Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Amounts of Recorded Liability Related to Claims and Contingencies

The following table sets forth the amounts of our recorded liability related to our claims and contingencies and where the amounts were included on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the dates indicated:

	As of
	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		March 31, 2015
Other current liabilities	$	15,200	$	16,330	$	14,408
Other liabilities		588		588		598
Total	$	15,788	$	16,918	$	15,006

Activity with Respect to Claims and Contingencies

The following table sets forth the activity with respect to our recorded liability related to our claims and contingencies in the periods indicated:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Balance at beginning of period	$	16,918		$	15,574
Increases (decreases) from:
Additional accruals, other (1)		6,509			5,517
Payments, other (2)		(7,639	)		(6,085	)
Balance at end of period	$	15,788		$	15,006

(1) Consists of accruals for legal fees.

(2) Consists of payments for legal and other contingencies.

Historical and Projected Performance and Collections of the CUSO Student Loans under the CUSO RSA

Based on various assumptions, including the historical and projected performance and collections of the CUSO Student Loans, we believe that we will make payments under the CUSO RSA as set forth in the following table:

Year	Estimated Regular Payments			Estimated Recoveries(1)			Estimated Total Payments, Net
2016	$	18,000	(2)	$	(1,800	)(3)	$	16,200
2017		13,000			(1,000	)		12,000
2018		14,000			(1,000	)		13,000
2019 and later(4)		95,000			0			95,000
Total	$	140,000		$	(3,800	)	$	136,200

(1) We expect to offset Regular Payments due to the CUSO from us under the CUSO RSA by the recoveries from charged-off loans that are due to us from the CUSO.

(2) This amount includes $6,092 of Regular Payments that otherwise would have been due in 2015, but were deferred to, and paid in, January 2016 as allowed under the Sixth Amendment to CUSO RSA.

(3) This amount includes $761 of recoveries from charged-off loans received by the CUSO from June 8, 2015 through December 31, 2015 that were not paid to us that we offset against amounts owed by us under the CUSO RSA in January 2016.

(4) We believe that the amount in this row will be paid by us in approximately equal portions in each of 2019 through 2025.

Aggregate Amount of Guarantee Payments

The following table sets forth the approximate aggregate amount of PEAKS Guarantee payments and CUSO RSA payments that were made in the periods indicated:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Type of Payment	2016			2015
PEAKS Guarantee Payments	$	4,534		$	13,637
CUSO RSA Regular Payments		2,597	(1)		2,280	(2)
CUSO RSA Discharge Payments		0			2,709
CUSO RSA Deferred Payment		5,331	(3)		0
Total	$	12,462		$	18,626

(1) This amount is net of $294 of recoveries from charged-off loans owed to us that we offset against amounts owed by us under the CUSO RSA.

(2) This amount is net of $290 of recoveries from charged-off loans owed to us that we offset against amounts owed by us under the CUSO RSA.

(3) This amount is net of $761 of recoveries from charged-off loans received by the CUSO from June 8, 2015 through December 31, 2015 that were not paid to us that we offset against amounts owed by us under the CUSO RSA in January 2016.