The U.S. Department of Education has added two law schools to its updated list of educational institutions subject to heightened financial monitoring.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Charleston School of Law, a for-profit school, landed on department's so-called “heightened cash monitoring list” for the first time in December. Ave Maria School of Law has been included since the list was first released publicly in March as part of the department's push to boost accountability and transparency.

Department spokesman Jim Bradshaw declined to specify why the three law schools were included, although each was found to have fallen short in the general category of “financial responsibility.”