It was shut down on February 5, 2016, by the U.S. Department of Education due to "pervasive and widespread misconduct that negatively affected all borrowers"[1] who attended the school utilizing federal student aid.

[2] Under their leadership, Marinello grew into a nationwide chain of beauty schools with 56 campuses in California, Connecticut, Kansas, Nevada, and Utah.

[5] On April 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education approved a $238 million dollar relief package to "tens of thousands of borrowers harmed by pervasive and widespread misconduct at Marinello Schools of Beauty".

In addition to the fundamental cosmetology skills taught, each program included a section on Health & Safety as well as Career Development.

In 2011, the Marinello Schools of Beauty campus in Redding, California began participating in the Mannequin Head Recycling Project.

Scholarships were awarded in Southern and Northern California, Utah, Nevada, Kansas and New England regions to winners who applied by writing an essay and participated in hands-on hairstyling or makeup application.

On September 30, 2014, students cut hair, trimmed fingernails and gave makeovers on behalf of Volunteer Action for Aging.