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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Adam, I’m getting to the listserv way late. However, for a March renewal, I did as you and asked the institution for the most recent financial audit and asked an analyst with the IHL finance department to calculate the score using the
USDE formula in order for me to process the renewal application. For a July renewal, I noticed that another school had been left off the list so I contacted the local FSA to try and get a better understanding. I explained that we had to use the most recently
published score or one provided to the institution in writing by USDE. As the score had not been provided for/to the institution, they provided via email this time to me and explained that the reason an institution not included/composite scores not released
is if an audit comes in late, if USDE analysis is not complete or if the institution has appealed. Apparently, I must have reached them just as their analysis was completed and they probably won’t help in this way again, but….
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> S-SARA <s-sara-bounces@lists.onenet.net> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Adam Hawk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 6, 2021 11:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> s-sara@lists.onenet.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [S-SARA] FW: Current Federal Financial Responsibility Composite Score<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you. At this point I am deciding if it would be appropriate to have our external auditor do the composite score calculation based on the most recent financial audit from the school. It doesn’t seem like they will be able to get information
from the ED before I need to make a determination. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Thanks for the responses and thoughts. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Adam M. Hawk
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">| <b>Division Director/GA-SARA Coordinator<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission (GNPEC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2082 East Exchange Place, Suite 220<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> S-SARA <<a href="mailto:s-sara-bounces@lists.onenet.net">s-sara-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Harris, Jocelyn N. (OSSE)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 4, 2021 10:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:s-sara@lists.onenet.net">s-sara@lists.onenet.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [S-SARA] FW: Current Federal Financial Responsibility Composite Score<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, Adam! We’re having the same situation with one of our schools in DC. The school still has no idea why the score was omitted or how it may be corrected. Outside of calling the Department myself to confirm the score they have on file
(assuming they have one on file), I’m not sure how else we’d verify it at this point. The school self-reported the score and our Commission will decide tomorrow whether or not to accept it. I imagine we could also request their full audit from that FY as additional
confirmation, if it got down to it. I personally wouldn’t want to use the prior year’s score, because financials could change drastically from year-to-year. Good luck!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jocelyn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Education Compliance Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> S-SARA <<a href="mailto:s-sara-bounces@lists.onenet.net">s-sara-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Adam Hawk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 4, 2021 9:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:s-sara@lists.onenet.net">s-sara@lists.onenet.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [S-SARA] FW: Current Federal Financial Responsibility Composite Score<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a SARA member institution that is not listed on the latest Composite Score spreadsheet (2018-2019). They have reached out to the ED to see why this is the case, but they are set to submit their renewal soon. The NC-SARA Manual states
to use the most recent Composite Score by the ED, so I think it would be an option to use the 2017-2018 score since it is the most recent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone come across this issue and do you think it would be appropriate to use the 2017-2018 score since the new one is not posted?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I appreciate being able to reach out to this group. Any thoughts would be helpful.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Adam M. Hawk
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">| <b>Division Director/GA-SARA Coordinator<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission (GNPEC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2082 East Exchange Place, Suite 220<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Tucker, Georgia 30084
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">770.414.3</span></u><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">310</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Rollin Guyden <<a href="mailto:GuydenR@CTSnet.edu">GuydenR@CTSnet.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 22, 2021 10:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Adam Hawk <<a href="mailto:adamh@gnpec.ga.gov">adamh@gnpec.ga.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Love Sechrest <<a href="mailto:SechrestL@CTSnet.edu">SechrestL@CTSnet.edu</a>>; Marty Sadler <<a href="mailto:SadlerM@ctsnet.edu">SadlerM@ctsnet.edu</a>>; GA Sara <<a href="mailto:gasara@gnpec.ga.gov">gasara@gnpec.ga.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Current Federal Financial Responsibility Composite Score<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Mr. Hawk,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Columbia Theological Seminary used the data from the Studentaid.gov 2017-2018 composite score<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">report, located at:
</span><a href="https://studentaid.gov/data-center/school/composite-scores">https://studentaid.gov/data-center/school/composite-scores</a><span style="color:blue">
</span><span style="color:black">, because, for reasons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">we have yet to get an answer why Columbia Theological Seminary is not listed in the 2018-2019 report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">I am also attaching the last ten years of Columbia Theological Seminary’s Composite Financial Indicators<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">to show our financial solvency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Comparing the data on the attached financial indicators with the last five years (2013 – 2017) of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">composite scores posted by the US Department of Education, our 2018 data would also rate a 3.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">composite score.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">We are trying to determine why Columbia Theological Seminary is not listed in the 2018 report since we<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">submitted our financial data to EZAudit. So far, no one at Studentaid.gov has explained why our data is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">missing from the most current report or been able to send us documentation on our 2018 Federal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Financial Responsibility Composite Score.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">I am hoping that the attached financial data and the preceding years of the solid financial health of our<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">institution will be enough to allow or renewal to take place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#17365D">Rollin Guyden<br>
Director of Instructional Design & Technology<br>
701 S. Columbia Drive<br>
Decatur, GA 30031<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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