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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:

https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/adhe/APPENDIX_J_Student_Grievance,_complaint_process_Revised_2015.doc

CALIFORNIA - Not Authorized³

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/

HAWAII – Not Authorized³

For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: https://cca.hawaii.gov/hpeap/student-complaint-process/

IDAHO – Not Authorized³

        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

KANSAS – Not Authorized³

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

MAINE - Not Authorized³

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

NEBRASKA - Not Authorized³

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.

OHIO - Not Authorized³

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:

https://www.sdbor.edu/administrative-offices/academics/SD-SARA/documents/SARAComplaintProcedureFlowchart.pdf

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

UTAH - Not Authorized³

For information regarding complaint procedures, please visit: http://consumerprotection.utah.gov/complaints/index.html

VERMONT - Not Authorized³

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

WASHINGTON - Not Authorized³

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.