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ED/OPE RIN: 1840-AD82 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Accreditation Issues 
Abstract:

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.

 
Agency: Department of Education(ED)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 34 CFR 600    34 CFR 602   
Legal Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
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 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Tamy Abernathy
Department of Education
Office of Postsecondary Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20202
Phone:202 245-4595
Email: negregnprmhelp@ed.gov