1840-AD37 201910 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 1800 Department of Education ED Accreditation and Related Issues

The Department is proposing to amend, through negotiated rulemaking, the regulations relating to the Secretary’s recognition of accrediting agencies and accreditation procedures as a component of institutional eligibility for participation in Federal student financial aid under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

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We believe that a revision to the accreditation regulations is necessary to restore the separation of duties in responsibilities in the triad: the State Authorization, Accreditation, and the U.S. Department of Education.  We believe that the accreditation regulations may contain redundancy, unnecessary duplication of oversight, and pose broad Federal overreach in measuring program quality. We also want to ensure that accreditors while measuring institutional quality do not infringe on autonomy of institutions in their missions.

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The Department has the authority to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee with the purpose of creating, amending or rescinding regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations. 

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These are identified through the negotiated rulemaking process and presented in the notice of proposed rulemaking.

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These are identified through the negotiated rulemaking process and presented in the notice of proposed rulemaking.

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These are identified through the negotiated rulemaking process and presented in the notice of proposed rulemaking.

]]> Notice of Intention to Commence Negotiated Rulemaking 07/31/2018 83 FR 36814 NPRM 06/12/2019 84 FR 27404 NPRM Comment Period End 07/12/2019 Final Action 11/01/2019 84 FR 58834 Final Action Effective 07/01/2020 No None Yes No www.regulations.gov No No Lynn Mahaffie 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 202 453-7862 Room 4060, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington DC 20202