Elisa Betancourt

Patty, The list is not published by the DOE but we do have a copy of the list that was provided to us by ACCET and when we had our financial audit this year the auditors made a recomendation to have every student attending school whose hight school diplomas were issued by one of these school take the ATB test.

Patty, I know that. I am just saying that if we must use this black list as a point of reference to make sure the school is not one listed then the list should come from the DOE itselft not by another institution.

The process to validate a HSD is a long one and it delays the enrollment process. The DOE should provide the list and keep it updated. If a school is banned from providing High School Diplomas, we all should know, that way we can keep our own records and avoid be in violation of any rules.

I wrote to the DOE and they told me that they are aware of the list but they are not coming up with any such list. I believe they should put a list together and make it a part of the validation process.

Last year we were provided at a conference given by our acrediting agency with a "Black List" of schools that their High School diplomas were not valid or acceptable proof of High School completion. This list was not prepared by the Department of Education but by another independent institution. How do you feel about this so called " Black List" and how are handling the validation process of High School diplomas presented by a prospective student at time of enrollment?