Provo Canyon School is appealing Utah officials’ orders to shut down both of its campuses.

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that Universal Health Services, which owns the Provo and Springville programs, has appealed the state’s revocation of both licenses.

The appeal filings — along with an expected administrative hearing — are not public, so it is unclear what arguments the company is making to keep the programs open.

DHHS spokesperson Katie England said the appeals do not change the closure deadlines: Aug. 6 for the Springville campus and Aug. 16 for the Provo campus.

Provo Canyon School helped pioneer the so-called “troubled teen” industry when it opened in the 1970s as a boys school. For more than 50 years, it has been dogged by abuse allegations yet continued to operate with a state license.

State licensors first revoked the Springville campus’ license on July 6, following an investigation prompted by a complaint from the Disability Law Center. After visits to the program’s Provo and Springville campuses, the Disability Law Center wrote a letter to licensors reporting violence, self-harm, inadequate medical care and chronic staffing shortages.

A revocation of the original Provo campus’ license came a few weeks later, on July 17. That decision came after licensing investigators say staff there used abusive discipline, unnecessary restraints and humiliated kids.

Universal Health Services did not respond to a request for comment, but previously has said that its leaders “disagree with the state’s decision” and suggested they were considering an appeal or other legal remedy.

On July 9, Provo Canyon School notified Utah’s Department of Workforce Services that it expected to lay off 303 employees across its two campuses. Together, the facilities are licensed to serve up to 226 young people, according to state records. But recent inspections suggest they were operating well below capacity: Each campus housed about 70 clients in May.