Certifying a Class for Continuing Education

Certified Continuing Education Classes

To receive continuing education credits for classroom instruction, the program must be approved by the Department of Revenue prior to attendance. A Committee on Continuing Assessor Education is responsible for:

• reviewing materials submitted for continuing education credits and recommending approval, based on whether the subject area of the program is appropriate as appraisal related, property tax law, or supervisory/management related instruction;
• whether the instructor is qualified to teach the course;
• and the number of hours each program will count toward meeting the continuing education requirements.

Accredited Institutions

Credit programs offered by an accredited institution are automatically approved for assessor continuing education credit, if the conditions of Tax Rule 12.065 are met.

Tax Rule 12.065 defines the following items.

• A credit program as a course that can be applied toward an associate or higher degree at an accredited institution of higher education.
• The course content must fall within the guidelines of "Appraisal," "Property Tax Law" or "Management Instruction".
• Appraisal instruction programs as those programs which consist of appraisal knowledge which is broad based and essential to assessors and assessment personnel in performing the appraisal function.
• Property Tax Law or Management instruction as those programs which consist of assessment administration knowledge which is broad based and essential to assessors in performing the assessment function.

To receive assessor recertification credit for credit programs the person requesting it must provide the Department evidence of satisfactory completion within 30 days of the conclusion of the course. Satisfactory completion means receiving a passing grade for the program. Auditing of a credit program does not satisfy the requirement of satisfactory completion.

Approval for non-credit programs must be requested in advance by a school or a program sponsor. All applications for approval for continuing education should be submitted to the Department 60 days prior to the beginning of the program on a form provided by the Department. All requests for course approval should be sent to the Office of Assessment Practices.

In addition to being approved by the Department prior to attendance, there are other requirements that must be met when attending a course for continuing education credits.

1. The entire course must be attended and completed during the applicant's current certification period but not later than two months prior to the expiration date.
2. The earliest program attended for continuing education credits may not begin prior to the date the certification is issued.
3. The program must be at least 2.5 hours in length.
4. An individual may not repeat the same course in meeting the continuing education requirements during any one certification period.
5. Instructors may apply continuing education hours toward recertification one time only for each different program they instruct during any one recertification period.

For each annual meeting called by the Department and approved non-credit program attended, the participant will receive a certificate of attendance. An individual who takes approved credit courses should keep the grade reports. These certificates and reports should be kept and used to fill out the Application for Re-certification of Assessment Personnel.

Last updated January 10, 2008