6638 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 13 / Friday, January 22, 2021 / Notices 

Dated: January 14, 2021. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01294 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

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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: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Accreditation Group, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Call for written third-party 

comments. 

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) 453–6128, 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 winter 

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 winter 2022 NACIQI meeting. 

The agencies are listed by the type of 

application each has submitted. We 

have also indicated each agency’s 

current scope of recognition. If any 

agency requests a change to its scope of 

recognition, we have identified both the 

current scope of recognition and the 

requested scope of recognition. 

Applications for Renewal of 

Recognition 

1. American Podiatric Medical 

Association, Council on Podiatric 

Medical Education. Scope of 

recognition: The accreditation and 

preaccreditation (‘‘Provisional 

Accreditation’’) throughout the United 

States of freestanding colleges of 

podiatric medicine and programs of 

podiatric medicine, including first 

professional programs leading to the 

degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. 

2. The Council on Chiropractic 

Education. Scope of recognition: The 

accreditation of programs leading to the 

Doctor of Chiropractic degree and 

single-purpose institutions offering the 

Doctor of Chiropractic program. 

3. Commission on English Language 

Program Accreditation. Scope of 

recognition: The accreditation of 

postsecondary, non-degree-granting 

English language programs and 

institutions in the United States 

including those programs offered via 

distance education. 

4. Joint Review Committee on 

Education in Radiologic Technology. 

Scope of recognition: The accreditation 

of educational programs in radiography, 

magnetic resonance, radiation therapy, 

and medical dosimetry, including those 

offered via distance education, at the 

certificate, associate, and baccalaureate 

levels. 

5. North Dakota Board of Nursing. 

Scope of Recognition: Recognized for 

the Approval of Nurse Education in the 

State of North Dakota. 

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 February 19, 2021 in the 

ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov mailbox 

and include the subject line ‘‘Written 

Comments: (agency name).’’ The 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 electronic mail 

message (email) or provided in the body 

of an email message. 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/ 

accreditation?src=rn. 

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 

Christopher McCaghren, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01357 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice Inviting Applications for 

Proprietary Institutions Under the 

Higher Education Emergency Relief 

Fund (HEERF), Section 314(a)(4); 

Coronavirus Response and Relief 

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 

(CRRSAA); Correction 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: On January 15, 2021, the 

Department published a notice in the 

Federal Register inviting applications 

(NIA) from eligible proprietary 

institutions listed on the Department’s 

section 314(a)(4) allocation table to 

apply for funding under the Proprietary 

Institution Grant Funds for Students 

program, Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) number 84.425Q. 

This notice corrects the Grants.gov 


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