• 30 hours of post license education, 15 hours of which must be classroom before 4/30/12.

Licensees who were not on record as managing as of 4/30/11 but took the hours necessary to become Managing Broker by 4/30/12


• 24 hours of CE (6 CORE/Mandatory hours, 6 Elective hours and 12 hour Broker Management Course)

Additional Information

• CE must have been completed during the renewal period: 05/01/2008 - 04/30/2010.
• The additional 6 hours of Broker Management CE should be earned between 5/1/08 and 4/30/2010.
• Continuing Education credit for Broker Courses may apply if the courses are dually licensed. IAR courses are dually licensed and include credit according to the following: Brokerage Administration (3 Hours CORE); Advanced Principles 2000 (3 Hours CORE); Contracts (3 Hours CORE); Sales & Brokerage (3 Hours Elective); Appraisal (3 Hours Elective); Finance (3 Hours Elective); Principles Review (No CE Credit). If the Broker Courses were taken BEFORE 5/1/09 and used as CE Credit for the salesperson's renewal, they cannot be used as credit towards broker's renewal. Continuing Education earned for IDFPR disciplinary purposes may not be used towards CE renewal.
• There is no longer a CE Exemption for licensees who are "Grandfathered".
• The only exemption from the CE Requirement are for those licensees that served in the armed forces during the renewal period, state or federally elected officials, or active Illinois attorneys.
• Retain all original Certificates of Completion for your files. They are your evidence of satisfactory completion of CE credits in case of an audit.
• CE earned for disciplinary purposes may not be used toward your CE renewal requirements.