march 2006 Call For Comment

Proposed Wording:
The school offers job placement services to help in the graduates' efforts to secure employment in the field represented by the program the graduate completed, or in a related field.

Proposed Wording:
Sub-Part B - Complaints Against NACCAS Evaluators

Section 6.8 Requirements

(d) If the complaint is referred to the Executive Committee, that Committee shall notify the evaluator, in writing, of the allegations and inform the complaining party that the complaint is under consideration by the Executive Committee. The evaluator will have an opportunity to respond and/or request a hearing before the Executive Committee. The Committee or the Commission shall conduct an investigation of the allegations.

Proposed Wording:
Section 7.3 Decision on Show Cause Order

Upon expiration of the time limits for submission of the Response to the Show Cause Order or any progress report or additional requirements placed on a school in relation to the Show Cause Order, a decision will be made on the institution's compliance with the accreditation standard, procedure or other requirement cited in the order.

(a) Decision on administrative show cause orders: The Executive Director of NACCAS has the authority to

(1) Rescind the "show cause" order if the institution's response gives evidence that it was unwarranted;

(2) Remove the institution from "show cause" if the response shows the institution now complies with the accreditation standard, procedure or other requirement cited in the order;

(3) Refer the institution's record to the full Commission or to take action; or

(4)

[The rest of this Part remains unchanged.]

Section 8.14 Status: Involuntary Withdrawal of Accreditation

(a) Following the due process required by these Rules, the Commission shall, at any time, withdraw a school's accreditation for any of the reasons included in Section 8.12 and for the following additional reasons:

[The rest of this Part remains unchanged.]

Proposed Wording:

Article III - Board of Commissioners

Section VIII - Vacancies in Commission Membership

B Any Commissioner who shall have been absent from full attendance at two (2) consecutive meetings of the Commission shall automatically vacate his/her seat on the Commission and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by these By-Laws; however, the Commissioners shall consider each absence of any Commissioner as a separate circumstance, and may expressly waive such absence by affirmative vote of a majority of its members.