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Board reviews CPA exam statistics and launches education requirements review amid HB 2573 concerns
Summary
General Counsel presented CPA exam data and educational requirements; staff reported outreach to university faculty. The Board tasked Julie Wondra, CPA and Chad Allen, CPA to review licensure education standards and report back, citing possible impacts from House Bill 2573 pathway changes.
Darin Conklin, General Counsel to the Board, presented CPA examination statistics and compared Kansas education requirements to those of similar states and neighboring jurisdictions. Conklin and Executive Director Mindy Speck described meetings in May with multiple university accounting faculty to collect program enrollment and curriculum objectives. The transcript records that "There were no exam scores to ratify for the period of April through May 7, 2026." (unattributed in minutes).
Board members discussed concerns about how House Bill 2573 pathway changes could affect the Kansas economy and the CPA profession and directed Julie Wondra, CPA and Chad Allen, CPA to review the Board's educational requirements for licensure and admission to the exam and report back to the Board. The review was approved by unanimous motion and will return to a future meeting for consideration.
