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ALABAMA – Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
http://www.ache.alabama.gov/Content/Departments/NRI/NRI.aspx
ALASKA – Not Authorized3
To request a complaint form, please send an email to: EED.ACPEIA@alaska.gov
ARIZONA - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: https://ppse.az.gov/complaint
ARKANSAS - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.bppe.ca.gov/enforcement/complaint.shtml
COLORADO - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
http://highered.colorado.gov/Academics/Complaints/
CONNECTICUT – Not Authorized3
Students should contact: 860-947‐1822 for specific instructions.
DELAWARE - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
Please write or call for more information: The Delaware Department of Education; Teacher and Administrator Quality; John W. Collette Resource Center; 35 Commerce Way; Dover, DE, 19904. The Delaware Department of Education: 302‐857‐3388.
District of Columbia - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://osse.dc.gov/page/frequently-asked-questions-institutions#complaint
FLORIDA – Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.fldoe.org/policy/cie/file-a-complaint.stml
Georgia – Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://gnpec.org/consumer-resources/
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: https://cca.hawaii.gov/hpeap/student-complaint-process/
For complaints, please contact the Office of the Idaho State Board of Education: 208‐334‐2270.
ILLINOIS – Not Authorized3
Institutional Complaint Hotline: 217-557‐7359. The Board receives general information email at info@ibhe.org. Students seeking to register a complaint about an institution are required to submit the complaint in writing.
INDIANA – Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.in.gov/cpe/2329.htm
IOWA – Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: https://www.iowacollegeaid.gov/content/constituent-request-review
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.kansasregents.org/academic_affairs/private_out_of_state/complaint_process
KENTUCKY - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
http://cpe.ky.gov/campuses/consumer_complaint.html
LOUISANA – Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
http://www.regents.la.gov/assets/docs/2014/07/StudentComplaintProcedure.pdf
http://www.regents.la.gov/page/proprietary-schools
Complaints shall be addressed in writing to the Maine Department of Education, Office of Higher Education, Augusta, Maine, 04333, with specific facts and allegations and signed by the complainant.
MARYLAND - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
http://mhec.maryland.gov/institutions_training/Pages/career/pcs/complaint.aspx
MASSACHUSETTS – Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.mass.edu/forstudents/complaints/complaintprocess.asp
MICHIGAN - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-164-17331---,00.html
MINNESOTA - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=1078
MISSISSIPPI – Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.mississippi.edu/mcca/downloads/studentcomplaintform.pdf
MISSOURI - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://dhe.mo.gov/contactus.php
MONTANA - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.mus.edu/MUS-Statement-of-Complaint-Process.asp
Please note that institutions offering courses or programs that are exclusively online are not required to seek authorization from CCPE. If students have complaints about such institutions, we refer them to the home state of the institution or the Nebraska Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division at: http://www.ago.ne.gov/consumer_protection
NEVADA - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.cpe.state.nv.us/CPE%20Complaint%20Info.htm
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
http://education.nh.gov/highered/compliance-allegation.htm
NEW JERSEY - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/forms_pdfs/edtrain/Conflict%20Resolution%20Questionnaire.pdf
NEW MEXICO - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.hed.state.nm.us/institutions/complaints.aspx
NEW YORK - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.highered.nysed.gov/ocue/spr/COMPLAINTFORMINFO.html
NORTH CAROLINA - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.northcarolina.edu/?q=licensure
NORTH DAKOTA - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.ag.nd.gov/cpat/PDFFiles/SFN7418.pdf
This policy is currently under review and revision. Please call CTE at 701‐328‐2678 for more information.
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://scr.ohio.gov/ConsumerInformation/FilingaComplaint.aspx
OKLAHOMA - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.ok.gov/oag/Legal_Resources/Forms_and_Publications/
OREGON - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.doj.state.or.us/consumer/pdf/consumer_complaint.pdf
PENNSYLVANIA - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/higher_education/8711/complaint_procedure/1004474
PUERTO RICO - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://sheeo.org/sheeo_surveys/user/69
RHODE ISLAND - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.ribghe.org/students.htm
SOUTH CAROLINA - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.che.sc.gov/Students,FamiliesMilitary/LearningAboutCollege/ConsumerInformation.aspx
SOUTH DAKOTA - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
TENNESSEE - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
Students with complaints should follow the outlined grievance procedures in the institution’s catalog. If the complaint is not resolved at the institutional level, students may send the complaint, in writing, to Postsecondary School Authorization Staff, 404 James Robertson Parkway, Ste. 1900, Nashville, TN 37243.
TEXAS - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/partners/career-schools-colleges-forms-publications
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://consumerprotection.utah.gov/complaints/index.html
We encourage you to work directly with your institution to satisfy complaints. If you believe you have a valid complaint about a violation, you may send it to the Vermont Department of Education in writing at 120 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620‐2501.
VIRGINIA - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
http://www.schev.edu/index/students-and-parents/resources/student-complaints
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit:
http://www.wsac.wa.gov/student-complaints
WEST VIRGINIA - Limited Exemption through Reciprocity (Ending 6/30/17)1
Contact the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 1018 E Kanawha Blvd, Ste. 700, Charleston, WV 25301-2800.
WISCONSIN - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://eab.state.wi.us/resources/complaint.asp
WYOMING - Not Authorized3
For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://www.uwyo.edu/studentaff/_files/docs/student-complaint-process.pdf
1) As of 6/30/17 the reciprocity agreement between the southeastern states, that CF has participated in, will no longer be valid and CF will no longer be able to serve students in those states.