[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 124 (Friday, June 26, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13899]


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DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION

34 CFR Part 600


Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 1964, 
as Amended

CFR Correction

0
 In Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 400 to 679, 
revised as of July 1, 2019, on page 87, in Sec.  600.9, paragraph (d) 
is reinstated to read as follows:


 Sec.  600.9  State authorization.

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    (d) An additional location or branch campus of an institution that 
meets the requirements under paragraph (a)(1) of this section and that 
is located in a foreign country, i.e., not in a State, must comply with 
Sec. Sec.  600.8, 600.10, 600.20, and 600.32, and the following 
requirements:
    (1) For any additional location at which 50 percent or more of an 
educational program (as defined in Sec.  600.2) is offered, or will be 
offered, or at a branch campus--
    (i) The additional location or branch campus must be legally 
authorized by an appropriate government authority to operate in the 
country where the additional location or branch campus is physically 
located, unless the additional location or branch campus is physically 
located on a U.S. military base, facility, or area that the foreign 
country has granted the U.S. military to use and the institution can 
demonstrate that it is exempt from obtaining such authorization from 
the foreign country;
    (ii) The institution must provide to the Secretary, upon request, 
documentation of such legal authorization to operate in the foreign 
country, demonstrating that the foreign governmental authority is aware 
that the additional location or branch campus provides postsecondary 
education and that the government authority does not object to those 
activities;
    (iii) The additional location or branch campus must be approved by 
the institution's recognized accrediting agency in accordance with 
Sec. Sec.  602.24(a) and 602.22(a)(2)(viii), as applicable;
    (iv) The additional location or branch campus must meet any 
additional requirements for legal authorization in that foreign country 
as the foreign country may establish;
    (v) The institution must report to the State in which the main 
campus of the institution is located at least annually, or more 
frequently if required by the State, the establishment or operation of 
each foreign additional location or branch campus; and
    (vi) The institution must comply with any limitations the State 
places on the establishment or operation of the foreign additional 
location or branch campus.
    (2) An additional location at which less than 50 percent of an 
educational program (as defined in Sec.  600.2) is offered or will be 
offered must meet the requirements for legal authorization in that 
foreign country as the foreign country may establish.
    (3) In accordance with the requirements of 34 CFR 668.41, the 
institution must disclose to enrolled and prospective students at 
foreign additional locations and foreign branch campuses the 
information regarding the student complaint process described in 34 CFR 
668.43(b), of the State in which the main campus of the institution is 
located.
    (4) If the State in which the main campus of the institution is 
located limits the authorization of the institution to exclude the 
foreign additional location or branch campus, the foreign additional 
location or branch campus is not considered to be legally authorized by 
the State.

[FR Doc. 2020-13899 Filed 6-25-20; 8:45 am]
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