilities. If you will need an
                                               Defense Instruction 5545.04 (DoDI                       scheduled for review at the December
                                                                                                       16,17, and 18, 2015 meeting. Oral                     auxiliary aid or service to participate in
                                               5545.04) and the Federal Policy                                                                               the meeting (e.g., interpreting service,
                                               Governing the Granting of Academic                      comments about agencies undergoing
                                                                                                       review must relate to the Criteria for                assistive listening device, or materials in
                                               Degrees by Federal Agencies and                                                                               an alternate format), notify the contact
                                               Institutions (approved by a letter, dated               Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, or
                                                                                                       the Criteria and Procedures for                       person listed in this notice at least two
                                               December 23, 1954, from the Director,
                                                                                                       Recognition of State Agencies for                     weeks before the scheduled meeting
                                               Bureau of the Budget, to the Secretary
                                               for Health, Education, and Welfare).                    Approval of Public Postsecondary                      date. Although we will attempt to meet
                                               Under DoDI 5545.04, recommendations                     Vocational Education, as appropriate,                 a request received after that date, we
                                               by the U.S. Secretary of Education                      which are available at: http://                       may not be able to make available the
                                               regarding substantive change requests                   www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/                      requested auxiliary aid or service
                                               submitted by military educational                       index.html                                            because of insufficient time to arrange
                                               institutions will be included with                         Method One: Submit a request by                    it.
                                               subsequent notification to the House                    email to the ThirdPartyComments@                          Electronic Access to this Document:
                                               and Senate Armed Services Committees.                   ed.gov mailbox. Please do not send                    The official version of this document is
                                                  Submission of written comments                       material directly to NACIQI members.                  the document published in the Federal
                                               regarding a specific accrediting agency                 Requests must be received by September
                                                                                                                                                             Register. Free Internet access to the
                                               or state approval agency under review:                  25, 2015, and include the subject line
                                                                                                                                                             official edition of the Federal Register
                                               Written comments about the recognition                  ‘‘Oral Comment Request: (agency
                                                                                                                                                             and the Code of Federal Regulations is
                                               of a specific accrediting or State agency               name).’’ The email must include the
                                                                                                       name(s), title, organization/affiliation,             available via the Federal Digital System
                                               must be received by September 25,
                                               2015, in the ThirdPartyComments@                        mailing address, email address,                       at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
                                               ed.gov mailbox and include the subject                  telephone number, of the person(s)                    can view this document, as well as all
                                               line ‘‘Written Comments: (agency                        requesting to speak, and a brief                      other documents of this Department
                                               name).’’ The email must include the                     summary (not to exceed one page) of the               published in the Federal Register, in
                                               name(s), title, organization/affiliation,               principal points to be made during the                text or Adobe Portable Document
                                               mailing address, email address, and                     oral presentation. All individuals                    Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must
                                               telephone number of the person(s)                       submitting an advance request in                      have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
                                               making the comment. Comments should                     accordance with this notice will be                   available free at the site.
                                               be submitted as a Microsoft Word                        afforded an opportunity to speak.                         You may also access documents of the
                                               document or in a medium compatible                         Method Two: Register at the meeting                Department published in the Federal
                                               with Microsoft Word (not a PDF file)                    location on December 16, 17, or 18,                   Register by using the article search
                                               that is attached to an electronic mail                  2015, to make an oral comment during                  feature at: www.federalregister.gov.
                                               message (email) or provided in the body                 NACIQI’s deliberations concerning a                   Specifically, through the advanced
                                               of an email message. Comments about                     particular agency or institution                      search feature at this site, you can limit
                                               an agency’s recognition after review of                 scheduled for review. The requestor                   your search to documents published by
                                               a compliance report must relate to                      must provide his or her name, title,                  the Department.
                                               issues identified in the compliance                     organization/affiliation, mailing
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                                               report and the criteria for recognition                 address, email address, and telephone                   Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c.
                                               cited in the Secretary’s letter that                    number. A total of up to fifteen minutes              Jamienne S. Studley,
                                               requested the report. Comments about                    during each agency review will be
                                                                                                                                                             Deputy Under Secretary.
                                               the renewal of an agency’s recognition                  allotted for oral commenters who
                                               based on a review of the agency’s                       register on December 16, 17, or 18, 2015.             [FR Doc. 2015–22925 Filed 9–10–15; 8:45 am]
                                               petition must relate to its compliance                  Individuals will be selected on a first-              BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
                                               with the Criteria for the Recognition of                come, first-served basis. If selected, each


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Document Created: 2015-12-15 10:00:18
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 10:00:18
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of an open meeting.
DatesThe NACIQI meeting will be held December 16, 17, and 18, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at a location in the Washington DC area to be announced in a later notice.
FR Citation80 FR 54774 

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