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following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Endowment Excise
Tax: Allocation Reduction Waiver.
OMB Control Number: 1840–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 200.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 200.
Abstract: In accordance with the
Coronavirus Response and Relief
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021
(CRRSAA), Public Law 116–260, section
314(d)(6)(B), the Secretary may waive
the requirements to reduce a grantee’s
CRRSAA allocation by 50 percent, if
upon application, an institution of
higher education demonstrates need
(including need for additional funding
for financial aid grants to students,
payroll expenses, or other expenditures)
for the total amount of funds such
institution is allocated under section
314(a)(1) of CRRSAA. The proposed
form provides institutions with the
opportunity to request this waiver and
collects data needed to evaluate their
waiver request.
Additional Information: If this
emergency collection is not approved,
the Department will be unable to receive
and review waiver requests in a timely
manner, delaying the release of funds to
institutions of higher education and
students that are still recovering from
the effects of the pandemic.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Office, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accrediting Agencies Currently
Undergoing Review for the Purposes
of Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of
Education
Accreditation Group, Office of
Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education.
ACTION: Call for written third-party
comments.
AGENCY:
This notice provides
information to members of the public on
submitting written comments for
accrediting agencies currently
undergoing review for purposes of
recognition by the U.S. Secretary of
Education.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Herman Bounds, Director, Accreditation
Group, Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 270–01, Washington, DC 20202,
telephone: (202) 453–7615, or email:
herman.bounds@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
request for written third-party
comments concerning the performance
of accrediting agencies under review by
the Secretary of Education is required
by § 496(n)(1)(A) of the Higher
Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as
amended, and pertains to the summer
2022 meeting of the National Advisory
Committee on Institutional Quality and
Integrity (NACIQI). The meeting date
and location have not been determined,
but will be announced in a later Federal
Register notice. In addition, a later
Federal Register notice will describe
how to register to provide oral
comments at the meeting.
Agencies Under Review and
Evaluation: The Department requests
written comments from the public on
the following accrediting agencies,
which are currently undergoing review
and evaluation by the Accreditation
Group, and which will be reviewed at
the summer 2022 NACIQI meeting.
The agencies are listed by the type of
application each agency has submitted.
Please note, each agency’s current scope
of recognition is indicated below. If any
agency requests a change to its scope of
recognition, identified are both the
current scope of recognition and the
requested scope of recognition.
SUMMARY:
Applications for Renewal of
Recognition
1. Association for Biblical Higher
Education, Commission on
Accreditation. Scope of recognition: The
accreditation and pre-accreditation
(‘‘Candidate Status’’) of institutions of
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biblical higher education in the United
States offering undergraduate
certificates, associate degrees,
baccalaureate degrees, graduate
certificates, and master’s degrees,
including the accreditation of
educational programs offered via
distance education.
2. American Occupational Therapy
Association, Accreditation Council for
Occupational Therapy Education. Scope
of recognition: The accreditation of
occupational therapy educational
programs offering the professional
master’s degree, combined
baccalaureate/master’s degree, and
occupational therapy doctorate (OTD)
degree; the accreditation of occupational
therapy assistant programs offering the
associate degree or a certificate; and the
accreditation of these programs offered
via distance education. Requested scope
of recognition: The pre-accreditation
and accreditation throughout the United
States of occupational therapy
education programs offering the
professional master’s degree, combined
baccalaureate/master’s degree, and
occupational therapy doctorate (OTD)
degree; and occupational therapy
assistant programs offering the
baccalaureate degree, associate degree,
or a certificate; including those
programs offered via distance education.
3. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education. Scope of recognition: The
accreditation and pre-accreditation
within the United States of professional
degree programs in pharmacy leading to
the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy,
including those programs offered via
distance education.
4. Association for Clinical Pastoral
Education, Inc., Accreditation
Commission. Scope of recognition: The
pre-accreditation (provisional) and
accreditation of both clinical pastoral
education (CPE) centers and Certified
Educator CPE programs within the
United States, including those that offer
those programs via distance education.
5. American Dental Association,
Commission on Dental Accreditation.
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 ‘‘Initial
Accreditation’’ status, including
programs offered via distance education.
6. Distance Education Accrediting
Commission. Scope of recognition: The
accreditation of postsecondary
institutions in the United States that
offer degree and/or non-degree programs
primarily by the distance or
correspondence education method up to
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and including the professional doctoral
degree, including those institutions that
are specifically certified by the agency
as accredited for Title IV purposes.
7. Middle States Commission on
Secondary Schools. Scope of
recognition: The accreditation of
postsecondary, non-degree granting
institutions that offer all or part of their
educational programs via distance
education modalities in the United
States.
8. Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools, Commission on Colleges
(‘‘SACSCOC’’). Scope of recognition:
The accreditation and pre-accreditation
(‘‘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 the
accreditation of programs offered via
distance and correspondence education
within these institutions. This
recognition extends to the SACSCOC
Board of Trustees and the Appeals
Committee of the College Delegate
Assembly on cases of initial candidacy
or initial accreditation and for
continued accreditation or candidacy.
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Compliance Reports
1. New York State Board of Regents,
State Education Department, Office of
the Professions (Public Postsecondary
Vocational Education, Practical
Nursing). Scope of Recognition: State
agency for the approval of public
postsecondary vocational education in
the field of practical nursing offered by
a Board of Cooperative Educational
Services, an Educational Opportunity
Center, City School Districts, and
County Boards of Supervisors to prepare
persons for licensed practical nursing
careers in the State of New York. The
compliance report includes findings of
noncompliance with Criteria in 34 CFR
603 as referenced in the SDO decision
letter dated May 27, 2020 available
under NACIQI meeting date 02/27/2020
at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/
erecognition/PublicDocuments.
Submission of Written Comments
Regarding a Specific Accrediting
Agency Under Review
Written comments about the
recognition of any of the accrediting
agencies listed above must be received
by August 15, 2021, in the
ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov mailbox.
Please include in the subject line
‘‘Written Comments: (agency name).’’
The electronic mail (email) must
include the name(s), title, organization/
affiliation, mailing address, email
address, and telephone number of the
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person(s) making the comment.
Comments should be submitted as a
Microsoft Word document or in a
medium compatible with Microsoft
Word (not a PDF file) that is attached to
an email or provided in the body of an
email message. Comments about an
agency that has submitted a compliance
report scheduled for review by the
Department must relate to the criteria
for recognition cited in the senior
Department official’s letter that
requested the report, or in the
Secretary’s appeal decision, if any.
Comments about an agency that has
submitted a petition for initial
recognition, renewal of recognition, or
an expansion of scope must relate to the
agency’s compliance with the Criteria
for the Recognition of Accrediting
Agencies, which are available at https://
www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/
index.html.
Only written materials submitted by
the deadline to the email address listed
in this notice, and in accordance with
these instructions, become part of the
official record concerning agencies
scheduled for review and are considered
by the Department and NACIQI in their
deliberations.
Electronic Access to This Document:
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 via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of the Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site. You may also
access documents of the Department
published in the Federal Register by
using the article search feature at:
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically,
through the advanced search feature at
this site, you can limit your search to
documents published by the
Department.
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c; 20 U.S.C.
1099b.
Annmarie Weisman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Planning and Innovation, Office of
Postsecondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0034]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Assurance of Compliance—Civil
Rights Certificate
Office of Civil Rights (OCR),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension of a currently
approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
11, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection request by selecting
‘‘Department of Education’’ under
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check
‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’
checkbox. Comments may also be sent
to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Elizabeth
Wiegman, 202–453–6039.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accrediting Agencies Currently Undergoing Review for the Purposes
of Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education
AGENCY: Accreditation Group, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education.
ACTION: Call for written third-party comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides information to members of the public on
submitting written comments for accrediting agencies currently
undergoing review for purposes of recognition by the U.S. Secretary of
Education.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herman Bounds, Director, Accreditation
Group, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 270-01, Washington, DC 20202, telephone:
(202) 453-7615, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This request for written third-party
comments concerning the performance of accrediting agencies under
review by the Secretary of Education is required by Sec. 496(n)(1)(A)
of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended, and pertains to
the summer 2022 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on
Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). The meeting date and
location have not been determined, but will be announced in a later
Federal Register notice. In addition, a later Federal Register notice
will describe how to register to provide oral comments at the meeting.
Agencies Under Review and Evaluation: The Department requests
written comments from the public on the following accrediting agencies,
which are currently undergoing review and evaluation by the
Accreditation Group, and which will be reviewed at the summer 2022
NACIQI meeting.
The agencies are listed by the type of application each agency has
submitted. Please note, each agency's current scope of recognition is
indicated below. If any agency requests a change to its scope of
recognition, identified are both the current scope of recognition and
the requested scope of recognition.
Applications for Renewal of Recognition
1. Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on
Accreditation. Scope of recognition: The accreditation and pre-
accreditation (``Candidate Status'') of institutions of biblical higher
education in the United States offering undergraduate certificates,
associate degrees, baccalaureate degrees, graduate certificates, and
master's degrees, including the accreditation of educational programs
offered via distance education.
2. American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council
for Occupational Therapy Education. Scope of recognition: The
accreditation of occupational therapy educational programs offering the
professional master's degree, combined baccalaureate/master's degree,
and occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) degree; the accreditation of
occupational therapy assistant programs offering the associate degree
or a certificate; and the accreditation of these programs offered via
distance education. Requested scope of recognition: The pre-
accreditation and accreditation throughout the United States of
occupational therapy education programs offering the professional
master's degree, combined baccalaureate/master's degree, and
occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) degree; and occupational therapy
assistant programs offering the baccalaureate degree, associate degree,
or a certificate; including those programs offered via distance
education.
3. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Scope of
recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation within the United
States of professional degree programs in pharmacy leading to the
degree of Doctor of Pharmacy, including those programs offered via
distance education.
4. Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., Accreditation
Commission. Scope of recognition: The pre-accreditation (provisional)
and accreditation of both clinical pastoral education (CPE) centers and
Certified Educator CPE programs within the United States, including
those that offer those programs via distance education.
5. American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation.
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 ``Initial Accreditation'' status,
including programs offered via distance education.
6. Distance Education Accrediting Commission. Scope of recognition:
The accreditation of postsecondary institutions in the United States
that offer degree and/or non-degree programs primarily by the distance
or correspondence education method up to
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and including the professional doctoral degree, including those
institutions that are specifically certified by the agency as
accredited for Title IV purposes.
7. Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools. Scope of
recognition: The accreditation of postsecondary, non-degree granting
institutions that offer all or part of their educational programs via
distance education modalities in the United States.
8. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on
Colleges (``SACSCOC''). Scope of recognition: The accreditation and
pre-accreditation (``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 the accreditation of programs
offered via distance and correspondence education within these
institutions. This recognition extends to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees
and the Appeals Committee of the College Delegate Assembly on cases of
initial candidacy or initial accreditation and for continued
accreditation or candidacy.
Compliance Reports
1. New York State Board of Regents, State Education Department,
Office of the Professions (Public Postsecondary Vocational Education,
Practical Nursing). Scope of Recognition: State agency for the approval
of public postsecondary vocational education in the field of practical
nursing offered by a Board of Cooperative Educational Services, an
Educational Opportunity Center, City School Districts, and County
Boards of Supervisors to prepare persons for licensed practical nursing
careers in the State of New York. The compliance report includes
findings of noncompliance with Criteria in 34 CFR 603 as referenced in
the SDO decision letter dated May 27, 2020 available under NACIQI
meeting date 02/27/2020 at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/PublicDocuments.
Submission of Written Comments Regarding a Specific Accrediting Agency
Under Review
Written comments about the recognition of any of the accrediting
agencies listed above must be received by August 15, 2021, in the
[email protected] mailbox. Please include in the subject line
``Written Comments: (agency name).'' The electronic mail (email) must
include the name(s), title, organization/affiliation, mailing address,
email address, and telephone number of the person(s) making the
comment. Comments should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or
in a medium compatible with Microsoft Word (not a PDF file) that is
attached to an email or provided in the body of an email message.
Comments about an agency that has submitted a compliance report
scheduled for review by the Department must relate to the criteria for
recognition cited in the senior Department official's letter that
requested the report, or in the Secretary's appeal decision, if any.
Comments about an agency that has submitted a petition for initial
recognition, renewal of recognition, or an expansion of scope must
relate to the agency's compliance with the Criteria for the Recognition
of Accrediting Agencies, which are available at https://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/.
Only written materials submitted by the deadline to the email
address listed in this notice, and in accordance with these
instructions, become part of the official record concerning agencies
scheduled for review and are considered by the Department and NACIQI in
their deliberations.
Electronic Access to This Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well
as all other documents of the Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF,
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the
site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at:
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c; 20 U.S.C. 1099b.
Annmarie Weisman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Innovation, Office
of Postsecondary Education.
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