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Leases

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Leases
9 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases Leases The Company determines if a contract contains a lease at inception. The Company entered into operating leases totaling approximately 172,021 square feet of office and classroom space in Phoenix, San Diego, New York City, Denver, Austin, Tampa, Nashville, Atlanta and the New Brunswick Province in Canada. These leases expire at various dates through April 2031, and the majority contain annual base rent escalation clauses. Most of these leases include options to extend for additional five-year periods. Since it is not reasonably certain that the leases would be renewed, the Company does not consider the renewal option in the lease term. As permitted by ASC 842, leases with an initial term of twelve months or less are not recorded on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The Company does not have any financing leases.
As of January 31, 2023, our longer-term operating leases are located in Tampa, Phoenix, Austin, Nashville and Georgia and are set to expire in six to eight years. These leases make up approximately 95% of the total future minimum lease payments.
Operating lease ROU assets, represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term. Operating lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating leases are included in "Operating lease right- of-use assets, net", "Operating lease obligations, current portion" and "Operating lease obligations, less current portion" in the consolidated balance sheets at January 31, 2023 and April 30, 2022. These assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term. Variable lease costs such as common area maintenance, property taxes and insurance are expensed as incurred. When the lease does not provide an implicit interest rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate of 12% to determine the present value of the lease payments.
Lease incentives are deducted from the ROU assets. Incentives such as tenant improvement allowances are amortized as leasehold improvements, separately, over the life of the lease term. For the three and nine months ended January 31, 2023, the amortization expense for these leasehold improvements was $171,133 and $530,076, respectively. For the three and nine months ended January 31, 2022, the amortization expense for these leasehold improvements was $177,259 and $483,872, respectively.
Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease expense for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2023 was $1,002,215 and $3,093,914, respectively, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. Lease expense for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2022 was $1,008,704 and $2,861,876, respectively.
ROU assets are summarized below:
January 31, 2023 April 30, 2022
ROU assets - Operating facility leases $ 18,548,616  $ 15,958,721 
Less: accumulated amortization (4,682,744) (3,312,771)
Total ROU assets $ 13,865,872  $ 12,645,950 

Operating lease obligations, related to the ROU assets are summarized below:
January 31, 2023 April 30, 2022
Total lease liabilities $ 25,634,092  $ 22,517,355 
Reduction of lease liabilities (5,417,572) (3,671,466)
Total operating lease obligations $ 20,216,520  $ 18,845,889 
The following is a schedule by future minimum lease payments required under operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of January 31, 2023 (by fiscal year).
Maturity of Lease Obligations Lease Payments
2023 (remaining) $ 1,151,111 
2024 4,739,252 
2025 4,547,151 
2026 4,677,144 
2027 4,782,909 
Thereafter 9,727,292 
Total future minimum lease payments 29,624,859 
    Less: imputed interest (9,408,339)
Present value of operating lease liabilities $ 20,216,520 
Balance Sheet Classification January 31, 2023 April 30, 2022
Operating lease obligations, current portion $ 2,346,766  $ 2,036,570 
Operating lease obligations, less current portion 17,869,754  16,809,319 
Total operating lease obligations $ 20,216,520  $ 18,845,889 

Other Information January 31, 2023 April 30, 2022
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) 6.2 6.8
Weighted average discount rate 12  % 12  %