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Glenna Wright-Gallo, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25774 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Accrediting Agencies Currently 

Undergoing Review for the Purpose 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. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information to members of the public on 

submitting written comments for 

accrediting agencies currently 

undergoing review for the purpose 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, 

Fifth Floor, 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 winter 2026 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. Note: Written 

comments about the specific agencies 

identified below will not be accepted or 

provided to NACIQI members if those 

comments are submitted after the 

deadline provided in this Federal 

Register notice, which is December 6, 

2024. Written comments must be 

submitted to the mailbox identified 

below. Do not submit written comments 

directly to Department officials or to 

NACIQI members. 

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 2026 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 requested to expand its scope of 

recognition, both the current scope of 

recognition and the requested scope of 

recognition are identified below. 

Applications for Renewal of 

Recognition 

1. American Board of Funeral Service 

Education. Scope of Recognition: The 

accreditation of institutions and 

programs awarding diplomas, associate 

degrees, and bachelor’s degrees in 

funeral service or mortuary science, 

including the accreditation of distance 

learning courses and programs offered 

by these programs and institutions. 

Geographic Area of Accrediting 

Activities: The United States. 

2. Accrediting Commission of Career 

Schools and Colleges. Scope of 

Recognition: The accreditation of 

postsecondary, non degree-granting 

institutions and degree-granting 

institutions in the United States, 

including those granting associate, 

baccalaureate and master’s degrees, that 

are predominantly organized to educate 

students for occupational, trade and 

technical careers, and including 

institutions that offer programs via 

distance education. Geographic Area of 

Accrediting Activities: The United 

States. 

3. Association of Institutions of Jewish 

Studies. Scope of Recognition: The 

accreditation of postsecondary 

institutions of Jewish Studies within the 

United States exclusively offering 

educational programs leading to a 

certificate, associate degree, 

baccalaureate degree or their equivalent 

credential in Jewish Studies or Classical 

Torah Studies. Geographic Area of 

Accrediting Activities: The United 

States. 

4. American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. Scope of 

Recognition: The accreditation and preaccreditation (Accreditation Candidate) 

of education programs in audiology and 

speech-language pathology leading to 

the first professional or clinical degree 

at the master’s or doctoral level, and the 

accreditation of these programs offered 

via distance education. Geographic Area 

of Accrediting Activities: The United 

States. 

5. 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, 

and programs that include distance 

education. Geographic Area of 

Accrediting Activities: The United 

States. 

6. Council on Naturopathic Medical 

Education. Scope of Recognition: The 

accreditation and preaccreditation of 

graduate-level, four-year naturopathic 

medical education programs leading to 

the Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine 

(NMN) or Doctor of Naturopathy (ND), 

including those offered by distance 

education. Geographic Area of 

Accrediting Activities: The United 

States. 

7. Montessori Accreditation Council 

for Teacher Education. Scope of 

Recognition: The accreditation of 

Montessori teacher education 

institutions and programs including 

those offered via distance education. 

Geographic Area of Accrediting 

Activities: The United States. 

8. Midwifery Education Accreditation 

Council. Scope of Recognition: The 

accreditation and pre-accreditation of 

direct-entry midwifery educational 

institutions and programs conferring 

degrees and certificates, including the 

accreditation of such programs offered 

via distance learning. Geographic Area 

of Accrediting Activities: The United 

States. 

9. National Accrediting Commission 

of Career Arts and Sciences. Scope of 

Recognition: The accreditation of 

postsecondary schools and departments 

of cosmetology arts and sciences and 

massage therapy, including those 

offered via distance education. 

Geographic Area of Accrediting 

Activities: The United States. 

10. National League for Nursing, 

Commission for Nurse Education 

Accreditation. Scope of Recognition: 

The preaccreditation and accreditation 

of nursing education programs which 

offer a certification or diploma or degree 

at the practical/vocational, diploma, 

associate, baccalaureate, masters, and 

doctoral levels, including those offered 

via distance education. This recognition 

extends to the Appeals Panel. 

Geographic Area of Accrediting 

Activities: 


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The United States. Requested Scope 

of Recognition: The preaccreditation 

and accreditation of nursing education 

programs which offer a certification or 

diploma or degree at the practical/ 

vocational, diploma, associate, 

baccalaureate, masters, post-graduate, 

and doctoral levels, including those 

offered via distance education. This 

recognition extends to the Appeals 

Panel. Geographic Area of Accrediting 

Activities: The United States. 

Compliance Reports 

1. Association of Advanced 

Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools. 

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 degree programs. 

Geographic Area of Accrediting 

Activities: The United States. The 

Compliance report includes findings of 

noncompliance with the criteria in 34 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

602 identified in the November 3, 2023, 

letter from the senior Department 

official following the July 15,2023, 

NACIQI meeting, available at: https://

surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/ 

public-documents. 

2. Academy of Nutrition and 

Dietetics, Accreditation Council for 

Education in Nutrition and Dietetics. 

Scope of Recognition: The accreditation 

and pre-accreditation of Didactic and 

Coordinated Programs in Nutrition and 

Dietetics at both the undergraduate and 

graduate level, postbaccalaureate 

Nutrition and Dietetics Internships, and 

Nutrition and Dietetics Technician 

Programs at the associate degree level 

and for its accreditation of such 

programs offered via distance education. 

Geographic Area of Accrediting 

Activities: The United States. The 

compliance report includes findings of 

noncompliance with the criteria in 34 

CFR part 602 identified in the 

November 3, 2023, letter from the senior 

Department official following the July 

15, 2023, NACIQI meeting, available at 

https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/ 

#/public-documents. 

3. 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: The United 

States. The compliance report includes 

findings of noncompliance with the 

criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in 

the November 3, 2023, letter from the 

senior Department official following the 

July 15, 2023, NACIQI meeting, 

available at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/ 

erecognition/#/public-documents. 

4. Northwest Commission on Colleges 

and Universities. Scope of Recognition: 

The accreditation and pre-accreditation 

(‘‘Candidacy status’’) of institutions, 

including the accreditation of programs 

offered via correspondence education, 

and distance education within these 

institutions. This recognition also 

extends to the Executive Committee. 

Geographic Area of Accrediting 

Activities: The United States. The 

compliance report includes findings of 

noncompliance with the criteria in 34 

CFR part 602 identified in the 

November 3, 2023, letter from the senior 

Department official following the July 

15, 2023, NACIQI meeting, available at 

https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/ 

#/public-documents. 

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 December 6, 2024, 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 

person(s) making the comment. 

Comments should be submitted as a 

PDF, Microsoft Word document or in a 

medium compatible with Microsoft 

Word 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 or the Criteria for the 

recognition of state agencies, which are 

available at: https://www2.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. Written comments about 

the specific agencies identified in this 

Federal Register notice that are 

submitted after the deadline will not be 

considered by the Department or 

provided to NACIQI for purposes of the 

current cycle review. However, 

comments may be provided orally at the 

winter 2026 NACIQI meeting, which has 

not yet been scheduled, but which will 

be announced in a future Federal 

Register notice. 

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Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c; 20 U.S.C. 

1099b. 

Nasser Paydar, 

Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25785 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0061; FRL–11680–09– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Applications for New Uses 

(September 2024) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register new uses for pesticide 

products containing currently registered 

active ingredients. Pursuant to the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on these 

applications. 


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