Section Ed 602.12 - Time and Expiration Date Extension Request(a) At least 6 weeks prior to the visit, the director or designee shall determine whether the institution has provided sufficient evidence for the review to proceed as scheduled as follows:(1) If yes, the process will continue; or(2) If no, the institution shall request an approval expiration date extension.(b) If the institution fails to request an extension prior to expiration of approval, the institution's PEPP(s) whose approval has expired shall become unapproved.(c) If an institution anticipates that it will need an extension of time to prepare for an anticipated review date for a program eligible for review, the institutional coordinator may request an extension in accordance with (d) or (f) below.(d) If the NHCTE has agreed to conduct the review of a PEPP, a request for an extension shall be received at least 2 weeks before a regularly scheduled meeting of the NHCTE and at least 3 weeks before a regularly scheduled state board meeting and anticipated review date.(e) The NHCTE and director or designee shall collaborate in complying with the following procedures: (1) The department shall provide a copy of the request to the NHCTE, at least one week prior to its regularly scheduled meeting;(2) At the meeting, any member of the NHCTE may ask representatives of the department or institution clarifying questions;(3) Following the question-and-answer session described in (2) above, the NHCTE shall vote on its recommendation regarding the extension; and(4) The department shall submit the NHCTE's recommendation to the state board.(f) If the NHCTE has not scheduled the review of a PEPP, a request for an extension shall comply with the following procedures:(1) The request for extension shall be received at least one week prior to the next regularly scheduled state board meeting and at least one week prior to the scheduled review date; and(2) The department shall make a recommendation to the state board at the state board meeting regarding the request for extension.(g) The state board shall consider the request for extension and shall grant the request if the state board determines that, without the extension, a review team visit would be premature because one or more of the following conditions exist:(1) Significant changes in the oversight and coordination of PEPP(s) at the institution or in personnel involved in the PEPP(s) including, but not limited to, cuts in personnel or the existence of vacant positions;(2) Financial conditions at the institution to prepare for the review team visit;(3) State or federal requirements imposed on the institution during the PEPP's approval period that have resulted in the institution's inability to prepare on time for the review team visit; or(4) An unexpected and unpreventable situation that has resulted in an inability to prepare on time for the review team visit.(h) The department shall communicate all state board extension request decisions in writing to the principal administrator, the institutional coordinator, and the program approval coordinator.(i) If the recommendation by the division director to the state board is substantively different from the recommendation by the NHCTE regarding a request for extension, the department shall notify, in writing, the NHCTE and the institution.(j) When the state board approves an extension, the state board shall set a new expiration date for the program approval. The program approval shall not expire before the date of the state board meeting when the state board takes action on the final review team report.N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 602.12
#2055, eff 6-16-82; ss by #2714, eff 5-16-84, EXPIRED 5-16-90
New. #4851, eff 6-25-90; EXPIRED 6-25-96
New. #6366, eff 10-30-96; ss and moved by #8194, eff 10-26-04 (formerly Ed 602.11 ); ss by #10295, eff 3-22-13
Amended by Number 41, Filed October 12, 2023, Proposed by #13747, Effective 9/16/2023, Expires 9/16/2033.