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Connecticut board debates whether graduates should sit landscape-architecture exam before two years’ experience
Summary
The State Board of Landscape Architects discussed whether recent graduates should be allowed to begin or finish licensure exams before completing the statutory two years of supervised experience, weighing candidate confusion from CLARB materials against the board’s duty to follow state statute and protect public safety.
The State Board of Landscape Architects spent most of its Nov. 13 meeting focused on who may sit for the licensing exam and when.
An applicant, Sam Bushka, told the board he had passed two sections of the exam and was "getting ahead of things" while he completes the remainder of the process. Sam said he had learned from professors and CLARB materials that candidates could begin the exam earlier; board members pushed back, noting Connecticut statute and the board’s implementing regulation require applicants to document education and supervised experience before licensure review.
The issue matters because the board’s statutory and regulatory framework ties licensure to public-safety responsibilities. "We have to play…
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