1/2026 – 6/2027
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
January 8, 2026
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
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 12, 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)
May 28 – June 1, 2026
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency – Reston, VA)
APRIL
No major events.
JUNE
June 1, 2026
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2026-2027
–Affirmation Statement 2026-2027
May 28 – June 1, 2026
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(Hyatt Regency – Reston, VA)
June 26, 2026
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
JULY
July 1, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2026-2027
–Affirmation Statement 2026-2027
AUGUST
August 1, 2026
NASM Invoices emailed for 2026-2027
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Application Fees
August 3, 2026
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2026
NASM Invoices emailed for 2026-2027
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Accredited Institutional Membership Dues
–Library Subscription Fees
September 1, 2026
Annual reporting document emailed:
–Supplemental Annual Report 2025-2026
OCTOBER
October 1, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Responses, Progress Reports
–New Curricula
–Substantive Change
(for consideration at the fall Commission meetings)
October 15, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Optional Responses
–Supplemental Annual Report 2025-2026
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2026
HEADS Data Survey 2026-2027 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
November 15-20, 2026
NASM Commission on Accreditation Meetings
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch — St. Louis, MO)
November 15-20, 2026
NASM Commission on Community College Accreditation Meetings
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch — St. Louis, MO)
November 20, 21, and 22, 2026
NASM Board of Directors Meetings
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch — St. Louis, MO)
November 20 and 23, 2026
NASM Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch — St. Louis, MO)
November 20-24, 2026
NASM Annual Meeting
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch — St. Louis, MO)
November 24, 2026
NASM Regional Meetings
(Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch — St. Louis, MO)
November 25-26, 2026
Holiday Closing of the NASM National Office
DECEMBER
December 23, 2026-January 4, 2027
Holiday Closings of the NASM National Office
December, 2026
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
JANUARY
January, 2027
Winter Executive Committee Meetings
(Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile – Chicago, Illinois)
January 31, 2027
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: HEADS Data Survey 2026-2027
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Music Units/Institutions
FEBRUARY
February, 2027
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the spring Commission meetings)
MARCH
No major events.
MAY
May 1, 2027
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, 2027
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2027-2028
–Affirmation Statement 2027-2028
May/June, 2027
NASM Spring Commission Meeting
(TBA)
June, 2027
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the fall Commission meetings)