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This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.  \nThe Secretary’s Criteria for Recognition are organized by sections on the U.S. Department of Education’s e-Recognition website. For each of these sections, Department staff will review the application and related materials, including the results of site visits or file reviews, and issue a recommended finding to be presented to the NACIQI (National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity) and the senior Department official (SDO):  \n• Fully compliant – the agency has the appropriate policy, procedure or standard in place and, in each example provided or reviewed during the staff analyst’s observation, has adhered to those policies, procedures and/or standards. The agency is also compliant if the agency has the appropriate policy, procedure, or standard in place, but the agency has not had the need or opportunity to implement or demonstrate compliance with the policy, practice, or standard during the review period. This may apply to an entire criterion or to one or more elements within a given recognition criterion and follow-up verification may be needed in such circumstances. In addition, the Department cannot find an agency to be out of compliance simply because the agency has not accumulated a body of evidence to prove that the policy is effective where there has not been sufficient time or an actual need to apply the policy since its implementation. The Department recognizes that implementing a new policy and proving it effective can sometimes take years. Thus, in the case of policies for which there has been insufficient time or no need to apply the policy, the agency will not be found out of compliance simply because it has not accumulated a body of evidence to prove that the policy is effective. However, the agency will be found out of compliance if the Department can demonstrate that the policy is not effective.  \nSubstantially compliant--the agency demonstrated to the Department that it has the necessary policies, practices, and standards in place and generally adheres with fidelity to those policies, practices, and standards; or the agency has policies, practices, and standards in place that need minor modifications to reflect its generally compliant practice. If Department staff determines that the agency has come into compliance during the review period, this designation may require no additional response or action from the agency. However, Department staff or NACIQI could recommend, or the SDO could require, that the agency submit a monitoring report to demonstrate that it has become or remains compliant.  \nNot compliant – the agency does not have the appropriate policy, procedure, or standard in place or has the policy, procedure or standard in place but has consistently failed to adhere to it as demonstrated by the examples provided or reviewed during the staff analyst’s observations. A finding of noncompliance may result in a recommendation from Department staff or the NACIQI, or a decision by the SDO, that an agency's recognition be denied, limited, suspended, or terminated. Alternatively, Department staff or the NACIQI could recommend, or the SDO could require, that the agency come into compliance and submit a compliance report that would be reviewed by Department staff and the NACIQI at a subsequent meeting, and","cbCaicvp2EJj8jy6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicvp2EJj8jy6","pdf",567956,37,"English","# Accreditation Handbook\n## Purpose and Legal Context\n## Review Process and Recommended Findings\n## Secretary’s Criteria: Compliance Designations\n## Documentation, File Reviews, and FOIA Notes","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of this Accreditation Handbook?\",\"answer\":\"It provides clarity on existing recognition requirements for accrediting agencies under applicable law and Department policies.\"},{\"question\":\"How do Department staff review applications for agency recognition?\",\"answer\":\"Staff review applications and related materials, including results from site visits or file reviews, then issue a recommended finding to NACIQI and senior Department officials.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the compliance categories mean (fully compliant, substantially compliant, not compliant)?\",\"answer\":\"Fully compliant indicates appropriate policies and adherence in provided or reviewed examples. 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