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Florida CIE Licensing Records
The Florida Commission for Independent Education licenses on consumer protection: a catalog and enrollment agreement that agree word for word, advertising that matches the license, refund terms that follow the rule, and records a site-visit team can read. Schools get deferred at the Commission for document mismatches and lose renewals for the same reason a year later. Atticus generates every document from one set of facts, so there is nothing to mismatch.
From $10 per student per month · no licenses, no seat fees.
How Atticus keeps a Florida school licensable
Catalog and enrollment agreement from one source
Tuition, fees, refund policy, and calendar are stored once and generated into both documents — no drift between application and renewal.
Fair consumer practices, documented
Advertising, disclosures, and enrollment representations recorded and versioned, per Rule 6E-1.0032 and F.S. 1005.04.
Renewal-ready student files
Attendance, progress, ledger, and signed documents per student, retained on the CIE schedule, exportable for the annual review or a complaint investigation.
Complaint log with resolution
Every student complaint captured with dates, response, and outcome — the record CIE asks for first when a complaint reaches Tallahassee.
What CIE asks for
At application, renewal, and site visit
- Catalog and enrollment agreement that match on tuition, fees, refund policy, and calendar
- Advertising and promotional material consistent with the license
- Faculty listing and personnel credentials (Forms 401/402)
- Student records: attendance, progress, ledger, signed agreements
- Annual license renewal with fees and the Student Protection Fund contribution
What the letters say
Common reasons for deferral and findings
- Catalog and enrollment agreement that disagree on refund terms
- Advertising or fee collection before the provisional license was issued
- Financial statements that do not meet Rule 6E-2.004(6)
- Records that cannot be produced for a complaint investigation
- Program length or hours stated differently across documents
What Atticus produces
In one click, formatted for the reviewer
- Matched catalog, enrollment agreement, and program outlines
- Signed agreement archive with the catalog version each student signed under
- Faculty credential roster
- Per-student record export for a site visit or complaint
- Renewal binder
Common questions
Florida CIE FAQ
Why do Florida schools get deferred at the Commission?
Most often for document inconsistencies — catalog versus enrollment agreement — weak financial statements, or marketing before licensure. Atticus removes the first cause entirely by generating both documents from the same facts.
Does Atticus help with the annual renewal?
Yes. Student records, faculty files, and the matched catalog/agreement are current all year, so the renewal package and any site-visit request are exports rather than reconstructions.
Is a CIE license the same as accreditation?
No. CIE is Florida's state license; accreditation (ACCSC, COE, NACCAS, ABHES) is separate and is what unlocks Title IV. Atticus serves both — the same student record feeds the state file and the accreditor report.
Do you work with Florida schools now?
Yes — Atticus was built in Orlando and runs at Florida career schools today. See the Florida Institute of Dental Assisting on our home page.
Walk into Tallahassee with documents that agree.
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