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LEASES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
LEASES [Abstract]  
LEASES
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LEASES
 
The Company enters into contracts to utilize office space, educational facilities, and various items of equipment under lease agreements and accounts for them in accordance with ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”). To determine whether a contract contains a lease, the Company assesses whether there is an identified asset and whether the Company has the right to control its use throughout the period of use. The Company classifies leases as either operating or finance leases at lease commencement date in accordance with ASC 842. As required under ASC 842, the Company recognizes a ROU asset and a corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet, measured at the present value of lease payments over the term of the lease. An operating lease ROU asset represents the Company’s right to use the underlying asset during the lease term and the corresponding lease liability represents its obligation to make lease payments. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are amortized over the lease term, with lease expense recognized on a straight-line basis within operating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. Finance lease arrangements result in separate recognition of interest expense on the lease liability using the effective interest method and amortization expense of the ROU asset on a straight-line basis over the lease term, in addition to principal payments.
 
As the Company’s operating leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available on the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. We estimate the incremental borrowing rate based on a yield curve analysis, utilizing the interest rate derived from the fair value analysis of our credit facility and adjusting it for factors that appropriately reflect the profile of secured borrowing over the expected term of the lease. The operating lease ROU assets include any lease payments made prior to the rent commencement date and exclude lease incentives. Our leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 20 years. Lease terms may include options to extend the lease term used in determining the lease obligation when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term for operating leases.
 
The following table presents components of lease cost and classification on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
 
                   
        Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
in thousands
 
Consolidated Statement of
Operations Classification
  2026     2025  
Operating lease cost
 
Selling, general and administrative
  $ 5,819    $ 4,989 
Finance lease cost
                 
Amortization of leased assets
 
Educational services and facilities
    418      418 
Interest on lease liabilities
 
Interest expense
    592      582 
Variable lease cost
 
Selling, general and administrative
    253      216 
        $ 7,082    $ 6,205 
 
The net change in ROU asset and operating lease liability is included in the net change in other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2026, and 2025.
 
The net change in ROU asset and finance lease liability is split between principal payments, interest expense and amortization expense. Principal payments are classified in the financing section, interest expense is included in net income and amortization expense is broken out separately in the operating section of the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash activity related to our leases are as follows:
 
         
    Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
    2026     2025  
Cash flow information:
           
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
           
Operating Cash Flows - operating leases
 
$
5,019    
$
4,783  
Operating Cash Flows - finance leases
 
$
592    
$
582  
Financing Cash Flows - finance leases
 
$
102    
$
(1,108
)
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company did not enter into any new leases. There were no lease modifications during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
 
Weighted-average remaining lease term and discount rate for our leases are as follows:
 
               
 
As of
March 31,
 
    2026       2025  
Weighted-average remaining lease term
             
Operating leases
  13 years       13 years  
Finance leases
  15 years       16 years  
               
Weighted-average discount rate
             
Operating leases
  6.62
%
    6.59
%
Finance leases
  7.67
%
    7.69
%
 
Maturities of lease liabilities by fiscal year for our leases as of March 31, 2026, are as follows:
 
 
    Operating
Leases
   Finance
Leases
   
 
Year ending December 31,              
2026 (excluding the three months ending March 31, 2026)
 $ 16,180    $ 2,123  
2027
   21,416      2,918  
2028
   22,314      3,023  
2029
   20,621      3,132  
2030
   17,918      3,244  
2031
   16,775      3,361  
Thereafter
   140,886      36,813  
Total lease payments
   256,110      54,614  
Less: imputed interest
   (85,576    (23,598
Present value of lease liabilities  $ 170,534    $ 31,016