1/2025 – 6/2026
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
January 9, 2025
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
January 26-29, 2025
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
FEBRUARY
February 13, 2025
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
MARCH
No major events.
MAY
May 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
May 29 – June 2, 2025
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency – Reston, VA)
APRIL
No major events.
JUNE
June 1, 2025
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2025-2026
–Affirmation Statement 2025-2026
May 29 – June 2, 2025
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency – Reston, VA)
June 30, 2025
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JULY
July 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2025-2026
–Affirmation Statement 2025-2026
July 29, 2025
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
AUGUST
August 1, 2025
NASM Invoices emailed for 2025-2026
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Application Fees
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2025
NASM Invoices emailed for 2025-2026
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Accredited Institutional Membership Dues
–Library Subscription Fees
Annual reporting document emailed:
–Supplemental Annual Report 2024-2025
OCTOBER
October 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Responses, Progress Reports
–New Curricula
–Substantive Change
(for consideration at the fall Commission meetings)
October 15, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Optional Responses
–Supplemental Annual Report 2024-2025
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2025
HEADS Data Survey 2025-2026 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
November 16-21, 2025
NASM Commission on Accreditation Meetings
(Signia Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek — Orlando, FL)
November 16-21, 2025
NASM Commission on Community College Accreditation Meetings
(Signia Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek — Orlando, FL)
November 21, 22, and 23, 2025
NASM Board of Directors Meetings
(Signia Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek — Orlando, FL)
November 21 and 24, 2025
NASM Executive Committee Meetings
(Signia Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek — Orlando, FL)
November 21-25, 2025
NASM Annual Meeting
(Signia Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek — Orlando, FL)
November 24, 2025
NASM Regional Meetings
(Signia Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek — Orlando, FL)
November 26-28, 2025
Holiday Closing of the NASM National Office
DECEMBER
December 24, 2025-January 2, 2026
Holiday Closings of the NASM National Office
December 28, 2025
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
JANUARY
January 25-28, 2026
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
January 31, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: HEADS Data Survey 2025-2026
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
FEBRUARY
February 1, 2026
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
MARCH
No major events.
MAY
May 1, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the spring Commission meetings)
APRIL
No major events.
JUNE
June 1, 2026
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2026-2027
–Affirmation Statement 2026-2027
May/June, 2026
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(TBA)
June 17, 2026
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)