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The Department of Education through the National Student Loan Data System (?NSLDS?) requires that the School certify all students on their enrollment roster at least every 60 days, even if there has been no change in student status. Student status changes then must be reported to the NSLDS within the required time-period. Condition During our procedures to test compliance with this requirement to enrollment testing, for a sample of 40 students, 35 student status changes were either not reported timely or not reported at all. Cause The student roster was not reviewed timely and as a result student changes were not identified and reported in accordance with the compliance requirement. Effect As the change in status was not reported within the specified time or not reported at all, changes to student loan repayments were not determinable by the Department of Education. Questioned Costs None noted. Context The auditor selected 40 students to test enrollment and examined if the student had a change of address and whether there was an indication of withdrawing from the School either voluntarily or for academic purposes. We examined all applicable documentation to determine the date of any such change in status to conclude whether the School was in compliance with the reporting requirements for the student change in status.