2010년 12월 14일 오바마 대통령께서 모든 영어 프로그램이 인가(accreditation)를 해야한다고 싸인을 했습니다. 원본 내용입니다. 샌디에고에서 영어 학원을 다니시는 분들께 유용한 정보가 되리라고 생각됩니다. To: All SEVIS Users Date: May 18, 2011 Re: Notice for English Language Training Schools Seeking to Enroll F Nonimmigrant Students Number: 1105-05 Background: On December 14, 2010, President Obama signed the Accreditation of English Language Training Programs Act, Pub. L. No. 111-306, 124 Stat. 3280 (2010) (Pub. L. 111-306), which requires any English language training program seeking to enroll F nonimmigrant students to receive accreditation by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of the Department of Education. 1 Pub. L. 111-306 becomes effective 180 days after its enactment (i.e., Sunday, June 12, 2011). To access an online copy of PL 111-306, follow the link below: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ306/pdf/PLAW-111publ306.pdf Discussion: Pub. L. 111-306 provides for important dates as follows: • December 14, 2010: PL 111-306 signed into law. o 180 days from December 14, 2010 (i.e., Sunday, June 12, 2011), the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to provide that English language training programs be a language training program that is accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education. Pub. L. 111-306 provides for a one-year temporary exception for non-accredited SEVPcertified language training programs. • June 12, 2011: PL 111-306 takes effect. o Because June 12, 2011 falls on a Sunday, by close of business or 5 p.m., EST on June 10, 2011, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) will no longer be able to approve a “Petition for Approval of School for Attendance by Nonimmigrant Student,” Form I-17 petition for initial SEVP certification from an English language training program that is not accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education. • December 14, 2011: Pub. L. 111-306 requires a non-accredited, SEVP-certified English language training program to submit an application for the accreditation to a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education by this date- -one year after the enactment of Pub. L. 111-306- and to comply with the applicable accrediting requirements of the recognized accrediting agency.