Connecticut denies Paier School’s authority to function

Paier School, a troubled for-profit artwork faculty, is going through potential closure amid a state investigation that discovered it failed varied requirements established by the Connecticut Workplace of Larger Schooling, together with monetary well being and an absence of certified school, WFSB reported.

Paier reportedly has 10 days to enchantment the choice or it should submit a closure plan to the state.

Connecticut’s denial of Paier’s request to resume its authorization to function comes after troubles earlier this 12 months when the state started investigating quite a few complaints, together with a lack of school members.

Paier’s head depend stood at 221 college students in fall 2022, in keeping with federal enrollment information, a quantity that had been rising, with the school hovering round 100 within the late 2010s. 

Connecticut sued Paier School final summer time for violations of unfair commerce practices, in addition to Stone Academy (a now defunct for-profit school) and Joseph Bierbaum, who owned each establishments. Stone Academy closed abruptly in February 2023 amid comparable compliance points, lower than a 12 months after then-president Mark Scheinberg was compelled to retire as a part of a settlement with the Division of Justice that discovered he made efforts to cover Stone Academy’s cohort default charge. Scheinberg had additionally been a co-owner of Paier School till the settlement.

Paier didn’t return a voicemail left by Inside Larger Ed on Monday.