Continuing Education Hours — Requirements
- Leasing Agent — 3 hours per year 6 hours each 2 year renewal
- Broker — 6 hours per year — 12 hours each 2 year renewal
- Managing Broker 12 hours per year — 24 hours each 2 year renewal
Managing brokers seeking to renew their licenses, beginning with the first pre-renewal period following obtaining a Managing Broker’s License, complete a 24 hour Department-approved CE course on broker management during each pre-renewal period and, at the conclusion of the course, take and pass a test developed and administered according to Department specifications.
All brokers and managing brokers must complete the required courses or equivalent before their licenses may be renewed.
Managing Broker CE course material shall also include
- sales promotion;
- time management;
- standard real estate company training.
Instructors
Real estate CE credit may be earned by serving as an approved instructor in an approved course. The amount of credit earned matches the amount of credit given to the course.
Other Continuing Education Rules:
- Credit hours may be earned for self-study programs
- A broker or managing broker may earn credit for a specific CE course only once during the pre-renewal period.
- No more than six hours of courses may be taken in any one day
- Pre-and post-licensing course hours may not be counted toward the CE credit-hour requirements unless specifically permitted by the Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000, as amended in 2010.
Exempt from the CE requirement
- Licensees who, during the pre-renewal period, served in the armed services of the United States,
- served as elected state or federal officials,
- served as a full-time employee of the Department,
- Licensees who are licensed attorneys admitted to practice law in Illinois.
If a renewal applicant has earned CE hours in another state, the Advisory Council may approve the credit at its discretion based upon whether the course is one that would be approved under the Act.
