The national organizations listed here represent private elementary and secondary schools, and/or home schools with which the U.S. Department of Education (Department) regularly communicates regarding the participation of nonpublic elementary and secondary school students and teachers in federal education programs and initiatives. An organization's inclusion on the list does not indicate endorsement by the Department or by the Office of Non-Public Education and the list is not inclusive of all the national organizations serving nonpublic schools. Further, please note that the Department does not have authority to accredit private or public elementary and secondary schools and does not have authority to recognize accrediting bodies for elementary and secondary schools, and the list should not be construed to indicate such authority.
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- Agudath Israel of America
- The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
- Association of Military Colleges and Schools (AMCSUS)
- American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
- American Montessori Society
- Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
- Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS)
- Association Montessori International, USA
- Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
- Christian Schools International (CSI)
- Council for American Private Education (CAPE)
- Council of Islamic Schools in North America (CISNA)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Friends Council on Education
- Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
- Islamic Schools League of America
- Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS)
- National Association of Episcopal Schools
- National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
- National Association of Private Special Education Centers
- National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
- National Christian Schools Association
- National Coalition of Girls' Schools
- National Independent Private Schools Association
- Orthodox Union (OU)
- Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
- Seventh-day Adventist Schools
- Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)