State Board ReportJanuary 2017After many months of work by NASBA volunteers and staff, new Model Rules for continuing professional education are being released for comment, as approved by the NASBA Board at their meeting on January 6, 2017. Just as the “Statement on Continuing Professional Education Programs” guides course developers and sponsors on acceptable CPE, the Model Rules were developed to guide licensees. The new Model Rules are considerably more detailed than the previous version of these rules, in response to requests from State Boards to NASBA for this level of detail. Once all comments are received and the finalized Model Rules are approved by the NASBA Board of Directors, it is hoped each of the State Boards will adopt them to promote uniformity among the states. The comment period will conclude on April 17, 2017. The proposed new Model Rules can be found on www.nasba.org. NASBA CPE Committee Chair Maria E. Caldwell (FL) said she believes these proposed Model Rules will assist CPAs in taking advantage of the new forms of education that are being offered and will also provide the Boards with an effective way of monitoring those programs. “Coupled with the CPE Standards that came into effect at the end of 2016, I think we have set up a good platform for the State Boards to regulate meaningful CPE,” she stated. She thanked the Uniform Accountancy Act Committee and its Chair Coalter Baker (TX) for their assistance in coordinating the new proposal with the existing Model Rules. Included in the Model Rules:
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