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BPPE readiness audits for California private postsecondary schools

Find and correct BPPE readiness issues before they increase fine exposure or disrupt operations.

Koro helps BPPE-approved schools identify issues across the website, catalog, required public documents, enrollment agreements, and acknowledgments before they become a larger reactive project. Start with a private website risk check, delivered by the next business day after eligibility is confirmed, or choose a fixed-fee audit with evidence-backed findings and a prioritized correction plan.

Independent remote reviews for California private postsecondary institutions approved to operate by BPPE. Scope is limited to current public materials, current blank enrollment templates, or both, depending on the selected audit. Student records, facilities review, and on-site inspection are not included.

Service commitments

Fixed fee

The included materials, limits, and price are written before work begins.

3 to 5 business days

Delivery after complete intake, based on the selected audit.

No student records

Depending on scope, the audits use current public materials, current blank enrollment templates, or both.

A readiness professional compares an unbranded school website with a marked review sheet and open catalog.

Why this matters now

BPPE inspections, citations, and assessed fines have risen sharply.

Official statewide data show more inspections, more citations, and more assessed fines between FY2021/22 and FY2024/25. BPPE attributes the citation increase to improved investigation and inspection processes and reduced case backlogs. These statewide figures do not mean every school is noncompliant or likely to be cited.

429

completed inspections

FY2024/25, up 48% from 289 in FY2021/22

327

citations issued

FY2024/25, up 124% from 146 in FY2021/22

$2.69M

administrative fines assessed

FY2024/25, up 401% from $537K in FY2021/22

Up to $5,000

administrative fine per violation

Approved institutions; one citation may allege multiple violations

Statewide trend figures are from BPPE's 2026 Sunset Review Report. Fines are amounts assessed, not necessarily collected, and some assessments may later be reduced, withdrawn, dismissed, or settled. Citation and assessed-fine totals are statewide BPPE enforcement figures and are not limited to website or enrollment-document matters.

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What we audit

We review the materials where BPPE findings have appeared.

We examine school-controlled documents and public pages for BPPE readiness issues. Each observation is evidence-backed, and anything requiring approval records, source data, counsel, or another owner is clearly labeled.

  1. 01

    Website, catalog, and required public documents

    The school website, current catalog, required public links and documents, program representations, advertising claims, lead forms, and supplied public materials.

    We review whether the published SPFS is available through the required public path, contains the required tables, statements, and acknowledgment fields, and is consistent with the other school materials in scope. We do not review student files, validate student-level data or supporting records, or recalculate reported outcomes.

  2. 02

    Enrollment agreements and acknowledgments

    Current blank enrollment agreements, program addenda, disclosures, acknowledgments, required fields, charges, cancellation and refund language, and apparent delivery and signature controls.

    We review document structure and designed execution controls, not whether actual student files were completed correctly.

  3. 03

    Cross-document consistency

    Program names, credentials, hours, delivery format, location, tuition, fees, cancellation terms, refunds, and acknowledgment language across the included public and enrollment materials.

    Cross-document reconciliation is included in the BPPE Website, Catalog & Enrollment Readiness Audit within the stated limits of both focused reviews.

Audits and pricing

Start privately. Expand only when the risk justifies it.

Begin with the free website risk check or choose the risk area that needs a full audit. Website and catalog are $495, enrollment agreements and acknowledgments are $695, and the combined review is $995. Every price is fixed within the published scope for one BPPE-approved institution, one location, English-language materials, and up to five programs where applicable. Exact limits appear in each audit.

Free first step

Free BPPE Website Risk Check

$0

For an eligible BPPE-approved school, we privately review the homepage and selected high-risk public pages by the next business day after eligibility is confirmed. You receive one publicly observable condition worth correcting, one item that needs confirmation, or a clear note that the limited check found neither.

  • Verified institution name and BPPE code, exact public URL, review date, and screenshot.
  • The closest published requirement and a plain-language explanation of why the condition matters.
  • One immediate first step and the most relevant fixed-fee audit path.
  • A concise private email. No meeting required unless you request one.

The free check is limited to selected public pages. Full crawl, catalog, enrollment-document, legal, implementation, and correction-verification work require a separate scope.

Request the free website risk check

Recommended first full audit

BPPE Website & Catalog Readiness Audit

Founding School price

$495

Delivered within 3 business days after complete intake

Choose this when the immediate concern is BPPE readiness across the website, catalog, required public documents, or public claims.

Reviews the website, current catalog, and required public documents with exact URLs, screenshots, document references, and clearly labeled verification needs.

Written findings report, prioritized correction plan, 30-minute findings review, and one clarification round included.

See scope and exclusions

Base scope

  • One BPPE-approved institution, one location, and one primary website or domain.
  • Crawl and link testing for up to 100 reachable URLs and manual readiness review of up to 25 high-risk pages.
  • One current catalog and one supplement up to 100 combined pages, up to five programs and five currently published SPFS files, and the latest publicly posted annual report.
  • Up to five supplied ads, brochures, or landing pages. English-language current public materials only; non-English recruitment receives a presence and trigger check.

Reviewed and delivered

  • Required public access to the current catalog, an applicable current SPFS for each offered program, any student brochures offered by the institution, a link to BPPE's website, and the institution's most recent annual report submitted to BPPE, plus document permissions, broken links, currency, and version indicators.
  • Published SPFS access, required tables, statements, acknowledgment fields, and consistency with the other included school materials.
  • Catalog requirements, program and approval alignment, public claims, whether required materials are gated behind a lead form, public payment or enrollment steps, and cross-document consistency.
  • Dated evidence with URLs, screenshots, and document versions.
  • One quality-checked report with prioritized findings, recommended corrections, and verification tests.

Not included

  • Student-level data, supporting records, and recalculation or independent validation of placement, completion, wage, salary, or self-employment outcomes.
  • Definitive approval conclusions when evidence is incomplete. These are labeled potential discrepancy, approval documentation required.
  • Financial-statement review, approval applications, a full website rebuild, accessibility certification, SEO, legal advice, and BPPE representation.
Request the $495 website and catalog audit

Add enrollment-document readiness

BPPE Website, Catalog & Enrollment Readiness Audit

Founding School price

$995

Delivered within 5 business days after complete intake

$195 below the two focused audits purchased separately at Founding School pricing.

Choose this when leadership needs the website and catalog audit plus enrollment agreements, acknowledgments, and one reconciled findings report.

Combines the website and catalog audit with the enrollment agreement and acknowledgments audit, then reconciles the facts that should remain consistent across the included materials.

Written findings report, prioritized correction plan, 60-minute findings review, and one clarification round included.

See scope and exclusions

Base scope

  • One BPPE-approved institution and one location.
  • One primary website or domain, crawl and link testing for up to 100 reachable URLs, and manual readiness review of up to 25 high-risk pages.
  • One current catalog and one supplement, up to 100 combined pages; up to five programs and five currently published SPFS files; the latest publicly posted annual report; and up to five supplied ads, brochures, or landing pages.
  • One current master enrollment agreement up to 20 pages, up to five same-template program addenda, and one current disclosure and acknowledgment set up to 10 files and 25 combined pages.
  • English-language public materials and current blank templates only. Non-English recruitment receives a presence and trigger check, not substantive translation or legal review.

Reviewed and delivered

  • Everything in both focused audits within their respective limits.
  • Website-to-catalog-to-agreement reconciliation.
  • Published SPFS access, required tables, statements, acknowledgment fields, and consistency with the other included school materials.
  • One quality-checked report with prioritized findings, supporting evidence, cross-document inconsistencies, recommended corrections, and verification tests.

Not included

  • Student files, ledgers, source data, facilities, faculty files, and on-site controls.
  • Student-level data, supporting records, and recalculation or independent validation of placement, completion, wage, salary, or self-employment outcomes.
  • Legal advice, BPPE representation, approval applications, and guarantees of compliance or inspection outcome.
Request the $995 combined audit

Focused enrollment-document review

BPPE Enrollment Agreement & Acknowledgments Audit

Founding School price

$695

Delivered within 3 business days after complete intake

Choose this when the immediate concern is the enrollment agreement, required acknowledgments, and the document controls intended to support correct delivery, acknowledgment, and signature.

Reviews current blank enrollment agreements, program addenda, disclosures, acknowledgments, and apparent execution controls without requesting executed student files or student information.

Written findings report, prioritized correction plan, 30-minute findings review, and one clarification round included.

See scope and exclusions

Base scope

  • One BPPE-approved institution and one location.
  • One current master enrollment agreement up to 20 pages and up to five same-template program addenda.
  • One current disclosure and acknowledgment set up to 10 files and 25 combined pages.
  • English-language current blank templates only. Non-English recruitment receives a presence and trigger check, not substantive translation or legal review.

Reviewed and delivered

  • Required fields, signature and date fields, cancellation and completion dates, period covered, and blank-field controls.
  • Tuition, fees, total required charges, Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) language, cancellation, withdrawal, refund terms, and required statements.
  • Catalog and applicable SPFS delivery and acknowledgment language shown in the supplied blank templates, program consistency, and whether non-English recruitment or instruction may require separately translated materials.
  • One quality-checked report with prioritized findings, supporting page and file references, recommended corrections, and verification tests.

Not included

  • Executed student agreements, student records, admissions eligibility, signature logs, and refund transactions.
  • Translation, attorney-drafted contracts, a complete from-scratch rewrite, BPPE representation, and e-signature configuration unless separately scoped.
Request the $695 enrollment-document audit

Founding School pricing is available through September 29, 2026, or for the first 10 signed engagements, whichever occurs first. We confirm availability before work begins.

The cost of reacting

The cost of responding can go far beyond an assessed fine.

For an approved institution, BPPE may assess an administrative fine of up to $5,000 for each violation, and a citation may allege multiple violations. Historical assessments are only one part of the potential cost. Responding after a problem is identified may also require leadership, admissions, academic, marketing, administrative, web-vendor, and legal resources.

Staff may need to locate current files, reconcile conflicting information, revise multiple documents, update public pages, coordinate approvals, prepare corrective evidence, and verify that every affected version was replaced. This reactive work can interrupt admissions and enrollment operations, create emergency vendor or professional-service expenses, and cause repeated rework when ownership and version control are unclear.

Koro gives your school a fixed-fee way to identify priority risks, organize corrective work, and define how each correction will be verified before the same conditions become a larger reactive project.

Founding School prices and relevant context
Koro serviceFounding School priceRelevant context
BPPE Enrollment Agreement & Acknowledgments Audit$695Selected enrollment and pre-enrollment findings averaged $2,306 across 273 exact original per-violation assessment allocations.
BPPE Website & Catalog Readiness Audit$495Selected website and advertising findings averaged $2,728 across 22 exact original per-violation assessment allocations.
BPPE Website, Catalog & Enrollment Readiness Audit$995Reviews both included risk areas within the published scope.
BPPE Website, Catalog & Enrollment Readiness Audit + Corrections$3,995Audit, correction implementation, and verification within scope.

BPPE Enrollment Agreement & Acknowledgments Audit

Founding School price
$695
Relevant context
Selected enrollment and pre-enrollment findings averaged $2,306 across 273 exact original per-violation assessment allocations.

BPPE Website & Catalog Readiness Audit

Founding School price
$495
Relevant context
Selected website and advertising findings averaged $2,728 across 22 exact original per-violation assessment allocations.

BPPE Website, Catalog & Enrollment Readiness Audit

Founding School price
$995
Relevant context
Reviews both included risk areas within the published scope.

BPPE Website, Catalog & Enrollment Readiness Audit + Corrections

Founding School price
$3,995
Relevant context
Audit, correction implementation, and verification within scope.

Each fixed-fee audit price shown above, from $495 to $995, is below both selected historical category averages. Historical assessments remain context only, not expected savings.

The categories are Koro's operational recoding, not BPPE classifications. The $2,306 and $2,728 figures are Koro analyses of selected exact original per-violation assessment allocations from citations issued in 2024 through 2026 and verified through July 28, 2026. They are not BPPE averages, a statistical estimate of all schools, or fine predictions. Original amounts may later have been modified, withdrawn, dismissed, or settled. Historical assessments are provided for context only. They do not establish that a violation exists, predict a future citation, or represent guaranteed savings.

What you receive

Know what needs attention, why it matters, and what to do next.

Each report connects a finding to the exact evidence, review source, priority, recommended owner, recommended correction, and the test used to verify it.

A requirement crosswalk, correction roadmap, evidence register, and acceptance checklist arranged for review.
Findings are organized into evidence, priorities, recommended owners, corrections, and verification tests.
  1. 01

    Executive summary

    The highest-priority observations, verification needs, dependencies, and immediate management decisions.

  2. 02

    Written scope and limitations

    The materials reviewed, review date, assumptions, exclusions, and facts we could not establish.

  3. 03

    Prioritized findings report

    Exact URLs, screenshots, page references, file versions, review sources, priority, recommended owner, and proposed corrective action.

  4. 04

    BPPE requirement and citation context

    Published provisions and checklist tests, plus selected comparable public actions when relevant and available.

  5. 05

    Cross-document consistency review

    A reconciliation of the included facts and inconsistencies when the selected audit includes both website and enrollment materials.

  6. 06

    30-day correction plan

    A sequenced plan with recommended owners, dependencies, acceptance tests, and the path to correction or verification.

  7. 07

    Quality-checked final report

    A complete report with checked evidence references, finding labels, priorities, correction instructions, and verification tests.

How the audit works

A clear path from intake to correction plan.

Delivery begins once the scope is accepted, payment is received, and the current review materials are complete and usable.

  1. 01

    Confirm the audit

    We confirm your school, the materials to review, the fixed price, expected delivery period, and anything outside the selected audit.

    A written scope, price, and intake list.

  2. 02

    Provide current materials

    Your team supplies the current documents and URLs included in the selected audit through the agreed intake method.

    A complete, current review set.

  3. 03

    Complete the audit

    Koro tests the included materials, records the evidence, checks facts across documents, labels anything that still needs verification or counsel, and quality-checks the report before delivery.

    Quality-checked, evidence-backed findings.

  4. 04

    Review findings and next steps

    Your team receives the report, correction plan, findings review, and a clear choice to correct internally, use a vendor or counsel, or ask Koro to implement the agreed changes.

    A clear path to correction and verification.

Correction and verification

Find the issue. Correct it. Verify the result.

The report is yours. Your team, vendor, counsel, or Koro can implement the agreed corrections. If Koro completes the correction project, the audit payment applies toward the total.

Correction options

Use your audit payment toward corrections.

If the corresponding correction scope is signed within 30 days after delivery of the final audit report, the audit payment applies dollar for dollar to the base project total. Final correction language and publication remain subject to client approval and counsel review when needed.

Founding School audit, correction, and school-led correction-verification prices
Review areaAuditAudit + Koro correctionsBalance after audit creditVerification after school-led corrections
Enrollment agreements & acknowledgments$695$1,995$1,300$375
Website & catalog$495$2,995$2,500$525
Website, catalog & enrollment$995$3,995$3,000$750

Enrollment agreements & acknowledgments

Audit
$695
Audit + Koro corrections
$1,995
Balance after audit credit
$1,300
Verification after school-led corrections
$375

Website & catalog

Audit
$495
Audit + Koro corrections
$2,995
Balance after audit credit
$2,500
Verification after school-led corrections
$525

Website, catalog & enrollment

Audit
$995
Audit + Koro corrections
$3,995
Balance after audit credit
$3,000
Verification after school-led corrections
$750

Correction implementation is offered only after the audit has confirmed the findings, dependencies, and exact work required. Your school can use Koro, its own team, a vendor, or counsel to complete the agreed changes. Before Koro begins corrections, we confirm the audited materials, editable files or publishing access, one authorized approver, the exact findings to correct, and any issue that requires counsel or another vendor. Student records and other sensitive personal information are not included.

What correction implementation can include

Enrollment work can include clean and redline files, a version register, change log, execution-control guide, one consolidated revision round, and final verification for the audited agreement family, up to five same-template addenda, and the audited disclosure set.

Website and catalog correction work can include agreed CMS text, link, button, label, and PDF-replacement changes where the publishing path is confirmed, or vendor-ready tickets, up to 10 routine public change groups, and up to 10 catalog correction groups across no more than 20 pages, plus before-and-after evidence, one consolidated revision round, final verification, and one 30-day public link recheck.

Combined correction work covers the included website, catalog, required public documents, enrollment agreements, and acknowledgments within one written correction scope and one consolidated evidence and handoff package.

Verification after school-led corrections

One correction submission must be received within 60 days after delivery of the final audit report. We retest only the original findings and return one dated correction-verification report. New materials and later-added scope are not included.

A verification status means the correction met the original report's acceptance test within the agreed scope. It is not a BPPE determination or compliance certificate.

Evidence and responsibility

Every finding is supported. Every uncertainty is labeled.

We compare the included materials with published requirements in effect on the review date, official implementation aids, and selected analogous public actions. Official checklists support the review but do not replace the current governing statute and regulations.

We record the exact source, distinguish an observed condition from a verification need, preserve known modification or dismissal context, and route disputed interpretation or legal drafting to qualified California counsel when appropriate.

When a public enforcement action helps explain a finding, we state the original assessment and known disposition and classify the relationship as the same requirement and condition, materially similar, or related context.

Finding labels

  • Publicly Observable
  • Historical Reference
  • Verification Required
  • Operational Recommendation
  • Counsel Review Required

Verification status labels

  • Verified
  • Partially Verified
  • Client Action Required
  • Counsel Review Required
  • Unable to Verify

Koro Solutions is an independent compliance-services company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by BPPE. Reviews and implementation are limited to the written scope and are not legal advice, a BPPE determination, or a guarantee of compliance, fine avoidance, approval, renewal, or inspection outcome. Findings are based on the current public materials, current blank enrollment templates, or both, reviewed within the stated remote scope.

Frequently asked questions

Before you choose a service.

Direct answers about fit, scope, timing, evidence, payment, corrections, and legal boundaries.

Choose the right next step

Tell us what your school needs reviewed.

Choose the free BPPE website risk check, a fixed-fee readiness audit, or ask us to help you choose. We confirm school fit, scope, availability, and the next step before paid work begins.

  • One active BPPE-approved institution in the base scope
  • Current public materials or current blank templates
  • Secure document intake begins after fit and scope are confirmed

Request a BPPE review.

Tell us which service you are considering and where we can review your public website. Secure document intake for paid audits begins after fit, scope, and payment are confirmed.

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