Problems began to surface as early as 2014, when workers, DLI staff, and business consultants raised concerns about the school. As of June 2019, DLI launched a formal audit covering July 2015 to June 2018. What was found was not encouraging. The school provided incomplete records in response to audit requests. Its minimum typing speed requirement for graduates was 20 words per minute – half the 40 words per minute considered average by most employers – and three of the 13 sample graduates did not meet even that low standard. When asked to identify graduates who found employment, the school named only 15 of the 388 workers who participated during the audit period, giving a job placement rate of about 3.9 percent. Washington rules require commercial providers to maintain at least a 50 percent placement rate.
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