---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-100299"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOPE"
cik: "0001434588"
company_name: "Grand Canyon Education, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-24T20:05:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-24T20:06:05.014691+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GCE places CFO Daniel E. Bachus on paid leave amid govt probe into third-party stock trades

## Summary
- CFO Daniel E. Bachus placed on paid administrative leave effective Aug 21, 2026, tied to government investigation of non-employee's trades in Company stock.
- Company states leave is unrelated to financial statements or accounting policies; Company is not a focus of the investigation.
- Board appointed Lori Browning, SVP & Controller/Chief Accounting Officer, as interim CFO and principal financial officer, effective Aug 21, 2026.
- Browning joined GCE in 2008; served as VP-Controller until 2019; CPA since 1996 with finance/accounting degrees from Arizona State University.
- Company retained outside counsel, is conducting its own investigation, and is cooperating with the government.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-100299
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOPE
- cik: 0001434588
- company_name: Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-24T20:05:10+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000110465926100299/0001104659-26-100299-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000110465926100299/lope-20260821x8k.htm

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