1840-AD82 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 1800 Department of Education ED Accreditation Issues

The Department proposes to engage in negotiated rulemaking to address accreditation issues to clarify institutional flexibility to pursue changes of accreditors without prior Department approval and remove other burdensome requirements that erect barriers to entry for new accreditation agencies.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Prerule Stage Undetermined Undetermined Deregulatory 34 CFR 600 34 CFR 602 20 U.S.C. 1099b No Notice of Intent to Commence Negotiated Rulemaking 07/06/2023 88 FR 43069 Notice of Intent to Commence Negotiated Rulemaking 09/00/2025 NPRM 01/00/2026 NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/2026 Final Action 08/00/2026 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined www.regulations.gov No No Tamy Abernathy 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 202 245-4595 negregnprmhelp@ed.gov 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington DC 20202