UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):    January 22, 2007

 

Career Education Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-23245

 

36-3932190

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

2895 Greenspoint Parkway, Suite 600, Hoffman Estates, IL

 

60169

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code  (847) 781-3600

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 22, 2007, Career Education Corporation (the “Registrant”) issued a press release to report the decision by the United States Department of Education to lift restrictions on the Registrant’s ability to acquire domestic schools and open additional domestic campuses.   A copy of the Registrant’s release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and the information contained therein is incorporated herein by reference.  The information contained in Item 8.01 to this Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release of the Registrant dated January 22, 2007, reporting the decision by the United States Department of

 

 

 

Education to lift restrictions on the Registrant’s ability to acquire domestic schools and open additional domestic campuses.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick K. Pesch

 

 

Patrick K. Pesch

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Assistant Secretary

 

Dated: January 22, 2007

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