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Commission approves multiple continuing‑education items, sets conditions; clarifies AQB fair‑housing course requirement
Summary
At its Oct. 8 meeting the commission approved several continuing education requests and imposed conditions on others, asked one program to resubmit a clean file, and reiterated that only the AQB‑approved 7‑hour valuation‑bias/fair‑housing course counts as the new mandatory credit.
The Connecticut Real Estate Appraisal Commission voted on a slate of continuing‑education requests and took several conditional actions on education program approvals during its Oct. 8 meeting.
Approved this meeting: the commission accepted a three‑hour equivalent credit for a Rhode Island Appraisal Institute offering submitted by Rachel Gotmyer; it approved an 11‑hour elective credit for Jeffrey O’Leary (multiple completed courses summarized) and approved other standard CE items listed on the agenda. One previously discussed audit/credit request (Aaron O’Connell) was tabled for later review.
Conditional approvals and edits: the commission asked the sponsor of AAL1449 (a cost‑approach course) to resubmit a clean, non‑corrupted slide deck after several pages displayed font and character errors in the materials the board downloaded. The board also accepted, subject to revision, the residential track of the New England Appraiser Expo (a multi‑state program). The Expo’s sponsor agreed to reframe parts of the program outline to emphasize appraisal competency, scope‑of‑work and USPAP‑relevant instruction rather than business development/marketing; staff will circulate the revised program and confirmed the approval if no commissioners object.
Fair‑housing / valuation‑bias guidance: commissioners and staff reiterated an important clarification about the new mandatory valuation‑bias/fair‑housing requirement adopted nationally: only the AQB‑approved 7‑hour course titled the nationally required “valuation bias / fair housing laws and regulations” (the AQB model) satisfies the new mandatory credit. Several states previously offered 7‑hour fair‑housing or related programs with different titles and content; those older state programs do not automatically meet Connecticut’s mandatory requirement unless they are the AQB‑approved version. Staff asked course providers and licensees to confirm that the course they plan to take is the AQB model and reminded practitioners that Connecticut’s CE cycle requires completion by Jan. 31, 2026 for the upcoming compliance period.
Why it matters: The board’s actions affect continuing‑education compliance for appraisers statewide and clarify that only the AQB‑adopted valuation‑bias/fair‑housing course counts as the mandatory credit. The conditional approval approach lets multi‑state programs proceed with adjustments while preserving the state board’s instructional standards.
Details and next steps: Staff will accept resubmitted materials for the Expo program and the corrupted AAL1449 slides and will notify providers of additional edits if needed. The board accepted several CE credits as listed on the agenda and tabled or deferred items where documentation was incomplete or unclear.
