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Kansas Board of Accountancy ratifies CPA exam results, approves candidate-data use and waivers
Summary
At its Jan. 19 meeting the Kansas Board of Accountancy ratified Oct–Dec 2017 CPA exam scores, allowed NASBA/AICPA to contact Kansas candidates for a research survey, and granted course-waiver requests from two exam applicants based on work experience.
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Board of Accountancy on Jan. 19 ratified CPA exam scores for the October–December 2017 testing window and approved several items related to exam eligibility and candidate outreach.
The Board voted to ratify grades from the most recent exam window (motion by Kathryn J. Mitchell; second by Michael L. Marsh). The Board also granted permission for NASBA to use email addresses stored in the National Candidate Database so the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants can conduct an online survey of candidates; the Board was told the AICPA and survey vendor would not receive personally identifiable candidate information (motion by Meredith Richey; second by Michael L. Marsh).
Why it matters: The NASBA/AICPA survey is intended to study course-taking patterns at two-year colleges and improve awareness of the CPA profession among those students, which the Board said could inform future outreach and education efforts.
The Board considered individual exam-eligibility waivers. It approved a request from Adrienne Heppler to waive two hours of the communications requirement, citing her work experience and applying K.A.R. 74-27(g) (motion by Denise Denning; second by Michael L. Marsh). The Board also approved a request from Daniel Buxie for waivers of two semester hours of communications and an Accounting Information Systems beyond an introductory course, again citing work experience and K.A.R. 74-2-7(g) (motion by Denise Denning; second by Corlene Lange). A separate request from Bradley McGlachlin asking to extend the 18-month rolling window for CPA exam score expiration by six months was discussed and no change to the existing 18-month rule was made.
The Board reviewed CPA exam statistics and a Q4 candidate-care report; no further action was required. The meeting packet and motions show the Board followed statutory authority and regulatory citations when granting waivers.
What’s next: The Board remains bound by existing exam score expiration rules; no policy change was adopted at this meeting.
