[Federal Register: July 31, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 147)] [Notices] [Page 41029] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr31jy97-55] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4000-01-M