NACIQI Urges Denying NACCAS Recognition, Jeopardizing Aid at 1,300 Beauty Schools
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
NACIQI Urges Denying NACCAS Recognition, Jeopardizing Aid at 1,300 Beauty Schools
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
Summary
A 9-3 vote by NACIQI recommended that the Education Department deny renewed federal recognition to NACCAS, which accredits about 1,300 cosmetology and beauty schools serving more than 120,000 students.
Education Department staff had proposed a narrower remedy—continued recognition with restrictions, extra reporting and a 12-month corrective period—after finding compliance deficiencies at the accreditor.
Because schools generally need a department-recognized accreditor to access federal student aid, students said a denial could cut off funding that made cosmetology training possible.
The department has not made a final decision; under its five-year review process, a senior official weighs both staff and NACIQI recommendations before ruling.
The case extends Trump's accreditation overhaul beyond DEI disputes, focusing instead on whether an accreditor's oversight failures warrant termination despite potential fallout for students and schools.