Gainful Employment
Reporting and
Disclosure
Requirements Module 1
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Agenda
Final Rule published in the Federal Register
October 29, 2010
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Program Integrity
 Disclosure requirements effective
July 1, 2011
 Reporting requirements effective
October 1, 2011*
 Resources
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Gainful Employment (GE)
GE provisions apply to all programs intended to
prepare students for gainful employment in a
recognized occupation
 All programs of study offered by for-profit
schools, except certain bachelor’s degree
liberal arts programs
 All non-degree programs offered by all other
schools
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Some teacher certification programs
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Disclosure Requirements
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Disclosure Requirements
Effective July 1, 2011, the school must disclose
all of the following information to prospective
students for each of its GE programs:
1) Occupations (by name and SOC code) the
program prepares students to enter plus links to
those occupational profiles on O*NET.
§668.6(b)(1)(i)
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Disclosure Requirements
2) On-time graduation (completion) rate for
students who complete the program
# students who completed the program within normal time
___________________________________________
# students who completed the program during most recently
completed award year
X 100
§668.6(b)(1)(ii) and §668.6(c)
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Disclosure Requirements
“Normal time” is defined in §668.41(a) as the
time required to complete program
requirements – typically four years for a
Bachelor’s degree and two years for an
Associate’s degree
§668.41(a)
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Disclosure Requirements
3) Tuition and fees charged to students who
complete the program within the “normal time”,
cost of books and supplies and, if applicable,
cost of room and board
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School also may include the cost of transportation
and living expenses
§668.6(b)(1)(iii)
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Disclosure Requirements
4) Placement rate for students who complete the
program
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Required by State or accrediting agency to
calculate placement rate at the program level disclose that rate
Required by State or accrediting agency to
calculate placement rate at institutional level apply same calculation at program level
Use NCES methodology once published
§668.6(b)(1)(iv)
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Disclosure Requirements
5) Median loan debt incurred by students who
complete the program.
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Separately identify:
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Title IV loan debt
Private education loan debt
Institutional financing plan debt owed upon program
completion
§668.6(b)(1)(v)
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Disclosure Requirements
For each GE program, this disclosure
information must be:
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Included in the school’s promotional materials
made available to prospective students
Posted on the school’s website
Prominently posted on the homepage of the
program’s website (simple and meaningful
manner)
§668.6(b)(2)(i)-(ii)
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Disclosure Requirements
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Provide a prominent link from any other
webpage that contains general, admissions, or
academic information about the program to the
homepage of the program’s website
Display the information on the school’s website
in an open format that can be retrieved,
downloaded, indexed, and searched
§668.6(b)(2)(ii)-(iii)
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Disclosure Requirements
Use ED’s disclosure form when the form
becomes available
§668.6(b)(2)(iv)
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Reporting Requirements
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Reporting Requirements
Effective October 1, 2011, the school must
annually report to ED:
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Information that identifies each student enrolled
in a GE program during the award year, and
Information that identifies the school
§668.6(a)(1)(i)(A)
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Reporting Requirements
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Additionally, for each student who began
attendance during the award year, the school
must report the program name and CIP code
And for each student who completed a program
during the award year, the school must report:
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Program name and CIP code,
Date student completed the program
§668.6(a)(1)(i)(B)-(C)
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Reporting Requirements
And for completers, the school also must report:
 Amount student received from private education
loans and institutional financing plans,
 If student matriculated to a higher-credentialed
program at the school, and
 If student matriculated to a higher-credentialed
program at another school, if that information is
available.
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Reporting Requirements
The school also must report to ED – by
program name and CIP code:
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Total number of students enrolled in the
program at the end of the award year
Information identifying those students
§668.6(a)(1)(ii)
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Reporting Deadline
No later than October 1, 2011, schools must
report required information for award
years:
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2006-2007 (if available)
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
§668.6(a)(2)
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Reporting Deadline
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Federal Register notice dated August 2, 2011
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No later than November 15, 2011, schools
must report required information for the 20102011 award year
For each subsequent year, ED will publish
submission deadlines in the Federal Register
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Reporting Deadline
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If a school is unable to provide ED with any
of the required data, it must provide to ED an
explanation of the reason the data is not
available
Electronic Announcement #18 (August 9,
2011) provides additional details
§668.6(a)(2)(ii)
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Resources
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Resources
Final Rule published October 29, 2010
http://www.ifap.ed.gov/fregisters/FR102910Final.html
 The Department’s Gainful Employment Information page
http://ifap.ed.gov/GainfulEmploymentInfo/
index.html
 Gainful Employment FAQs
http://ifap.ed.gov/GainfulEmploymentInfo/2011GEFAQ.html
 To submit questions to ED, email:
GE-Questions@ed.gov
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Resources
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NCHELP resources
GE Final Rule side-by-side analysis
http://www.nchelp.org/?page=e0198
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Integrated regulations that include the Program
Integrity and GE Final Rules
http://www.nchelp.org/?page=e0053
 GE training modules
http://www.nchelp.org/?page=e0032b
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