On March 15, 2012 the Common Manual Governing Board approved one proposal to modify the Common Manual.  The changes made in the proposals will be incorporated into the Common Manual with the publication of the next update in 2012. These proposals modify the following sections of the manual:

Transition to Three-Year Cohort Default Rates

Section 4.2 - Administrative Capability Standards
Section 16.1 - Overview of Cohort Default Rates and Terminology

Section 16.3 - School Draft Cohort Default Rates and Challenges
Section 16.4 - School Official Cohort Default Rates, Adjustments, and Appeals
Section 16.4.B - School Appeals

Section 16.5 - Consequences of High Official Cohort Default Rates for Schools

Copies of the bulletin language for these proposals are available from the Common Manual’s webpage at www.commonmanual.org.   The bulletin language is available under the Approved Policies and the Integrated Common Manual can be found under the Common Manual heading.