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Mark R. Blackburn,
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Deputy District
Engineer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Estuary Habitat Restoration Council;
Open Meeting
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
105(h) of the Estuary Restoration Act of
2000, (Title I, Pub. L. 106–457),
announcement is made of the
forthcoming meeting of the Estuary
Habitat Restoration Council. The
meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held
February 21, 2006, from 10 a.m. to 11:30
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in room
3M60/70 in the GAO building located at
441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Ellen Cummings, Headquarters, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Washington,
DC 20314–1000, (202) 761–4750; or Ms.
Cynthia Garman-Squier, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil
Works), Washington, DC, (703) 695–
6791.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Estuary Habitat Restoration Council
consists of representatives of five
agencies. These are the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Environmental
Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of
Agriculture, and Army. The duties of
the Council include soliciting,
reviewing, and evaluating project
proposals, and submitting to the
Secretary of the Army a prioritized list
of projects recommended for
construction.
Agenda topics will include decisions
on recommending additional proposals
to the Secretary of the Army for funding,
a brief update on projects previously
recommended, a discussion of minor
changes to be incorporated in the next
solicitation for proposals, and a report
on the habitat trends report produced by
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
Current security measures require that
persons interested in attending the
meeting must pre-register with use
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and must be escorted to the meeting
room by Corps personnel. Attendee’s
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being searched. All attendees arriving
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to the meeting. Those who are not preregistered and/or arriving later than the
allotted time will be unable to attend
the public meeting.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Recognition of Accrediting Agencies,
State Agencies for the Approval of
Public Postsecondary Vocational
Education, and State Agencies for the
Approval of Nurse Education
National Advisory Committee
on Institutional Quality and Integrity,
Department of Education (The Advisory
Committee).
AGENCY:
What Is the Purpose of This Notice?
The purpose of this notice is to invite
written comments on accrediting
agencies and State approval agencies
whose applications to the Secretary for
renewed recognition, requests for an
expansion of the scope of recognition, or
reports will be reviewed at the Advisory
Committee meeting to be held on June
5–7, 2006, at the Hilton Arlington Hotel,
950 North Stafford Street, Arlington,
Virginia.
Where Should I Submit My Comments?
Please submit your written comments
by mail, fax, or e-mail no later than
March 8, 2006 to Ms. Robin Greathouse,
Accreditation and State Liaison. You
may contact her at the U.S. Department
of Education, Room 7105, MS 8509,
1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC
20006, telephone: (202) 219–7011, fax:
(202) 219–7005, or e-mail:
Robin.Greathouse@ed.gov. Individuals
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339.
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What Is the Authority for the Advisory
Committee?
The National Advisory Committee on
Institutional Quality and Integrity is
established under Section 114 of the
Higher Education Act (HEA), as
amended, 20 U.S.C. 011c. One of the
purposes of the Advisory Committee is
to advise the Secretary of Education on
the recognition of accrediting agencies
and State approval agencies.
Will This Be My Only Opportunity To
Submit Written Comments?
Yes, this notice announces the only
opportunity you will have to submit
written comments. However, a
subsequent Federal Register notice will
announce the meeting and invite
individuals and/or groups to submit
requests to make oral presentations
before the Advisory Committee on the
agencies that the Committee will
review. That notice, however, does not
offer a second opportunity to submit
written comments.
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What Happens to the Comments That I
Submit?
We will review your comments, in
response to this notice, as part of our
evaluation of the agencies’ compliance
with Section 496 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, and
the Secretary’s Criteria for Recognition
of Accrediting Agencies and State
Approval Agencies. The Criteria are
regulations found in 34 CFR part 602
(for accrediting agencies) and in 34 CFR
part 603 (for State approval agencies)
and are found at the following site:
https://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/
accred/. We will also include
your comments with the staff analyses
we present to the Advisory Committee
at its June 2006 meeting. Therefore, in
order for us to give full consideration to
your comments, it is important that we
receive them by March 8, 2006.
In all instances, your comments about
agencies seeking continued recognition
and/or an expansion of an agency’s
scope of recognition must relate to the
Criteria for Recognition. In addition,
your comments for any agency whose
interim report or progress report is
scheduled for review must relate to the
issues raised and the Criteria for
Recognition cited in the Secretary’s
letter that requested the interim report.
What Happens to Comments Received
After the Deadline?
We will review any comments
received after the deadline. If such
comments, upon investigation, reveal
that the accrediting agency or State
approval agency is not acting in
accordance with the Criteria for
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Recognition, we will take action either
before or after the meeting, as
appropriate.
What Agencies Will the Advisory
Committee Review at the Meeting?
The Secretary of Education recognizes
accrediting agencies and State approval
agencies for public postsecondary
vocational education and nurse
education if the Secretary determines
that they meet the Criteria for
Recognition. Recognition means that the
Secretary considers the agency to be a
reliable authority as to the quality of
education offered by institutions or
programs it accredits that are
encompassed within the scope of
recognition she grants to the agency.
The following agencies will be
reviewed during the June 2006 meeting
of the Advisory Committee:
Nationally Recognized Accrediting
Agencies
Petition for Initial Recognition
1. National Oriental Medicine
Accreditation Agency (Requested scope
of recognition: The accreditation of
freestanding educational institutions of
Oriental Medicine and programs that
offer entry-level professional doctoral
degrees in Oriental Medicine.)
Petition for Renewal of Recognition That
Include an Expansion of the Scope of
Recognition
1. Accrediting Council for
Independent Colleges and Schools
(Current scope of recognition: The
accreditation of private postsecondary
institutions offering certificates or
diplomas and postsecondary
institutions offering associate’s,
bachelor’s, or master’s degrees in
programs that are designed to train and
educate persons for careers or
professions where business applications
or doctrines, supervisory or
management techniques, professional or
paraprofessional applications, and other
business-related applications support or
constitute the career.) (Requested scope
of recognition: The accreditation of
private postsecondary institutions
offering certificates or diplomas, and
postsecondary institutions offering
associate, bachelors, or master’s degrees
in programs designed to educate
students for professional, technical, or
occupational careers including those
that offer those programs via distance
education.)
2. American College of NurseMidwives, Division of Accreditation
(Current scope of recognition: The
accreditation and preaccreditation of
basic certificate and basic graduate
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nurse-midwifery education programs for
registered nurses, the pre-accreditation
and accreditation of pre-certification
nurse-midwifery education programs
and the accreditation and preaccreditation of direct-entry midwifery
programs for the non-nurse.) (Requested
scope of recognition: The accreditation
and preaccreditation of basic certificate,
basic graduate nurse-midwifery, directentry midwifery, and pre-certification
nurse-midwifery education programs.
The accreditation and pre-accreditation
of freestanding institutions of midwifery
education that may offer other related
health care programs to include nurse
practitioner programs, and including
those institutions and programs that
offer distance education.)
3. Joint Review Committee on
Education in Radiologic Technology
(Current scope of recognition: The
accreditation of educational programs
for radiographers and radiation
therapists.) (Requested scope of
recognition: The accreditation of
educational programs in radiography,
including magnetic resonance; radiation
therapy; and medical dosimetry at the
certificate and the associate,
baccalaureate, and graduate levels,
including programs using distance
education methodology.)
4. National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education (Current scope of
recognition: The accreditation
throughout the United States of
professional education units providing
baccalaureate and graduate degree
programs for the preparation of teachers
and other professional personnel for
elementary and secondary schools.)
(Requested scope of recognition: The
accreditation throughout the United
States of professional education units
providing baccalaureate and graduate
degree programs for the preparation of
teachers and other professional
personnel for elementary and secondary
schools including programs offering
distance education.)
Petitions for Renewal of Recognition
That Include a Contraction of the Scope
of Recognition
1. Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education (Current scope of
recognition: The accreditation and
preaccreditation of professional degree
programs in pharmacy leading to the
degrees of Baccalaureate in Pharmacy
and Doctor of Pharmacy.) (Requested
scope of recognition: The accreditation
and preaccreditation of professional
degree programs in pharmacy leading to
the Doctor of Pharmacy degree.)
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Petitions for Renewal of Recognition
1. American Bar Association, Council
of the Section of Legal Education and
Admissions to the Bar (Current and
requested scope of recognition: The
accreditation throughout the United
States of programs in legal education
that lead to the first professional degree
in law, as well as freestanding law
schools offering such programs.)
2. American Dental Association,
Commission on Dental Accreditation
(Current and requested scope of
recognition: The accreditation of
predoctoral dental education programs
(leading to the D.D.S or D.M.D degree);
advanced dental education programs
and allied dental education programs
that are fully operational or have
attained ‘‘accreditation eligible’’ status,
and for its accreditation of programs
offered via distance education.)
3. Council on Chiropractic Education,
Commission on Accreditation (Current
and requested scope of recognition: The
accreditation of programs leading to the
Doctor of Chiropractic degree and
single-purpose institutions offering the
Doctor of Chiropractic program.)
4. Joint Review Committee on
Educational Programs in Nuclear
Medicine Technology (Current and
requested scope of recognition: The
accreditation of higher education
programs for the nuclear medicine
technologist.)
5. National Accrediting Commission
of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences
(Current and requested scope of
recognition: The accreditation
throughout the United States of
postsecondary schools and departments
of cosmetology arts and sciences and
massage therapy.)
6. Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools, Commission on Colleges
(Current and requested scope of
recognition: The accreditation and
preaccreditation (‘‘Candidate for
Accreditation’’) of degree-granting
institutions of higher education in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and
Virginia, including distance education
programs offered at those institutions.)
7. Western Association of Schools and
Colleges, Accrediting Commission for
Senior Colleges and Universities
(Current and requested scope of
recognition: The accreditation and
preaccreditation (‘‘Candidate for
Accreditation’’) of senior colleges and
universities 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
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Islands and the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, including distance education
programs offered at those institutions.)
Interim Report (An interim report is a
follow-up report on an accrediting
agency’s compliance with specific
criteria for recognition.)
1. Accrediting Bureau of Health
Education Schools.
2. American Speech-LanguageHearing Association, Council on
Academic Accreditation in Audiology
and Speech—Language Pathology.
3. Distance Education and Training
Council, Accrediting Commission.
Progress Report (A report describing
the agency’s progress in implementing
new accreditation processes/or
procedures.)
1. Montessori Accreditation Council
for Teacher Education, Commission on
Accreditation
State Agencies Recognized For the
Approval of Public Postsecondary
Vocational Education
Interim Report
1. Puerto Rico State Agency for the
Approval of Public Postsecondary
Vocational, Technical Institutions and
Programs.
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Sally L. Stroup,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Biomass Research and Development
Technical Advisory Committee
Progress Report
AGENCY:
1. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education.
ACTION:
State Agency Recognized For the
Approval of Nurse Education
Petition for Renewal of Recognition
1. New York State Board of Regents,
State Education Department, Office of
the Professions (Nursing Education).
Where Can I Inspect Petitions and
Third-Party Comments Before and After
the Meeting?
All petitions and those third-party
comments received in advance of the
meeting, will be available for public
inspection at the U.S. Department of
Education, Room 7105, MS 8509, 1990
K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006,
telephone (202) 219–7011 between the
hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday
through Friday, until May 8, 2006. They
will be available again after the June 5–
7, 2006 Advisory Committee meeting.
An appointment must be made in
advance of such inspection.
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This Document?
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as all other Department of Education
documents published in the Federal
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Department of Energy.
Notice of open meeting.
SUMMARY: This notice announces an
open meeting of the Biomass Research
and Development Technical Advisory
Committee under the Biomass Research
and Development Act of 2000. The
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires
that agencies publish these notices in
the Federal Register to allow for public
participation. This notice announces the
meeting of the Biomass Research and
Development Technical Advisory
Committee.
March 2, 2006 at 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
March 3, 2006 at 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
ADDRESSES: National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, Building 17—Room 4B,
1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO
80401.
DATES:
Neil
Rossmeissl, Designated Federal Officer
for the Committee, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586–8668
or Harriet Foster at (202) 586–4541; Email: harriet.foster@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of Meeting: To provide
advice and guidance that promotes
research and development leading to the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, State Agencies for the
Approval of Public Postsecondary Vocational Education, and State
Agencies for the Approval of Nurse Education
AGENCY: National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and
Integrity, Department of Education (The Advisory Committee).
What Is the Purpose of This Notice?
The purpose of this notice is to invite written comments on
accrediting agencies and State approval agencies whose applications to
the Secretary for renewed recognition, requests for an expansion of the
scope of recognition, or reports will be reviewed at the Advisory
Committee meeting to be held on June 5-7, 2006, at the Hilton Arlington
Hotel, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia.
Where Should I Submit My Comments?
Please submit your written comments by mail, fax, or e-mail no
later than March 8, 2006 to Ms. Robin Greathouse, Accreditation and
State Liaison. You may contact her at the U.S. Department of Education,
Room 7105, MS 8509, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006,
telephone: (202) 219-7011, fax: (202) 219-7005, or e-mail:
Robin.Greathouse@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay
Service at 1-800-877-8339.
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What Is the Authority for the Advisory Committee?
The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and
Integrity is established under Section 114 of the Higher Education Act
(HEA), as amended, 20 U.S.C. 011c. One of the purposes of the Advisory
Committee is to advise the Secretary of Education on the recognition of
accrediting agencies and State approval agencies.
Will This Be My Only Opportunity To Submit Written Comments?
Yes, this notice announces the only opportunity you will have to
submit written comments. However, a subsequent Federal Register notice
will announce the meeting and invite individuals and/or groups to
submit requests to make oral presentations before the Advisory
Committee on the agencies that the Committee will review. That notice,
however, does not offer a second opportunity to submit written
comments.
What Happens to the Comments That I Submit?
We will review your comments, in response to this notice, as part
of our evaluation of the agencies' compliance with Section 496 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Secretary's Criteria
for Recognition of Accrediting Agencies and State Approval Agencies.
The Criteria are regulations found in 34 CFR part 602 (for accrediting
agencies) and in 34 CFR part 603 (for State approval agencies) and are
found at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/
index.html. We will also include your comments with the staff analyses
we present to the Advisory Committee at its June 2006 meeting.
Therefore, in order for us to give full consideration to your comments,
it is important that we receive them by March 8, 2006.
In all instances, your comments about agencies seeking continued
recognition and/or an expansion of an agency's scope of recognition
must relate to the Criteria for Recognition. In addition, your comments
for any agency whose interim report or progress report is scheduled for
review must relate to the issues raised and the Criteria for
Recognition cited in the Secretary's letter that requested the interim
report.
What Happens to Comments Received After the Deadline?
We will review any comments received after the deadline. If such
comments, upon investigation, reveal that the accrediting agency or
State approval agency is not acting in accordance with the Criteria for
Recognition, we will take action either before or after the meeting, as
appropriate.
What Agencies Will the Advisory Committee Review at the Meeting?
The Secretary of Education recognizes accrediting agencies and
State approval agencies for public postsecondary vocational education
and nurse education if the Secretary determines that they meet the
Criteria for Recognition. Recognition means that the Secretary
considers the agency to be a reliable authority as to the quality of
education offered by institutions or programs it accredits that are
encompassed within the scope of recognition she grants to the agency.
The following agencies will be reviewed during the June 2006
meeting of the Advisory Committee:
Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies
Petition for Initial Recognition
1. National Oriental Medicine Accreditation Agency (Requested scope
of recognition: The accreditation of freestanding educational
institutions of Oriental Medicine and programs that offer entry-level
professional doctoral degrees in Oriental Medicine.)
Petition for Renewal of Recognition That Include an Expansion of the
Scope of Recognition
1. Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
(Current scope of recognition: The accreditation of private
postsecondary institutions offering certificates or diplomas and
postsecondary institutions offering associate's, bachelor's, or
master's degrees in programs that are designed to train and educate
persons for careers or professions where business applications or
doctrines, supervisory or management techniques, professional or
paraprofessional applications, and other business-related applications
support or constitute the career.) (Requested scope of recognition: The
accreditation of private postsecondary institutions offering
certificates or diplomas, and postsecondary institutions offering
associate, bachelors, or master's degrees in programs designed to
educate students for professional, technical, or occupational careers
including those that offer those programs via distance education.)
2. American College of Nurse-Midwives, Division of Accreditation
(Current scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation
of basic certificate and basic graduate nurse-midwifery education
programs for registered nurses, the pre-accreditation and accreditation
of pre-certification nurse-midwifery education programs and the
accreditation and pre-accreditation of direct-entry midwifery programs
for the non-nurse.) (Requested scope of recognition: The accreditation
and preaccreditation of basic certificate, basic graduate nurse-
midwifery, direct-entry midwifery, and pre-certification nurse-
midwifery education programs. The accreditation and pre-accreditation
of freestanding institutions of midwifery education that may offer
other related health care programs to include nurse practitioner
programs, and including those institutions and programs that offer
distance education.)
3. Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
(Current scope of recognition: The accreditation of educational
programs for radiographers and radiation therapists.) (Requested scope
of recognition: The accreditation of educational programs in
radiography, including magnetic resonance; radiation therapy; and
medical dosimetry at the certificate and the associate, baccalaureate,
and graduate levels, including programs using distance education
methodology.)
4. National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (Current
scope of recognition: The accreditation throughout the United States of
professional education units providing baccalaureate and graduate
degree programs for the preparation of teachers and other professional
personnel for elementary and secondary schools.) (Requested scope of
recognition: The accreditation throughout the United States of
professional education units providing baccalaureate and graduate
degree programs for the preparation of teachers and other professional
personnel for elementary and secondary schools including programs
offering distance education.)
Petitions for Renewal of Recognition That Include a Contraction of the
Scope of Recognition
1. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (Current scope of
recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation of professional
degree programs in pharmacy leading to the degrees of Baccalaureate in
Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy.) (Requested scope of recognition: The
accreditation and preaccreditation of professional degree programs in
pharmacy leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree.)
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Petitions for Renewal of Recognition
1. American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal
Education and Admissions to the Bar (Current and requested scope of
recognition: The accreditation throughout the United States of programs
in legal education that lead to the first professional degree in law,
as well as freestanding law schools offering such programs.)
2. American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
(Current and requested scope of recognition: The accreditation of
predoctoral dental education programs (leading to the D.D.S or D.M.D
degree); advanced dental education programs and allied dental education
programs that are fully operational or have attained ``accreditation
eligible'' status, and for its accreditation of programs offered via
distance education.)
3. Council on Chiropractic Education, Commission on Accreditation
(Current and requested scope of recognition: The accreditation of
programs leading to the Doctor of Chiropractic degree and single-
purpose institutions offering the Doctor of Chiropractic program.)
4. Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear
Medicine Technology (Current and requested scope of recognition: The
accreditation of higher education programs for the nuclear medicine
technologist.)
5. National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences
(Current and requested scope of recognition: The accreditation
throughout the United States of postsecondary schools and departments
of cosmetology arts and sciences and massage therapy.)
6. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on
Colleges (Current and requested scope of recognition: The accreditation
and preaccreditation (``Candidate for Accreditation'') of degree-
granting institutions of higher education in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, including distance education programs
offered at those institutions.)
7. Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting
Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (Current and requested
scope of recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation
(``Candidate for Accreditation'') of senior colleges and universities
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 distance education programs
offered at those institutions.)
Interim Report (An interim report is a follow-up report on an
accrediting agency's compliance with specific criteria for
recognition.)
1. Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools.
2. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on
Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech--Language Pathology.
3. Distance Education and Training Council, Accrediting Commission.
Progress Report (A report describing the agency's progress in
implementing new accreditation processes/or procedures.)
1. Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education,
Commission on Accreditation
State Agencies Recognized For the Approval of Public Postsecondary
Vocational Education
Interim Report
1. Puerto Rico State Agency for the Approval of Public
Postsecondary Vocational, Technical Institutions and Programs.
Progress Report
1. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
State Agency Recognized For the Approval of Nurse Education
Petition for Renewal of Recognition
1. New York State Board of Regents, State Education Department,
Office of the Professions (Nursing Education).
Where Can I Inspect Petitions and Third-Party Comments Before and After
the Meeting?
All petitions and those third-party comments received in advance of
the meeting, will be available for public inspection at the U.S.
Department of Education, Room 7105, MS 8509, 1990 K Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20006, telephone (202) 219-7011 between the hours of 8
a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, until May 8, 2006. They will be
available again after the June 5-7, 2006 Advisory Committee meeting. An
appointment must be made in advance of such inspection.
How May I Obtain Electronic Access to This Document?
You may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site:
https://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister. To use PDF you must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have
questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office
(GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at
(202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
index.html.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2
Dated: January 31, 2006.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E6-1549 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45 am]
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