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(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—The Tribally Con-
trolled Community College or University Assistance Act 
of 1978 is further amended—
(1) in section 2(a)(6) (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(6)), 
by striking ‘‘in the field of Indian education’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in the field of Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities and Indian higher education’’; 
(2) in section 2(b), by striking paragraph (5) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) Eligible credits earned in a continuing 
education program shall be determined as one credit 
for every 10 contact hours for institutions on a 
quarter system, and 15 contact hours for institu-
tions on a semester system, of participation in an or-
ganized continuing education experience under re-
sponsible sponsorship, capable direction, and quali-
fied instruction, as described in the criteria estab-
lished by the International Association for Con-
tinuing Education and Training, and may not exceed 
20 percent of an institution’s total Indian student 
count.’’; and 
(3) in section 103 (25 U.S.C. 1804), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the
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period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) has been accredited by a nationally recog-
nized accrediting agency or association determined 
by the Secretary of Education to be a reliable au-
thority as to the quality of training offered, or is, ac-
cording to such an agency or association, making 
reasonable progress toward accreditation.’’. 
SEC. 924. NAVAJO COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACT. 
Section 5(a)(1) of the Navajo Community College Act 
(25 U.S.C. 640c–1(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
SEC. 925. EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1992. 
Section 1543(d) of the Education Amendments of 
1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’.
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SEC. 926. STUDY OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND 
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall provide 
for the conduct a study of the best practices of States in 
assessing undergraduate postsecondary student learning, 
particularly as such practices relate to public account-
ability systems. 
(b) CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ASSOCIATION.—Such 
study shall be conducted by an association or organization 
with specific expertise and knowledge in state practices 
and access to necessary state officials (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘association’’). The association respon-
sible for the study under this section shall be a national, 
non-partisan or bi-partisan entity representing States or 
State officials with expertise in evaluative and qualitative 
policy research for best practice models, the capacity to 
convene experts, and to formulate policy recommenda-
tions. 
(c) REQUIRED SUBJECTS OF STUDY.—In performing 
the study, the association shall, at a minimum, examine 
the following: 
(1) The current status of institutional and state 
efforts to embed student learning assessments into 
the state-level public accountability frameworks. 
(2) The extent to which there is commonality 
among educators and accrediting agencies on learn-