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 PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 263

"(B) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond high school; "(C) provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree, or provides not less than a 2-year program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or offers a 2-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or other technological fields which require the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge; "(D) is a public or other nonprofit institution; and "(E) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the Secretary pursuant to this paragraph or, if not so accredited, is an institution whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than 3 institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited, except that in the case of an institution offering a 2-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or technological fields which requires the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge if the Secretary determines that there is no nationally recognized accrediting agency or association qualified to accredit such institutions, the Secretary shall appoint an advisory committee, composed of persons specially qualified to evaluate training provided by such institutions, which shall prescribe the standards of content, scope, and quality which must be met in order to qualify such institutions to participate under this title and shall also determine whether particular institutions meet such standards. For the purposes of this paragraph the Secretary shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered, "(8) The term 'nonprofit' as applied to a school, agency, organization, or institution means a school, agency, organization, or institution owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. "(9) The term 'consortium' (except in section 5131) means a consortium of local educational agencies or of one or more intermediate educational agencies and one or more local educational agencies. "SEC. 5142. FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.

"(a) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall be responsible for the administration of the programs authorized by this title. "(b)

APPXJCABIIJTY OF GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT.—

Except as otherwise provided, the General Education Provisions Act shall apply to programs authorized by this title.

20 USC 3222.

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