Petition for Closing a School or Relocating the Main Campus

Commission-accredited schools must petition for approval prior to closing their school (i.e., ceasing operations permanently) or relocating their main campus (i.e., continuing operations in a new location), per Policies and Procedures IV.E. For any closures due to mergers or acquisitions, schools should complete instead the petition for change in control or legal status. In completing this form, please include links to additional documentation as requested or as deemed helpful. Your Commission staff liaison will contact you if there are any questions regarding this petition.

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When finished, please submit this petition to the ATS Accrediting Records Coordinator by hitting the "submit" button below. You can expect an automated confirmation email within a few minutes. There is no fee for this (or any) Commission petition. Please do not send any paper copies or any emailed attachments; submit only this completed, online form (including any links to additional information requested).

NOTE: Petitions for closing a school or relocating a main campus are typically decided by the Board of Commissioners within a few months (see submission deadlines on ATS petitions and notifications webpage). If the school is relocating its main campus, the Board will require a focused evaluation visit within six months of the effective date of relocation (relocations of embedded schools moving to another part of the campus do not require focused visits, per Policies and Procedures IV.E.2).