{"content":[{"text":"UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION \n WASHINGTON, D.C. 20202","bbox":{"left":0.146242,"top":0.07022,"width":0.435686,"height":0.037256999999999985}},{"text":"____________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.136508,"width":0.352941,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"In the Matter of","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.168705,"width":0.12360700000000002,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Docket No. 97-2-EA","bbox":{"left":0.272281,"top":0.168841,"width":0.16717700000000002,"height":0.020985000000000004}},{"text":"JETT COLLEGES OF COSMETOLOGY Student Financial \n AND BARBERING, Assistance Proceeding \n Emergency Action \n Respondent. \n ____________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.200902,"width":0.5338430000000001,"height":0.08839300000000003}},{"text":"Appearances:","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.30128,"width":0.106706,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Glenn Bogart, Birmingham, Alabama, for Jett Colleges of Cosmetology and Barbering.","bbox":{"left":0.075163,"top":0.333477,"width":0.686216,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Jennifer Woodward, Esq., and Russell Wolff, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, United States \n Department of Education, Washington, D.C., for Student Financial Assistance Programs.","bbox":{"left":0.075163,"top":0.367568,"width":0.80102,"height":0.03725800000000001}},{"text":"Before:","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.449008,"width":0.058803999999999995,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Judge Richard F. O'Hair","bbox":{"left":0.075163,"top":0.481205,"width":0.190863,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"DECISION","bbox":{"left":0.451301,"top":0.545735,"width":0.09696100000000002,"height":0.02098500000000003}},{"text":"BACKGROUND","bbox":{"left":0.430614,"top":0.596735,"width":0.13833299999999998,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Jett Colleges of Cosmetology and Barbering (Jett) was notified by letter dated December 23, 1996, from the Director \n of the Institutional Participation and Oversight Service, of the Student Financial Assistance Programs (SFAP) of the \n U.S. Department of Education (Department), of the imposition of an emergency action withdrawing Jett's authority to \n obligate any Title IV funds under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). On January 2, 1997, Jett \n requested an opportunity to show cause that the emergency action was unwarranted.","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.630826,"width":0.9372149999999999,"height":0.08839399999999997}},{"text":"Pursuant to the Delegation of Authority from the Secretary to me to conduct proceedings and issue final decisions in \n circumstances where educational institutions request an opportunity to show cause why an emergency action is \n unwarranted, I conducted a hearing in Washington, D.C., on January 29 and 30, 1997. At the hearing both sides \n presented witnesses, offered exhibits into evidence, and concluded with oral arguments.","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.731205,"width":0.9334310000000001,"height":0.07134799999999997}},{"text":"SFAP's main contention in this case is that an emergency action is necessary because, during a July 8-12, 1996, on- \n site program review of Jett's three locations, it was discovered that loan applications from an ineligible school \n (Southbrook Mall) were being certified utilizing a school code assigned to one of Jett's eligible school locations. As a \n result, 43 students improperly received FFEL funds. The reviewers also discovered that Jett failed to make proper and \n timely refunds; improperly awarded Title IV funds after students' last date of attendance; did not comply with ability-to- \n benefit requirements; failed to maintain accurate attendance records; and failed to submit timely audit reports.See \n footnote 1* The reviewers formalized their findings in the program review report dated October 8, 1996 (SFAP Exhibit","bbox":{"left":0.026144,"top":0.814538,"width":0.9440390000000001,"height":0.12627299999999997}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}