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Lamar Institute of Technology

As of October 3, 2026

The information on this page describes the accreditation relationship between this institution and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. General information about the Commission and the accreditation process is provided at the end of this document.

General Information

CEO Name
Dr. Sidney E. Valentine
Address
855 East Lavaca Beaumont, TX 77705
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(409) 880-8321
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 2000
Reaffirmation
2025
Distance Education Approval Date
July 22, 2010
Next Reaffirmation
2035
Next Fifth-Year Review
2030
Degree Level
I i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public

SACSCOC Staff Member

Patricia (Trish) Parrish

Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2030 Fifth-Year Interim Report
  • 2030 Interim OCIS Visit

Off-campus Instructional Sites (Additional Locations)

Types

  • Approved >=50%: Site is approved to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval. Only sites offering 50% or more of a program require approval.
  • Approved Branch >=50%: Site is approved as a branch campus to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval.
  • Notified 25-49%: Less than 50% of a program may be offered at the site. Less than 50% of additional programs may be offered with no further site notification.

Sites offering less than 25% of a program do not require notification or approval.

Status

  • Open: Instruction may be offered at the site consistent with the site type defined above.
  • Closed: Closed sites are not shown. A site is closed when (1) the institution has stopped admitting students to the site and (2) SACSCOC has approved the site teach-out plan. Therefore, instruction may continue at a site under the teach-out plan after the site is closed.
  • Anahuac High School
    201 Kansas Ave S Anahuac, TX 77514 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Beaumont Career and Technical Education Center
    2330 North Street Beaumont, TX 77702 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Beaumont United High School
    3443 Fannett Road Beaumont, TX 77705 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Burkeville High School
    231 County Rd. 2099 Burkeville, TX 75932 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Cleveland High School
    1600 E. Houston Street Cleveland, TX 77327 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Coldspring-Oakhurst High School
    14100 TX-150 Coldspring, TX 77331 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Corrigan-Camden High School
    504 South Home Corrigan, TX 75939 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Dayton High School
    3200 N. Cleveland St. Dayton, TX 77535 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Deep East Texas College and Career Alliance Center
    450 Bulldog Ave Jasper, TX 75951 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Del Valle High School
    5201 Ross Rd. Del Valle, TX 78617 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Academy
    1400 Avenue A Beaumont, TX 77701 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Evadale High School
    908 FM 105 Evadale, TX 77615 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Evolution Academy Charter School
    3920 West Cardinal Drive Beaumont, TX 77705 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Fire Training Grounds
    600 Marina Street Beaumont, TX 77703 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Frank Robinson Center
    1355 Martin Luther King Silsbee, TX 77656 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Gateway Shopping Center
    3871 Stagg Drive Beaumont, TX 77701 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Goose Creek Memorial High School
    6001 East Wallisville Road Baytown, TX 77521 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Grapeland High School
    318 N. Olive St. Grapeland, TX 75844 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Hardin High School
    501 FM 834 E Hardin, TX 77561 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Hardin Jefferson High School
    3155 Hwy 326 Sour Lake, TX 77659 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Harmony Science Academy
    6490 Phelan Boulevard Beaumont, TX 77706 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Jasper High School
    400 Bulldog Ave Jasper, TX 75951 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Kingwood High School
    2701 Kingwood Drive Kingwood, TX 77339 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Kirbyville High School
    110 S. Margaret Dr. Kirbyville, TX 75956 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Kountze High School
    1488 FM 1293 Kountze, TX 77625 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Liberty High School
    2615 Jefferson Drive Liberty, TX 77575 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Livingston High School
    400 FM 350 Livingston, TX 77351 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School
    5950 Kelly Dr. Beaumont, TX 77707 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Newton High School
    2812 U.S. Highway 190 Newton, TX 75966 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Polk County Center
    1015 Highway 59 Loop N Livingston, TX 77352 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Prairie Lea High School
    6910 San Marcos HWY #80 Prairie Lea, TX 78661 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Premier High School
    6006 N. Fwy, Ste. F Houston, TX 77076 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Robert E. Lee High School
    1809 Market Street Baytown, TX 77520 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Ross S. Sterling High School
    300 W. Baker Road Baytown, TX 77523 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • San Augustine High School
    702 N. Clark St. San Augustine, TX 75972 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • San Marcos High School
    2601 Rattler Rd. San Marcos, TX 78666 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Shepherd High School
    1 Pirate Ln Shepherd, TX 77371 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Silsbee High School
    415 Hwy 327 West Silsbee, TX 77656 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Spurger High School
    12212 Hwy 92 North Spurger, TX 77660 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Stuart Technical High School
    300 YMCA Drive Baytown, TX 77521 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Warren High School
    375 FM Texas 3290 S. Warren, TX 77664 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • West Sabine High School
    109 Timberland Hwy Pineland, TX 75968 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Westbrook High School
    8750 Phelan Boulevard Beaumont, TX 77706 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Woodville High School
    700 Eagle Drive Woodville, TX 75979 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Zavalla High School
    431 E. Main St. Zavalla, TX 75980 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

About SACSCOC and Accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the accreditation name of The Commission on Colleges and Universities, is the commission responsible for accrediting degree-granting institutions across the nation and internationally. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees is the representative body of the member institutions also known as the College Delegate Assembly. To gain or maintain accreditation, an institution must comply with SACSCOC policies, procedures, and with all standards contained in the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement in the professional judgment of peer reviewers. SACSCOC’s institutional accreditation includes all degree levels regardless of location or mode of instruction. The Commission accredits the institution as a whole.

Components of the Review Process

The SACSCOC Board of Trustees conducts several types of institutional reviews: (1) Candidate Committee reviews of applicant institutions seeking candidacy, (2) Accreditation Committee reviews of candidate institutions seeking initial membership, (3) Reaffirmation Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following a comprehensive review, (4) Special Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following evaluation of institutional circumstances that are accreditation related, and (5) Substantive Change Committee reviews of member institutions seeking approval and continued accreditation following the review of a change of a significant modification or expansion to the institution’s nature and scope. Each of the above type of reviews has its own evaluation documents and peer review procedures and can be found on the SACSCOC website at www.sacscoc.org.

The Committees on Compliance and Reports (C&R), standing committees of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, review reports prepared by evaluation committees and the institutional responses to those reports. A C&R Committee’s recommendation regarding an institution’s accreditation-related matters is forwarded to the Executive Council for review. The Executive Council recommends action to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, which makes the final decision on reaffirmation and any monitoring activities that it may require of an institution. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees convenes twice a year.

Complaints Against SACSCOC Accredited Institutions

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) recognizes the value of information provided by students, employees, and others in determining whether an institution’s performance is consistent with SACSCOC standards for obtaining or maintaining accreditation. The Commission’s interest also is in ensuring that member institutions maintain appropriate grievance procedures and standards of procedural fairness and that the procedures are applied appropriately and consistently. The procedures for the review of complaints involving member institutions enable SACSCOC to address possible violations of its Principles of Accreditation, its Core Requirements and Standards, SACSCOC policies or procedures, as well as to address possible violations of an institution’s own policies and procedures, if related to the Principles.

Since SACSCOC’s complaint procedures are for the purpose of addressing any significant non-compliance with SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, policies, or procedures, the procedures are not intended to be used to involve SACSCOC in disputes between individuals and member institutions, or cause SACSCOC to interpose itself as a reviewing authority in individual matters of admission, grades, granting or transferability of credits, application of academic policies, fees or other financial matters, disciplinary matters or other contractual rights and obligations. Nor does SACSCOC seek redress on an individual’s behalf. Under no circumstances does SACSCOC respond to, or take action on, any complaint or any allegation that contains defamatory statements. Further, SACSCOC will not serve as a grievance panel when the outcome of institutional grievance or appeal processes is unsatisfactory to the complainant.

SACSCOC expects individuals to attempt to resolve the issue through all means available to the complainant, including following the institution’s own published grievance procedures, before submitting a complaint to SACSCOC. Therefore, SACSCOC is under no obligation to consider additional information submitted by the complainant subsequent to the receipt of the formal complaint. SACSCOC’s usual practice is not to consider a complaint that is currently in administrative proceedings, including institutional proceedings, or in litigation. However, if there is substantial, credible evidence that indicates systemic problems with an accredited institution, SACSCOC may, at its discretion, choose to proceed with the review.

For the fastest and most secure review by SACSCOC personnel, we strongly encourage you to submit your formal complaint online. You can easily file your concerns by completing the digital “Complaints Against Institutions: Information Sheet and Form” directly through our secure online portal. Please note that to maintain the integrity of the review process, SACSCOC cannot evaluate oral or anonymous complaints, nor can we accept complaints submitted on behalf of another individual or forwarded from another entity. Filing your complaint electronically ensures it is received immediately and streamlines the review process.

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