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Dec. 31, 2012
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On June 13, 2011, the Department of Education published its final regulations defining the term “gainful employment.” Under the regulations, which become effective July 1, 2012, a particular program offered by an institution would become ineligible for Title IV funding if it could not pass at least one of three alternative measurements in three out of four consecutive years. The first year that a program could have become ineligible under the regulations as adopted was 2015. On June 30, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated these debt measures, as well as the rules requiring institutions to report to the Department of Education information about students who complete gainful employment programs. The Department has filed a motion for the Court to reconsider its decision as related to the reporting requirements, which motion is pending.

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