| July 1, 2026 |
Initial Accreditation/Reaccreditation Cycle begins |
| August 1-2, 2026 |
EHAC Annual Meeting held in conjunction with NEHA’s Annual Education Conference – hybrid |
| August 3-7, 2026 |
NEHA Annual Education Conference |
| September 2026 |
Office Notifies Degree Programs of Accreditation Status Decisions |
| Sept. 1, 2026 |
Contact Programs Reaccrediting in 2025 to see if they will enter the process in Fall 2025 |
| Sept 1, 2026 |
Reaccreditation Extension Requests Due |
| October 1, 2026 |
Applications and Fees for Initial Accreditation and Reaccreditation and Annual Accreditation Fees are invoiced |
| October 15, 2026 |
EHAC office reminds initial accreditation and reaccreditation candidates to complete and submit their Self-study and outcome assessments by December 1, 2026 deadline. |
| November 10, 2026 |
Short-term (15 days) requests for extension of Self-study due date must be submitted to the EHAC office. |
| November 15, 2026 |
Site Visit Team selection is completed and announced to individual candidate degree programs for initial accreditation and reaccreditation. Primary reviewers of degree program Self-studies are selected. |
| November 15, 2026 |
EHAC office reminds candidate degree programs to complete and submit their Self-studies and Outcome Assessments by December 1, 2025 |
| December 1, 2026 |
Self-studies and Outcome Assessment Surveys are due (completed by Reaccrediting programs) |
| December 18, 2026 |
Self-studies are posted for Council review |
| December 31, 2026 |
Site Visits for Accrediting and Reaccrediting Degree Programs are Scheduled and Self-Study Reviews are due. |
| Jan – April 2027 |
EHAC Site Visits are conducted |
| January 4, 2027 |
EHAC office distributes call for EHAC Council Member nominations |
| January 15, 2027 |
EHAC office distributes Annual Update Survey to all accredited programs via Survey Monkey. |
| February 28, 2027 |
Deadline for Submission of EHAC Council Member nominations |
| March 1, 2027 |
EHAC office reminds accredited programs that their Annual Update Assessment must be completed by March 23, 2027 |
| March 10, 2027 |
Ballots for Electing new EHAC Council members emailed to 2027-2028 Council |
| March 15, 2027 |
Annual Update Surveys due (completed annually by all accredited programs) |
| April 6, 2027 |
EHAC Council Election Ballots due |
| April 20, 2027 |
All Site-Visits are Completed |
| July 1, 2027 |
Initial Accreditation/Reaccreditation Cycle begins |
| June 26-27, 2027 |
EHAC Annual Meeting – hybrid |
| June 28-July 1, 2027 |
NEHA Annual Education Conference – hybrid |
| July 2027 |
Candidate Programs notified of EHAC Council’s decision |
