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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0044]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Revocation of Consent To Share
Federal Tax Information Form
Federal Student Aid (FSA),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
new information collection request
(ICR).
SUMMARY:
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 31,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this
link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain to access the site. Find this
information collection request (ICR) by
selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’
under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then
check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public
Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov
provides two links to view documents
related to this information collection
request. Information collection forms
and instructions may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Information
Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting
statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Beth
Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department 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
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
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Title of Collection: Revocation of
Consent to Share Federal Tax
Information Form.
OMB Control Number: 1845–NEW.
Type of Review: A new ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 15,300.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 518.
Abstract: The FUTURE Act allows
Federal Student Aid to receive
customers’ federal tax information (FTI)
from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
through the Internal Revenue Code
§ 6103 for the purposes of administering
the Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA®) form, and income-driven
repayment (IDR) plans. Since customers
will be required to provide consent for
this process, we also need to provide an
option for them to revoke consent. This
is a request for a new information
collection for the form which will allow
individuals to revoke previous consent
for FTI for the purposes of
administration of title IV, Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended,
student financial aid activities. The
paper form is an alternative option to
the web flow to revoke consent for the
IDR application. There has been a
change in the burden estimate. The
revocation now only applies to IDR
forms and the information is collected
for no other purpose than to apply the
applicants request to the IDR
application and to keep it on file for any
subsequent requests.
Dated: June 26, 2023.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Advisory Committee on
Institutional Quality and Integrity
(NACIQI or Committee)
Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education.
ACTION: Announcement of an open
meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
agenda, time, and instructions to access
or participate in the August 1–3, 2023,
virtual meeting of NACIQI, and provides
information to members of the public
regarding the meeting, including
SUMMARY:
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requesting to make written or oral
comments. Committee members will
meet in-person while accrediting agency
representatives and public attendees
will participate virtually.
ADDRESSES: Department of Education,
Barnard Auditorium, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202.
Only NACIQI members and Department
of Education staff will meet at this
address.
The virtual NACIQI meeting will
be held on August 1–3, 2023, from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Alan Smith, Executive Director/
Designated Federal Official (DFO),
NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20202, telephone: (202) 453–7757, or
email: George.Alan.Smith@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Statutory Authority and Function
NACIQI is established under section
114 of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c).
NACIQI advises the Secretary of
Education with respect to:
• The establishment and enforcement
of the standards of accrediting agencies
or associations under subpart 2, part H,
Title IV of the HEA, as amended;
• The recognition of specific
accrediting agencies or associations;
• The preparation and publication of
the list of nationally recognized
accrediting agencies and associations;
• The eligibility and certification
process for institutions of higher
education under Title IV of the HEA,
together with recommendations for
improvement in such process;
• The relationship between (1)
accreditation of institutions of higher
education and the certification and
eligibility of such institutions, and (2)
State licensing responsibilities with
respect to such institutions; and
• Any other advisory functions
relating to accreditation and
institutional eligibility that the
Secretary of Education may prescribe by
regulation.
The notice of this meeting is required
by 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 (Federal
Advisory Committees) and section
114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965, as amended (HEA).
Virtual Meeting Agenda
The purpose of the virtual meeting is
to conduct a review of the applications
for renewal of recognition and
compliance reports listed below and to
present and discuss policy-related
matters.
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Applications for Renewal of Recognition
1. Association of Advanced
Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools,
Accreditation Commission. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and
preaccreditation (‘‘Correspondent’’ and
‘‘Candidate’’) of advanced rabbinical
and Talmudic schools to include
Associate, Baccalaureate, Masters,
Doctorate, and First Rabbinic and First
Talmudic degrees programs. Geographic
Area of Accrediting Activities:
Throughout the United States.
2. Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics, Accreditation Council for
Education in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Scope of Recognition: The accreditation
and preaccreditation of Didactic and
Coordinated Programs in Dietetics at
both the undergraduate and graduate
level, postbaccalaureate Dietetic
Internships, and Dietetic Technician
Programs at the associate degree level
and for its accreditation of such
programs offered via distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: Throughout the United
States.
3. American Optometric Association,
Accreditation Council on Optometric
Education. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation of professional optometric
degree programs and optometric
residency programs, and for the
preaccreditation category of Preliminary
Approval for professional optometric
degree programs. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the
United States.
4. Commission on Collegiate Nursing
Education. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation of nursing education
programs at the baccalaureate, master’s,
doctoral, and certificate levels,
including programs offering distance
education. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the
United States.
5. Council on Accreditation of Nurse
Anesthesia Educational Programs.
Scope of Recognition: The accreditation
of institutions and programs of nurse
anesthesia at the post master’s
certificate, master’s, or doctoral degree
levels, including programs offering
distance education. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the
United States.
Requested Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation of institutions and
programs of nurse anesthesia at the post
master’s certificate, post-doctoral
certificate, master’s, or doctoral degree
levels, including programs offering
distance education. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the
United States.
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6. Liaison Committee on Medical
Education. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation of medical education
programs leading to the M.D. degree.
Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: Throughout the United
States.
7. National Association of Schools of
Art and Design, Commission on
Accreditation. Scope of Recognition:
The accreditation of freestanding
institutions and units offering art/design
and art/design-related programs (both
degree- and non-degree-granting),
including those offered via distance
education. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the
United States.
8. Northwest Commission on Colleges
and Universities. Scope of Recognition:
The accreditation and preaccreditation
(‘‘Candidacy status’’) of postsecondary
degree-granting educational institutions
and the accreditation of programs
offered via distance education within
these institutions. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the
United States.
Compliance Reports
1. Commission on Massage Therapy
Accreditation. Scope of Recognition:
The accreditation of institutions and
programs that award postsecondary
certificates, postsecondary diplomas,
academic Associate degrees and
occupational Associate degrees, in the
practice of massage therapy, bodywork,
and aesthetics/esthetics and skin care.
Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: Throughout the United
States. The compliance report addresses
findings of noncompliance with Criteria
in 34 CFR part 602, as referenced in the
senior Department official’s (SDO) (as
defined in 34 CFR 602.3) decision letter
dated June 02, 2021, available under
NACIQI meeting date February 25, 2021,
available at: https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/
erecognition/#/public-documents.
Military Degree Granting Authority
Substantive Change Approval in
Accordance With Department of
Defense DOD Instruction 5545.04
1. The National Defense University.
Name Change of degree program from
‘‘Master of Science in Government
Information Leadership’’ to ‘‘Master of
Science in Strategic Information and
Cyberspace Studies.’’
To ensure sufficient time for all
agency reviews, including NACIQI
member questions and discussion, the
Department requests that agencies limit
the total time of their opening
statements to 10 minutes, and that
agencies avoid extended discussions
about their representatives and
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backgrounds. Following the opening
statement, the agency’s presentation
should focus on regulatory criteria—
particularly to responses to areas where
the staff has recommended a finding of
noncompliance or substantial
compliance, or where other concerns
have been raised that the agency would
like to address. Questions from NACIQI
members may focus on other areas.
Administration Policy Update
A representative of the
Administration will discuss higher
education policy priorities.
Regulations Subcommittee Report
The NACIQI Regulations
Subcommittee will present
recommendations to the Committee for
review and consideration for sharing
with the Department in advance of the
Department’s upcoming negotiated
rulemaking process.
Accreditor Dashboards
A member of the Department staff will
provide an update on recent changes to
the Accreditor Dashboards.
NACIQI Policy Discussion
In addition to its review of accrediting
agencies for Secretarial recognition,
there will be time for Committee
discussions regarding any of the
categories within NACIQI’s statutory
authority in its capacity as an advisory
committee.
Instructions To Access or Participate in
the Virtual Meeting
Accrediting agency representatives
and members of the public must access
or participate in the meeting virtually.
You must register online at https://
cvent.me/04MvVB any time before the
meeting begins on August 1, 2023.
After you register, you will receive a
confirmation email containing
personalized participation links for each
day of the three-day meeting.
Public Comment
Submission of requests to make an
oral comment regarding a specific
accrediting agency under review, or to
make an oral comment or written
statement regarding other issues within
the scope of NACIQI’s authority:
The opportunity to submit a written
statement regarding a specific
accrediting agency under review was
solicited by a previous Federal Register
notice published on May 5, 2022 (87 FR
26743; Document Number 2022–09582).
The opportunity to submit written
statements regarding the National
Defense University (NDU) was solicited
by a previous Federal Register notice
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published on November 14, 2022 (87 FR
68144; Document Number 2022–24637).
The periods for submission of such
statements are now closed. Additional
written statements regarding the specific
accrediting agencies and institution
under review as identified in this
Federal Register notice will not be
accepted or provided to NACIQI
members for purposes of the current
cycle of review. However, members of
the public may submit written
statements regarding other issues within
the scope of NACIQI’s authority for
consideration by NACIQI in the manner
described below. Members of the public
may also make oral comments regarding
the specific accrediting agencies and
institution under review, as identified
in this Federal Register notice, and/or
other agenda topics. Oral comments
may not exceed three minutes. Oral
comments about an agency’s recognition
when a compliance report has been
required by the SDO or the Secretary
must relate to the criteria for recognition
cited in the SDO’s letter that requested
the report, or in the Secretary’s appeal
decision, if any. Oral comments about
an agency seeking expansion of scope
must be directed to the agency’s ability
to serve as a recognized accrediting
agency with respect to the kinds of
institutions or programs requested to be
added. Oral comments about the
renewal of an agency’s recognition must
relate to its compliance with the criteria
for the Recognition of Accrediting
Agencies, which are available at
www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/
index.html.
Written statements and oral
comments concerning NACIQI’s work
outside of a specific accrediting agency
under review must be limited to matters
within the scope of NACIQI’s authority
as outlined under Section 114 of the
HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c). Written
statements of any kind submitted after
the deadline will not be considered by
the Department or provided to NACIQI
for purposes of the current cycle of
review. Requests to make oral comments
that are received outside of the periods
noted below will not be accepted.
Instructions on Requesting To Make
Public Comment
To request to make oral comments of
three minutes or less during the August
1–3, 2023 virtual meeting, please follow
Method One or Method Two below. To
submit a written statement to NACIQI
concerning its work outside of a specific
accrediting agency under review, please
follow Method One.
Method One: Submit a request by
email to the ThirdPartyComments@
ed.gov mailbox. Please do not send
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material directly to NACIQI members.
Written statements to NACIQI
concerning its work outside of a specific
accrediting agency under review and
requests to make oral comment must be
received by 5:00pm Eastern Time on
July 25, 2023 and include the subject
line ‘‘Oral Comment Request: (agency
name),’’ ‘‘Oral Comment Request:
(subject)’’ or ‘‘Written Statement:
(subject).’’ The email must include the
name(s), title, organization/affiliation,
mailing address, email address, and
telephone number, of the person(s)
submitting a written statement or
requesting to speak. All individuals
submitting an advance request in
accordance with Method One will be
afforded an opportunity to speak. If you
intend to make your comments by
dialing into the meeting rather than
using a computer, please be sure to
include that information in your email
request.
Method Two (Available only to those
seeking to make oral comments): Submit
a request by email on August 1, 2023,
between 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Eastern
Time to ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov;
requests outside of this period will not
be accepted. The email must include the
subject line ‘‘Oral Comment Request:
(agency name),’’ or ‘‘Oral Comment
Request: (subject)’’ on which the
requestor wishes to comment, in
addition to his or her name, title,
organization/affiliation, mailing
address, email address, and telephone
number. If you intend to make your
comments by dialing into the meeting
rather than using a computer, please
include that information in your email
request. For each agenda item, we will
allot a total of up to 15 minutes for oral
commenters who submit a request in
accordance with Method Two. We will
select individuals using Method Two on
a first-come, first-served basis. If
selected, each commenter may not
exceed three minutes.
Access to Records of the Virtual
Meeting: The Department will post the
official report of the virtual meeting on
the NACIQI website at https://
sites.ed.gov/naciqi/archive-of-meetings
within 90 days after the meeting. In
addition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009, the
public may request to inspect records of
the meeting at 400 Maryland Avenue
SW, Washington, DC, by emailing
aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov or by calling
(202) 453–7415 to schedule an
appointment. SDO decisions, pursuant
to 34 CFR 602.36, associated with all
NACIQI meetings are located at the
following website: https://
surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/
public-documents.
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Reasonable Accommodations: The
dial-in information and weblink access
to the virtual meeting are accessible to
individuals with disabilities. If you will
need an auxiliary aid or service to
participate in the virtual meeting (e.g.,
interpreting service, assistive listening
device, or materials in an alternate
format), notify the contact person in this
notice at least two weeks before the
meeting. Although we will attempt to
meet a request received after that date,
we may not be able to make available
the requested auxiliary aid or service
because of insufficient time to arrange
it.
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the document published in the Federal
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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
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using the article search feature at
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through the advanced search feature at
this site, you can limit your search to
documents published by the
Department.
Authority: Section 114 of the HEA of
1964, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1011c).
Annmarie Weisman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Planning and Innovation, Office of
Postsecondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee
Office of Science, Department
of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee (BESAC). The
Federal Advisory Committee Act
requires that public notice of these
meetings be announced in the Federal
Register.
DATES: Thursday, July 27, 2023; 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and
Integrity (NACIQI or Committee)
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of
Education.
ACTION: Announcement of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to
access or participate in the August 1-3, 2023, virtual meeting of
NACIQI, and provides information to members of the public regarding the
meeting, including requesting to make written or oral comments.
Committee members will meet in-person while accrediting agency
representatives and public attendees will participate virtually.
ADDRESSES: Department of Education, Barnard Auditorium, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202. Only NACIQI members and Department of
Education staff will meet at this address.
DATES: The virtual NACIQI meeting will be held on August 1-3, 2023,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Alan Smith, Executive Director/
Designated Federal Official (DFO), NACIQI, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202, telephone:
(202) 453-7757, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Authority and Function
NACIQI is established under section 114 of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
1011c). NACIQI advises the Secretary of Education with respect to:
The establishment and enforcement of the standards of
accrediting agencies or associations under subpart 2, part H, Title IV
of the HEA, as amended;
The recognition of specific accrediting agencies or
associations;
The preparation and publication of the list of nationally
recognized accrediting agencies and associations;
The eligibility and certification process for institutions
of higher education under Title IV of the HEA, together with
recommendations for improvement in such process;
The relationship between (1) accreditation of institutions
of higher education and the certification and eligibility of such
institutions, and (2) State licensing responsibilities with respect to
such institutions; and
Any other advisory functions relating to accreditation and
institutional eligibility that the Secretary of Education may prescribe
by regulation.
The notice of this meeting is required by 5 U.S.C. chapter 10
(Federal Advisory Committees) and section 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
Virtual Meeting Agenda
The purpose of the virtual meeting is to conduct a review of the
applications for renewal of recognition and compliance reports listed
below and to present and discuss policy-related matters.
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Applications for Renewal of Recognition
1. Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools,
Accreditation Commission. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation and
preaccreditation (``Correspondent'' and ``Candidate'') of advanced
rabbinical and Talmudic schools to include Associate, Baccalaureate,
Masters, Doctorate, and First Rabbinic and First Talmudic degrees
programs. Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the
United States.
2. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for
Education in Nutrition and Dietetics. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation and preaccreditation of Didactic and Coordinated Programs
in Dietetics at both the undergraduate and graduate level,
postbaccalaureate Dietetic Internships, and Dietetic Technician
Programs at the associate degree level and for its accreditation of
such programs offered via distance education. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United States.
3. American Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on
Optometric Education. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation of
professional optometric degree programs and optometric residency
programs, and for the preaccreditation category of Preliminary Approval
for professional optometric degree programs. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United States.
4. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation of nursing education programs at the
baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, and certificate levels, including
programs offering distance education. Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: Throughout the United States.
5. Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational
Programs. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation of institutions and
programs of nurse anesthesia at the post master's certificate,
master's, or doctoral degree levels, including programs offering
distance education. Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities:
Throughout the United States.
Requested Scope of Recognition: The accreditation of institutions
and programs of nurse anesthesia at the post master's certificate,
post-doctoral certificate, master's, or doctoral degree levels,
including programs offering distance education. Geographic Area of
Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United States.
6. Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Scope of Recognition:
The accreditation of medical education programs leading to the M.D.
degree. Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the
United States.
7. National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on
Accreditation. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation of freestanding
institutions and units offering art/design and art/design-related
programs (both degree- and non-degree-granting), including those
offered via distance education. Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: Throughout the United States.
8. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (``Candidacy
status'') of postsecondary degree-granting educational institutions and
the accreditation of programs offered via distance education within
these institutions. Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities:
Throughout the United States.
Compliance Reports
1. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation of institutions and programs that award
postsecondary certificates, postsecondary diplomas, academic Associate
degrees and occupational Associate degrees, in the practice of massage
therapy, bodywork, and aesthetics/esthetics and skin care. Geographic
Area of Accrediting Activities: Throughout the United States. The
compliance report addresses findings of noncompliance with Criteria in
34 CFR part 602, as referenced in the senior Department official's
(SDO) (as defined in 34 CFR 602.3) decision letter dated June 02, 2021,
available under NACIQI meeting date February 25, 2021, available at:
https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
Military Degree Granting Authority Substantive Change Approval in
Accordance With Department of Defense DOD Instruction 5545.04
1. The National Defense University. Name Change of degree program
from ``Master of Science in Government Information Leadership'' to
``Master of Science in Strategic Information and Cyberspace Studies.''
To ensure sufficient time for all agency reviews, including NACIQI
member questions and discussion, the Department requests that agencies
limit the total time of their opening statements to 10 minutes, and
that agencies avoid extended discussions about their representatives
and backgrounds. Following the opening statement, the agency's
presentation should focus on regulatory criteria--particularly to
responses to areas where the staff has recommended a finding of
noncompliance or substantial compliance, or where other concerns have
been raised that the agency would like to address. Questions from
NACIQI members may focus on other areas.
Administration Policy Update
A representative of the Administration will discuss higher
education policy priorities.
Regulations Subcommittee Report
The NACIQI Regulations Subcommittee will present recommendations to
the Committee for review and consideration for sharing with the
Department in advance of the Department's upcoming negotiated
rulemaking process.
Accreditor Dashboards
A member of the Department staff will provide an update on recent
changes to the Accreditor Dashboards.
NACIQI Policy Discussion
In addition to its review of accrediting agencies for Secretarial
recognition, there will be time for Committee discussions regarding any
of the categories within NACIQI's statutory authority in its capacity
as an advisory committee.
Instructions To Access or Participate in the Virtual Meeting
Accrediting agency representatives and members of the public must
access or participate in the meeting virtually.
You must register online at https://cvent.me/04MvVB any time before
the meeting begins on August 1, 2023.
After you register, you will receive a confirmation email
containing personalized participation links for each day of the three-
day meeting.
Public Comment
Submission of requests to make an oral comment regarding a specific
accrediting agency under review, or to make an oral comment or written
statement regarding other issues within the scope of NACIQI's
authority:
The opportunity to submit a written statement regarding a specific
accrediting agency under review was solicited by a previous Federal
Register notice published on May 5, 2022 (87 FR 26743; Document Number
2022-09582). The opportunity to submit written statements regarding the
National Defense University (NDU) was solicited by a previous Federal
Register notice
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published on November 14, 2022 (87 FR 68144; Document Number 2022-
24637). The periods for submission of such statements are now closed.
Additional written statements regarding the specific accrediting
agencies and institution under review as identified in this Federal
Register notice will not be accepted or provided to NACIQI members for
purposes of the current cycle of review. However, members of the public
may submit written statements regarding other issues within the scope
of NACIQI's authority for consideration by NACIQI in the manner
described below. Members of the public may also make oral comments
regarding the specific accrediting agencies and institution under
review, as identified in this Federal Register notice, and/or other
agenda topics. Oral comments may not exceed three minutes. Oral
comments about an agency's recognition when a compliance report has
been required by the SDO or the Secretary must relate to the criteria
for recognition cited in the SDO's letter that requested the report, or
in the Secretary's appeal decision, if any. Oral comments about an
agency seeking expansion of scope must be directed to the agency's
ability to serve as a recognized accrediting agency with respect to the
kinds of institutions or programs requested to be added. Oral comments
about the renewal of an agency's recognition must relate to its
compliance with the criteria for the Recognition of Accrediting
Agencies, which are available at www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/.
Written statements and oral comments concerning NACIQI's work
outside of a specific accrediting agency under review must be limited
to matters within the scope of NACIQI's authority as outlined under
Section 114 of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c). Written statements of any
kind submitted after the deadline will not be considered by the
Department or provided to NACIQI for purposes of the current cycle of
review. Requests to make oral comments that are received outside of the
periods noted below will not be accepted.
Instructions on Requesting To Make Public Comment
To request to make oral comments of three minutes or less during
the August 1-3, 2023 virtual meeting, please follow Method One or
Method Two below. To submit a written statement to NACIQI concerning
its work outside of a specific accrediting agency under review, please
follow Method One.
Method One: Submit a request by email to the
[email protected] mailbox. Please do not send material directly
to NACIQI members. Written statements to NACIQI concerning its work
outside of a specific accrediting agency under review and requests to
make oral comment must be received by 5:00pm Eastern Time on July 25,
2023 and include the subject line ``Oral Comment Request: (agency
name),'' ``Oral Comment Request: (subject)'' or ``Written Statement:
(subject).'' The email must include the name(s), title, organization/
affiliation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number, of
the person(s) submitting a written statement or requesting to speak.
All individuals submitting an advance request in accordance with Method
One will be afforded an opportunity to speak. If you intend to make
your comments by dialing into the meeting rather than using a computer,
please be sure to include that information in your email request.
Method Two (Available only to those seeking to make oral comments):
Submit a request by email on August 1, 2023, between 7:45 a.m. to 8:45
a.m. Eastern Time to [email protected]; requests outside of
this period will not be accepted. The email must include the subject
line ``Oral Comment Request: (agency name),'' or ``Oral Comment
Request: (subject)'' on which the requestor wishes to comment, in
addition to his or her name, title, organization/affiliation, mailing
address, email address, and telephone number. If you intend to make
your comments by dialing into the meeting rather than using a computer,
please include that information in your email request. For each agenda
item, we will allot a total of up to 15 minutes for oral commenters who
submit a request in accordance with Method Two. We will select
individuals using Method Two on a first-come, first-served basis. If
selected, each commenter may not exceed three minutes.
Access to Records of the Virtual Meeting: The Department will post
the official report of the virtual meeting on the NACIQI website at
https://sites.ed.gov/naciqi/archive-of-meetings within 90 days after
the meeting. In addition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009, the public may
request to inspect records of the meeting at 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Washington, DC, by emailing [email protected] or by calling
(202) 453-7415 to schedule an appointment. SDO decisions, pursuant to
34 CFR 602.36, associated with all NACIQI meetings are located at the
following website: https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
Reasonable Accommodations: The dial-in information and weblink
access to the virtual meeting are accessible to individuals with
disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or service to
participate in the virtual meeting (e.g., interpreting service,
assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format),
notify the contact person in this notice at least two weeks before the
meeting. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after that
date, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid
or service because of insufficient time to arrange it.
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 also may 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: Section 114 of the HEA of 1964, as amended (20 U.S.C.
1011c).
Annmarie Weisman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Innovation, Office
of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-13917 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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