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Court-reporting groups press commission to accept NCRA RPR; petition referred to advisory board
Summary
Multiple court-reporting instructors and association leaders urged the Judicial Branch Certification Commission to recognize the NCRA Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) credential as meeting the Texas CSR skills requirement; the commission voted to refer the petition and related rule changes to its advisory board for further review because of statutory constraints on exam administration.
A coalition of court-reporting instructors and national association leaders told the Judicial Branch Certification Commission the commission should recognize the National Court Reporters Association’s Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) credential as satisfying the skills portion of the Texas certified shorthand reporter (CSR) exam. After extensive public comment, the commission voted to delegate consideration of the petition to its advisory board.
Public commenters who identified themselves as instructors, program directors and association officers described the RPR as a nationally recognized, competency-based credential administered on the same platform used by the Texas CSR. Erminia Ubeado, who identified herself as a court reporter and a certified court reporting instructor, said she and other educators were…
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