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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001553350-22-000632"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASPU"
cik: "0001487198"
company_name: "ASPEN GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T09:09:06.480180+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aspen Group corrects earlier misstatements about $18.3M surety bond requirement

## Summary
- CEO and CFO incorrectly identified the Arizona entity requiring the $18.3M surety bond on the July 19 earnings call.
- Correct regulator is the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education, not the Board of Nursing or Education.
- Bond is for Aspen University institutional licensure with the state board.
- Correction furnished under Regulation FD to ensure transparency and accuracy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001553350-22-000632
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASPU
- cik: 0001487198
- company_name: ASPEN GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487198/000155335022000632/0001553350-22-000632-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487198/000155335022000632/aspu_8k.htm

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