Hearing on D-Q University Land Transfer: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3144 ... Hearing Held in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 1981

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Page 19 - ... authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools. Such term also includes any other public institution or agency having administrative...
Page 19 - local educational agency" means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools.
Page 19 - Commissioner for this purpose or, if not so accredited, (A) is an institution with respect to which the Commissioner has determined that there is satisfactory assurance, considering the resources available to the institution, the period of time, if any, during which it has operated, the effort it is making to meet accreditation standards, and the purpose for which this determination is being made, that the institution will meet the accreditation standards...
Page 19 - ... is an institution whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited. Such term also includes any school which provides not less than a one-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation and which meets the provisions of clauses (1), (2), (4), and (5).
Page 19 - secondary school' means a school which provides secondary education, as determined under State law except that it does not include any education provided beyond grade 12.
Page 19 - State educational agency" means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools, or, if there is no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated by the Governor or by State law for this purpose.
Page 19 - ... certificate, (2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education, (3) provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree or provides not less than a two-year program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, (4) is a public or other nonprofit institution, and (5) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association...
Page 19 - institution of higher education" means an educational institution in any State which — (1) admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate ; (2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond...
Page 19 - institution of higher education" ' means an educational institution in any State which (1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate...
Page 19 - State" includes, in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam. American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (h) The term "State educational agency...

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