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Postemployment Benefits
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]  
Postemployment Benefits
Postemployment Benefits

On February 18, 2019, we announced that our campus in Norwood, Massachusetts is no longer accepting new student applications, and its last group of students started on March 18, 2019. The campus is expected to close before the end of fiscal year 2020. We expect the postemployment benefits will total approximately $1.0 million, when the campus closes in 2020. Additionally, we periodically enter into agreements that provide postemployment benefits to personnel whose employment is terminated. The postemployment benefit liability, which is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, is generally paid out ratably over the terms of the agreements, which range from 1 month to 24 months, with the final agreement expiring in 2021.

The postemployment benefit accrual activity for the year ended September 30, 2019 was as follows:
 
 
Liability Balance at
September 30, 2018
 
Postemployment
Benefit Charges
 
Cash Paid
 
Other
Non-cash (1)
 
Liability Balance at September 30, 2019
Severance
 
$
372

 
$
1,637

 
$
(1,159
)
 
$
(129
)
 
$
721

Other
 
9

 
90

 
(28
)
 
(39
)
 
32

Total
 
$
381

 
$
1,727

 
$
(1,187
)
 
$
(168
)
 
$
753

(1) Primarily relates to the reclassification of benefits between severance and other benefits.