Former President Barack Obama terminated the organization in 2016 after the administration found it had not been following 21 federal standards. DeVos was able to reinstate ACICS after a federal judge ruled the Obama administration unlawfully ignored relevant evidence in making the 2016 decision. “A judge ruled that the previous administration failed to consider 36,000 pages of relevant evidence before making its decision to withdraw ACICS's recognition as an accreditor and remanded the case back to the Secretary.” DeVos is working on a more 'long-term' decision regarding the status of ACICS.