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Understanding Your Composite Score: 3 Key Drivers

Understanding Your Composite Score: 3 Key Drivers

By David B. McClintock, CPA August 22, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has been calculating an institution’s Composite Score as part of its annual assessment of Financial Responsibility. However, new Financial Triggers can cause ED to require a school to recalculate its Composite Score making it more important than ever to really understand how it is...

Why is ED Requiring Fiscal Year to Match Tax Year?

Why is ED Requiring Fiscal Year to Match Tax Year?

By David B. McClintock, CPA May 29, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Dear Colleague Letter issued May 16, 2024 (Implementation of Regulations Related to Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures, and Ability to Benefit (ATB) | Knowledge Center), reinforces the proposed requirement by ED to align postsecondary institutions’ fiscal year end (FYE) with the institution’s tax...

HEERF Annual Reporting Primer

HEERF Annual Reporting Primer

By David B. McClintock, CPA January 20, 2021

During 2020, the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), included as part of the wide-ranging CARES Act, provided a lifeline to institutions of higher education and their students. As the policy and requirements for both the student and institutional grants evolved over the year, schools were required to post regular...