{"content":[{"text":"As one of a number of conditions for registration, New York State required Trocaire to submit a progress report \n on the Program. The report was submitted. During that same time period, on July 2, 2001, FSA notified Trocaire that it \n may be liable for the Title IV funds disbursed to students since it had not obtained approval of its Program from the \n Secretary of the United States Department of Education. In addition, FSA suggested that Trocaire submit an application \n to have the Program approved. Sometime thereafter, Trocaire submitted an application for approval of eligibility for the \n Program.","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.047492,"width":0.9447840000000001,"height":0.10544}},{"text":"On September 24, 2001, Trocaire informed New York State that it was discontinuing the Program. As a \n consequence, a site visit by New York State was never scheduled. Trocaire requested that the termination of the \n Program be effective January 2002. At the subsequent request of Trocaire, however, the termination was continued \n until June 2002 when the registration was terminated.","bbox":{"left":0.026183,"top":0.166811,"width":0.907706,"height":0.07134800000000002}},{"text":"Meanwhile, with regard to the Program's Title IV eligibility, FSA considered Trocaire's application. On May \n 30, 2002, FSA notified Trocaire that the Program was not eligible for Title IV funding. On July 17, 2002, FSA issued a \n final program review determination seeking to recover $482,313 of improperly disbursed Title IV funds.","bbox":{"left":0.026203,"top":0.252038,"width":0.94049,"height":0.054303000000000046}},{"text":"The issue in this case is whether Trocaire was required to obtain approval of its Program from the Secretary \n before it disbursed Title IV funds to students enrolled in the program. If such action was required, then Trocaire is \n liable to the Secretary for the funds it disbursed in contravention of 34 C.F.R. § 600.10 (2000). If Trocaire did not have \n to obtain the Secretary's approval by virtue of the exception set forth in \n 34 C.F.R. § 600.10(c)(2), then a second issue arises as to whether the Program satisfied the statutory and regulatory \n eligibility requirements. If the Program did not satisfy the eligibility requirements, then Trocaire is liable for the Title \n IV funds disbursed.","bbox":{"left":0.026222,"top":0.32022,"width":0.939354,"height":0.12248399999999998}},{"text":"An institution may participate in Title IV programs once the Secretary determines that the school meets the \n statutory and regulatory eligibility requirements and signs the institution's program participation agreement. 34 C.F.R. § \n 600.10(a)(1). The institution's eligibility extends only to those locations and educational programs, identified in the \n institution's application, that satisfy the statutory and regulatory requirements as determined by the Secretary. 34 C.F.R. \n § 600.10(b).","bbox":{"left":0.026222,"top":0.456583,"width":0.946157,"height":0.08839400000000003}},{"text":"If an institution adds an educational program after it has been designated as an eligible institution by the \n Secretary, the institution must apply to the Secretary to have the additional program designated as an eligible program of \n the school before the school may disburse Title IV funds to students enrolled in the program. 34 C.F.R. § 600.10(c)(1).","bbox":{"left":0.026222,"top":0.558856,"width":0.946902,"height":0.05430299999999999}},{"text":"An eligible institution may forgo the approval process with the Secretary prior to the distribution of Title IV \n funds to students enrolled in a new program under certain circumstances—","bbox":{"left":0.026242,"top":0.627038,"width":0.906745,"height":0.037256999999999985}},{"text":"[a]n eligible institution . . . does not have to apply to the Secretary to have that additional program designated as \n an eligible program . . . if the new program— \n (i) Leads to an associate, baccalaureate, professional, or graduate degree; or \n (ii)(A) Prepares students for gainful employment in the same or related recognized occupation as an \n educational program that has previously been designated as an eligible program at that institution by the \n Secretary; and \n hours.[1] \n (B) Is at least 8 semester hours, 12 quarter hours, or 600 clock","bbox":{"left":0.085065,"top":0.678174,"width":0.8794120000000001,"height":0.12816699999999992}},{"text":"34 C.F.R. § 600.10(c)(2).","bbox":{"left":0.084967,"top":0.82022,"width":0.199334,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Trocaire argues that its Program leads to an associate or baccalaureate degree under subpart (c)(2)(i). It \n maintains that credits from its Program may be transferred to, and accepted as, elective credits in associate or degree \n programs and, therefore, its Program \"leads to\" an associate or baccalaureate degree. This argument has no merit. The \n phrase \"leads to\" is used in the sense of the degree or certificate that is awarded for the completion of the program in \n question. 59 Fed. Reg. 22,330 (1994). Though credits from the Program may be accepted in an advanced degree","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.854311,"width":0.93449,"height":0.08839299999999994}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}