34 CFR § 602.2 - How do I know which agencies the Secretary recognizes?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s602.2"
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title: "34 CFR § 602.2 - How do I know which agencies the Secretary recognizes?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "602.2"
section_name: "How do I know which agencies the Secretary recognizes?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "602"
part_name: "THE SECRETARY'S RECOGNITION OF ACCREDITING AGENCIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1099b, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 56617, Oct. 20, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "602"
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# 602.2 How do I know which agencies the Secretary recognizes?
(a) Periodically, the Secretary publishes a list of recognized agencies in the *Federal Register,* together with each agency's scope of recognition. You may obtain a copy of the list from the Department at any time. The list is also available on the Department's web site.
(b) If the Secretary denies continued recognition to a previously recognized agency, or if the Secretary limits, suspends, or terminates the agency's recognition before the end of its recognition period, the Secretary publishes a notice of that action in the *Federal Register.* The Secretary also makes the reasons for the action available to the public, on request.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b)