#	Subject	Summary of Change to Common Manual	Type of Update	Effective Date	
1229	State Authorization	4       School Participation
4.1     Institutional Eligibility
4.1.C   Maintaining Eligibility
4.1.D   Loss of Eligibility
4.4.B   Student Consumer    
        Information
17.3.A  The Preliminary Review
Appendix G

Provides that in order to participate in Title IV programs, a school must be legally established or authorized by a state to provide postsecondary educational programs to students in the state.  The state must have a process to review and appropriately act on complaints concerning the school including enforcing applicable state laws.  State requirements are categorized by the Department on the basis of a school’s authority to operate.

Also requires a school to provide a student with the name of its accrediting agency, state, federal or tribal licensing and/or authorization entity, and applicable contact information for filing a complaint with each accreditor and any state approval or licensing entity, as well as any other relevant state official or agency that would appropriately handle a student’s complaint.

A new glossary definition for “state authorization” has been incorporated.	Federal	School eligibility on or after July 1, 2011.	

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