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established a set of performance 

measures, including long-term 

measures, that are designed to yield 

information on various aspects of the 

effectiveness and quality of the 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program. 

These measures are included in the 

application package and focus on the 

extent to which projects are of high 

quality, are relevant to improving 

outcomes of children with disabilities, 

and contribute to improving outcomes 

for children with disabilities. We will 

collect data on these measures from the 

project funded under this competition. 

The grantee will be required to report 

information on its project’s performance 

in its final performance report to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Malouf, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4063, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6253. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

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: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this 

site you can view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

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: http:// 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Dated: August 11, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20884 Filed 8–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

Formula Grant Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

(PBI) Formula Grant Program. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.031P. 

DATES: Purpose of Program: Through the 

Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) 

Formula Grant Program, the Department 

makes grant awards to eligible 

institutions to plan, develop, undertake, 

and implement programs to enhance 

their capacity to serve more low- and 

middle-income Black American 

students; to expand higher education 

opportunities for eligible students by 

encouraging college preparation and 

student persistence in secondary school 

and postsecondary education; and to 

strengthen the financial ability of the 

institutions to serve the academic needs 

of these students. 

Program Authority: Title III, part A, 

section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1059e). 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 82, 84, 85, 86, 

97, 98, and 99. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Formula Grant. 

Estimated Available Funds 

$9,601,758. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Grants awarded under the PBI Formula 

Grant Program will be allotted to 

eligible institutions based on the 

formula included in section 318(e) of 

the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1059e(e)), with no 

grantee allotted less than $250,000. 

If the amount appropriated for this 

program for a fiscal year is not sufficient 

to pay the minimum allotment to 

eligible institutions, then the amount of 

the minimum allotment must be ratably 

reduced, in accordance with section 

318(e) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1059e(e)(4)). 

Funding Formula: 

Grant amounts to PBIs will be 

awarded according to the following 

formula: 

(1) Federal Pell Grant basis—From the 

amount appropriated for this program 

for any fiscal year, the Secretary allots 

to each PBI with an approved 

application a sum that bears the same 

ratio to one-half of that amount as the 

number of Federal Pell Grant recipients 

in attendance at such institution at the 

end of the academic year preceding the 

beginning of that fiscal year, bears to the 

total number of Federal Pell Grant 

recipients at all such institutions at the 

end of such academic year. 

(2) Graduates basis—From the amount 

appropriated for this program for any 

fiscal year, the Secretary allots to each 

PBI with an approved application a sum 

that bears the same ratio to one-fourth 

of that amount as the number of 

graduates for such academic year at 

such institution, bears to the total 

number of graduates for such academic 

year at all such institutions. 

(3) Graduates Seeking a higher degree 

basis—From the amount appropriated 

for this program for any fiscal year, the 

Secretary allots to each PBI with an 

approved application a sum that bears 

the same ratio to one-fourth of that 

amount as the percentage of graduates 

from such institution who are admitted 

to and in attendance at, not later than 

two years after graduation with an 

associate’s degree or a baccalaureate 

degree, a baccalaureate degree-granting 

institution or a graduate or professional 

school in a degree program in 

disciplines in which Black American 

students are underrepresented, bears to 

the percentage of such graduates for all 

such institutions. 

Estimated Number of Awards: All 

applicant institutions that meet the 

eligibility requirements will receive a 

portion of the total appropriations for 

the PBI Formula Grant Program. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: To be eligible, 

an applicant must have previously 

submitted the ‘‘Application for 

Designation as an Eligible Institution’’ 

and received FY 2011 designation as an 

eligible institution for programs under 

title III and title V of the HEA. The 

regulations explaining the standards for 

designation can be found in 34 CFR 

607.2 through 607.5. In addition, an 

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(1) Have an enrollment of needy 

undergraduate students as defined in 

section 318(b)(2) of the HEA; 

(2) Have an average educational and 

general expenditure that is low, per fulltime equivalent undergraduate student, 

in comparison with the average 

educational and general expenditure per 

full-time equivalent undergraduate 

student of institutions that offer similar 

instruction, except that the Secretary 

may apply the waiver requirements 

described in section 392(b) of the HEA 

to this subparagraph in the same 

manner as the Secretary applies the 

waiver requirements to section 

312(b)(1)(B) of the HEA; 

(3) Have an enrollment of 

undergraduate students that is not less 

than 40 percent Black American 

students; 

(4) Be legally authorized to provide, 

and provide, within the State an 

educational program for which the 

institution of higher education awards a 

baccalaureate degree or, in the case of a 

junior or community college, an 

associate’s degree; 

(5) Be accredited by a nationally 

recognized accrediting agency or 

association determined by the Secretary 

to be a reliable authority as to the 

quality of training offered or is, 

according to such an agency or 

association, making reasonable progress 

toward accreditation; and 

(6) Not be receiving funds under any 

other provision of part A or part B of 

title III of the HEA or part A of title V 

of the HEA or be authorized to receive 

an annual appropriation under the Act 

of March 2, 1867 (20 U.S.C. 123). 

To be eligible for a grant under the 

PBI Formula Grant Program, an 

applicant must also meet the definition 

of a Predominantly Black Institution in 

section 318(b)(6) of the HEA. The term 

Predominantly Black Institution means 

an institution of higher education, as 

defined in section 101(a) of the HEA— 

(A) That is an eligible institution with 

not less than 1,000 undergraduate 

students; 

(B) At which not less than 50 percent 

of the undergraduate students enrolled 

at the eligible institution are lowincome individuals or first-generation 

college students; and 

(C) At which not less than 50 percent 

of the undergraduate students are 

enrolled in an educational program 

leading to a bachelor’s or associate’s 

degree that the eligible institution is 

licensed to award by the State (defined 

as each of the 50 States and the District 

of Columbia) in which the eligible 

institution is located. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching unless the grantee uses a 

portion of its grant for establishing or 

improving an endowment fund. If a 

grantee uses a portion of its grant for 

endowment fund purposes, it must 

match those grant funds with nonFederal funds in an amount equal to or 

greater than the Federal funds used for 

the establishment or increase of the 

endowment fund (20 U.S.C. 

1059e(d)(3)). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Department. To obtain a copy via the 

Internet, use the following address for 

the PBI Formula Grant Program Web 

site: http://www.ed.gov/programs/ 

pbihea/index.html. To obtain a copy 

from the Department, write, fax, or call 

the following: Bernadette D. Miles, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6025, Washington, DC 

20006–8515. Telephone: (202) 502– 

7616, or by e-mail: 

bernadette.miles@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the program contact 

person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: The application process for 

this program has two phases: Phase I 

involves submitting 2009–2010 data 

used to run the funding formula; Phase 

II includes the narrative project plan 

and standard forms. The deadline dates 

for submitting Phases I and II of the 

application are listed in this notice. 

Other requirements concerning the 

content of an application, together with 

the forms you must submit, are in the 

application package for this program. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: August 17, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Phase I of 

Applications: September 1, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Phase II of 

Applications: September 16, 2011. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically as an e-mail attachment to 

pbiprogram@ed.gov by 12:00:00 a.m. 

Washington, DC time, on the deadline 

date. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section in this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

application is under review by the 

Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. 

A DUNS number can be created 

within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

Formula Grant Program—CFDA Number 

84.031P must be submitted 

electronically via e-mail to 

pbiprogram@ed.gov. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 


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qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the PBI Program at 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/pbihea/ 

index.html. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

12:00:00 a.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. We will 

not accept an application for this 

program after 12:00:00 a.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that you do not 

wait until the application deadline date 

to begin the application process. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or 

.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• Within three working days after 

submitting Phase II of your electronic 

application, fax a signed copy of the SF 

424 to the Application Control Center 

after following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application via email because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; 

and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Bernadette D. Miles, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6025, Washington, DC 

20006–8515. FAX: (202) 502–7861. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.031P), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.031P), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the 

Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 

the CFDA number, including suffix 

letter, if any, of the competition under 

which you are submitting your 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant application. If you do not 

receive this notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Grants awarded under the PBI 

Formula Grant Program are based on a 

formula. All applicants who meet the 

eligibility requirements will receive a 

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this program based on the formula 

contained in section 318(e) of the HEA 

(20 U.S.C. 1059e(e)). 

Department staff will review 

applications to determine eligibility and 

to ensure that all activities proposed in 

the application are allowable under 

section 318(d) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1059e(d)). 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to: 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of the PBI Formula 

Grant Program: 

(a) Enrollment Rate: The percentage 

change of the number of full-time 

degree-seeking undergraduate students 

enrolled at PBIs. 

(b) Persistence Rate—four-year 

institutions: The percentage of firsttime, full-time degree-seeking 

undergraduate students at four-year 

PBIs who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same four-year PBI. 

(c) Persistence Rate—two-year 

institutions: The percentage of firsttime, full-time degree-seeking 

undergraduate students at two-year PBIs 

who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same two-year PBI. 

(d) Completion Rate—four-year 

institutions: The percentage of firsttime, full-time degree-seeking 

undergraduate students enrolled at fouryear PBIs who graduate within six years 

of enrollment. 

(e) Completion Rate—two-year 

institutions: The percentage of firsttime, full-time degree-seeking 

undergraduate students enrolled at twoyear PBIs who graduate within three 

years of enrollment. 

(f) Efficiency Measure: Cost per 

successful program outcome: Federal 

cost per undergraduate degree at PBIs. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bernadette D. Miles, Institutional 

Service, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., Room 6025, 

Washington, DC 20006–8515. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7616, or by email: bernadette.miles@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. OTHER INFORMATION

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

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: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this 

site you can view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

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: http:// 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Dated: August 12, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20998 Filed 8–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity, 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Advisory Committee 

on Institutional Quality and Integrity, 

Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of December 14–16, 2011 

open meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee on Institutional Quality and 

Integrity and an invitation to make 

third-party written comments 

concerning agencies scheduled for 

review. 

ADDRESSES: U. S. Department of 

Education, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

8060, Washington, DC 20006. 

SUMMARY: This meeting notice sets forth 

the agenda of the upcoming December 

14–16, 2011 open meeting of the 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity 

(NACIQI) and informs the public of its 

opportunity to attend the meeting. It 

also invites the public to submit thirdparty written comments concerning 

agencies scheduled for review. The 

notice of this meeting is required under 

Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) and Section 

114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965 (HEA), as amended. 

Meeting Date and Place: The NACIQI 

meeting will be held on December 14– 

16, 2011, at the Crowne Plaza Old Town 

Alexandria, 901 North Fairfax, 

Alexandria, Virginia, from 8:00 a.m., to 

approximately 5:30 p.m., except for 

December 16, 2011, when it is 

anticipated that the meeting will end 

mid-afternoon. 

NACIQI’s Statutory Authority and 

Function: The NACIQI is established 

under Section 114 of the HEA, as 

amended, 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The NACIQI 

advises the Secretary of Education 

about: 

The establishment and enforcement of the 

Criteria for Recognition of accrediting 

agencies or associations under Subpart 2, 

Part H, Title IV, HEA, as amended; 

The recognition of specific accrediting 

agencies or associations, or a specific State 

approval agency; 


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