[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20200]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, State agencies for Approval 
of Public Postsecondary Vocational Education

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Request for Comments on Agency applying to the Secretary for 
Renewal of Recognition.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen W. Kershenstein, Director, 
Accredition and Eligibility Determination Division, U.S. Department of 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 3915 ROB-3, Washington, 
DC 20202-5244, telephone: (202) 708-7417. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., 
Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUBMISSION OF THIRD-PARTY COMMENTS: The Secretary of Education 
recognizes, as reliable authorities as to the quality of education 
offered by institutions or programs within their scope, accrediting 
agencies and State approval agencies for public postsecondary 
vocational education and nurse education that meet certain criteria for 
recognition. A notice published in the Federal Register on July 2, 1997 
(Volume 62, page 35791) invited interested third parties to present 
written comments on agencies scheduled for review at the November 1997 
meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 
Integrity. The purpose of this notice is to correct the information 
provided in the July 2, 1997 notice regarding the request for an 
expansion of scope submitted by the Accrediting Bureau of Health 
Education Schools. The correct information is included a that end of 
this notice. This notice also extends the deadline for interested third 
of scope from August 18, 1997 to September 2, 1997. All other 
provisions of the July 2, 1997 Federal Register notice remain in 
effect.

Request for an Expansion of Scope

    1. Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (Current scope of 
recognition; the accreditation of private, postsecondary allied health 
education institutions, private medical assistant programs, public and 
private medical laboratory technician programs, and allied health 
programs leading to the Associate of Applied Science and the Associate 
of Occupational Science degree. Requested expansion of scope: the 
accredition of institutions offering predominantly allied health 
education programs. ``Predominantly'' is defined by the agency as 
follows: at least 70 percent of the number of active programs offered 
are in the allied health area, and the number of students enrolled in 
those programs exceeds 50 percent of the institution's full-time 
equivalent (FTE) students, or at least 70 percent of the FTE students 
enrolled at the institution are in allied health programs.)

    Dated: July 28, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 97-20200 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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