California Education Code

§ 94885.5

EDC § 94885.5 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 10 · Title 3 · Part 59 · Ch. 8 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)If an institution that has not been accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education seeks to offer one or more degree programs, the institution shall satisfy the following requirements in order to be issued a provisional approval to operate degree programs from the bureau:

(1)The institution may not offer more than two degree programs during the term of its provisional approval to operate degree programs.

(2)The institution shall submit an accreditation plan, approved by the bureau, for the institution to become fully accredited within five years of issuance of its provisional approval to operate degree programs. The plan shall include, at a minimum, identification of an accreditation agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, from which the institution plans to seek accreditation, and outline the process by which the institution will achieve accreditation candidacy or pre-accreditation within two years, and full accreditation within five years, of issuance of its provisional approval to operate degree programs.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 552, Sec. 7. (SB 802) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.