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MWD-76-13 1 (1975-08-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaaqo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (999 9 7 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ' . WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MANPOWER AND WELFARE o qqj? DIVISION B-164031(l) AU& L j175 The Honorable Alan Steelman House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steelman: Your letter of December 18, 1974, requested a- review of certain problems in the Cosmetology Accrediting Coimmission. Your office agreed later that we would review (1) the com-' mission's ability to promptly and fairly handle accreditation applications and (2) the oversight responsibility of the n Office of Education (OE), Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, toward accrediting bodies. On April 30, 1975, we briefed your office on the results of our work. Our review included talking with OE and commission of- ficials, attending a meeting of the Commissioner of Educa- tion's Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility to consider the commission's petition for con- tinued recognition, and examining records at OE headquarters and the commission's offices that included samples of ac- creditation approvals made in 1973 and 1974. We did not attempt to evaluate the commission's decisions to grant or deny accreditation of applicants. SUMMARY The commission was created in late 1968 by the merger of the Accrediting Commission for Cosmetology Education with the National Accrediting Commission for Cosmetology Schools, both of which began accrediting schools in 1965. Since 1970 the commission has had three permanent administrative positions--an executive director and two clerk-secretary positions. In addition, the commission uses teams paid on a fee basis--consisting of an educator, an accredited cosmetology school owner, and a salon owner--to visit and evaluate schools seeking accreditation. Based on their cur- rent method of operation, the administrative staff appears to be adequately performing its duties in accordance with criteria approved by OE. The commission's average accredita- tion processing time--about 8 months--appears reasonable com- MWD-76-13

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