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 112 STAT. 1748 PUBLIC LAW 105-244—OCT. 7, 1998 Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. " (2) CONTENTS. —Each application shall include— "(A) a description of the institution, system, or consortium's consultation with a recognized accrediting agency or association with respect to quality assurances for the distance education programs to be offered; "(B) a description of the statutory and regulatory requirements described in subsection (b)(2) or, if applicable, subsection (b)(3)(D) for which a waiver is sought and the reasons for which the waiver is sought; "(C) a description of the distance education programs to be offered; "(D) a description of the students to whom distance education programs will be offered; "(E) an assurance that the institution, system, or consortium will offer full cooperation with the ongoing evaluations of the demonstration program provided for in this section; and "(F) such other information as the Secretary may require. "(d) SELECTION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— For the first year of the demonstration program authorized under this section, the Secretary is authorized to select for participation in the program not more than 15 institutions, systems of institutions, or consortia of institutions. For the third year of the demonstration program authorized under this section, the Secretary may select not more than 35 institutions, systems, or consortia, in addition to the institutions, systems, or consortia selected pursuant to the preceding sentence, to participate in the demonstration program if the Secretary determines that such expansion is warranted based on the evaluations conducted in accordance with subsections (f) and (g). "(2) CONSIDERATIONS.— In selecting institutions to participate in the demonstration program in the first or succeeding years of the program, the Secretary shall take into account— "(A) the number and quality of applications received; "(B) the Department's capacity to oversee and monitor each institution's participation; "(C) an institution's— "(i) financial responsibility; "(ii) administrative capability; and "(iii) program or progrsims being offered via distance education; and "(D) ensuring the participation of a diverse group of institutions with respect to size, mission, and geographic distribution. "(e) NOTIFICATION. — The Secretary shall make available to the public and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a list of institutions, systems or consortia selected to participate in the demonstration program authorized by this section. Such notice shall include a listing of the specific statutory and regulatory requirements being waived for each institution, system or consortium and a description of the distance education courses to be offered.

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