Federal Register #2026-22644

Accreditor Recognition Reviews and Proposed Procurement List Deletion for Control Assembly

This notice combines Department of Education accreditor-review comments with a proposed Procurement List deletion for a control assembly. - Government entities - U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education: seeking written public comments on agencies under review for recognition. - Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled: proposed deletion of an item from the Procurement List. - Accreditor and state-agency reviews - Agencies named: Accrediting Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc.; Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education; American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education; Higher Learning Commission; Middle States Commission on Higher Education; New England Commission of Higher Education; New York State Board of Regents (Public Postsecondary Vocational Education, Practical Nursing); Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education; Pennsylvania State Board of Career and Technical Education; and WASC Senior College and University Commission. - Reviews cover nursing, midwifery, physical therapy, higher education, and public postsecondary vocational education, including distance education where applicable. WASC Senior College and University Commission also requested an expanded recognition scope. - Comments should address compliance with applicable recognition criteria and be emailed to ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov. - Procurement List item proposed for deletion - Control Assembly, Push-Pull, NSN 2590-01-279-5714; quantity not specified. - Authorized source of supply: Opportunities, Inc. of Jefferson County, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. - No new product purchase, service request, OEM, contract value, or performance period is identified.

Description

The U.S. Department of Education requests written third-party comments on accrediting agencies and state agencies currently undergoing review for recognition by the Secretary of Education. The listed agencies are scheduled for review at the third 2027 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. Comments must address the agencies’ compliance with the applicable recognition criteria and be submitted by email to ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov by the deadline. The notice describes the agencies’ scopes of recognition and provides instructions for submitting comments.

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