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Extensions FAQs

NAEYC’s accreditation system is committed to being appropriately responsive to programs that experience severe operational disruptions during the accreditation process. This will be accomplished by allowing programs that experience a severe operational disruption in their service to request an extension from the NAEYC Academy.

Extensions to programs are granted on a very limited and case-by-case basis. Programs must be enrolled in the Accreditation Process (Step 1) to be eligible to request an extension. Enrollment extensions are not considered by the NAEYC Academy. To request an extension, programs must complete an Extension Request Form. The NAEYC Academy will provide a written extension decision within 20 business days.

In determining whether to grant an extension, the following will be considered:

length of the extension
current accreditation status
program history
reason for the extension

Changes in administration and/or teaching staff are not grounds for an extension.