The 70/70 numbers, tracked as a byproduct of running your school

Workforce Pell opened grant money to short-term driver training — and made completion and placement rates the price of admission. DriverTrack tracks both continuously, because reconstructing them at reporting time is how programs fail.

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The rule: Workforce Pell programs must demonstrate a 70% completion rate (within 150% of normal time) and a 70% placement rate — measured as employment in the second quarter after completion, from state wage records. § 34 CFR 690.94

Before & after

What financial aid & pell compliance looks like without a system

Completion rates reconstructed from paper files when the Governor's office asks

Enrollment, completion, and withdrawal dates (with the four allowable exclusions) recorded as they happen

Placement follow-up that stops at "we think they got hired"

Structured graduate follow-up with employer, occupation, and date — the data behind wage-record verification

Aid deadlines (15-day disbursement reporting, monthly reconciliation) managed by calendar reminders

Aid events tied to the same student ledger as billing and enrollment

Capabilities

Inside Financial Aid & Pell Compliance

70/70 dashboards

Live completion and placement rates against the 70% thresholds, by cohort and program.

Exclusion handling

Death, disabling condition, military service, incarceration — documented and applied correctly.

Placement records

Graduate outcomes with SOC-code awareness for the post-2029 occupation-matched standard.

Title IV operations

Disbursement and reconciliation workflows for participating schools.

From the library

Financial Aid

Tracking Completion and Placement Rates for Pell and WIOA Compliance

The completion and placement records CDL schools must keep for Workforce Pell and WIOA: definitions, exclusions, cohort math, and a verification workflow.

Jul 19, 2026 · 9 min read