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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Richardson Brent D.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

3300 W. CAMELBACK ROAD

(Street)

PHOENIX

85017

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/19/2008

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. [ LOPE ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
Executive Chairman

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	3,059,476⁽¹⁾	I	Rich Crow Enterprises, LLC
Common Stock	287,976⁽¹⁾	I	Masters Online, LLC

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Series C Preferred Stock	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	266.95⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	I	Rich Crow Enterprises, LLC

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects shares attributable to, and benefically owned by, Mr. Richardson in his capacity as a member of Rich Crow Enterprises, LLC and Masters Online, LLC.

2. Upon the closing of the initial public offering of the Issuer's Common Stock, each share of Series C Preferred Stock will automatically convert into shares of the Issuer's Common Stock based on a conversion price equal to the initial public offering price per share, for no additional consideration.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Lyn Bickle, Attorney-in-Fact	11/19/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16(a) REPORTING

	KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Christopher C. Richardson, Daniel Bachus and Lyn
Bickle, and each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
(the "Attorney-in Fact"), with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
each with the power to act alone for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to:

	1.	prepare, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any
national securities exchange or securities quotation system and Grand Canyon
Education, Inc. (the "Company") any and all reports (including any amendment
thereto) of the undersigned required or considered advisable under Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the
rules and regulations thereunder, with respect to the equity securities of the
Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5; and

	2.	obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities from any
third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
third party to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

	1.	this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
Attorney-in-Fact to act at his or her discretion on information provided to such
Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

	2.	any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion,
deems necessary or desirable;

	3.	neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of
profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

	4.	this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under Section
16 of the Exchange Act, including, without, limitation, the reporting
requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or
convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Limited
Power of Attorney.

	This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's transactions in equity securities of the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Attorney-in-Fact.

	This Limited Power of Attorney shall be governed and construed in accordance
the laws of the State of Arizona without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney
as of October 14, 2008.

Signature: /s/ Brent Richardson

Print Name: Brent Richardson