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CBA committee opens study of 80‑hour CE requirement, calls for focused work group research
Summary
Committee members discussed whether California's 80-hour continuing-education requirement remains justified, asked staff for more data and recommended the existing CE work group continue detailed research to inform any change.
The Committee on Professional Conduct on Sept. 19 discussed whether California should join a national conversation about reducing the 80-hour continuing-education (CE) requirement that currently applies to active CPA license renewals and asked staff and an existing CE work group to research rationale, impacts and prioritized subject areas.
Sarah Benedict, manager of the Licensing, Renewal and Continuing Competency Unit, told the committee staff had surveyed other state boards and reviewed Department of Consumer Affairs boards, finding many jurisdictions follow the NASBA model but that California’s 80-hour requirement is higher than most DCA boards and many state…
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