Continuing Education Hours — Requirements
- Residential Leasing Agent — 8 hours of continuing education in the core curriculum for each 2-year renewal period
- Broker — 12 hours each 2 year renewal. 4-Hour CORE and 8 Hours of Elective – one hour of elective must include Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
- Managing Broker — 4-Hour CORE and 8 Hours of Elective – one hour of elective must include Sexual Harassment Prevention Training, plus 12 hours of specific broker management continuing education courses.
IDFPR Citations provides an abbreviated, non-disciplinary process for failure to complete Continuing Education in a timely manner. The licensee pay and complete Continuing Education or ask for a hearing.
They cannot practice real estate, their license is considered inactive if they did not complete their Continuing Education by the deadline date.
Managing brokers seeking to renew their licenses, beginning with the first renewal period following obtaining a Managing Broker’s License, complete a 24-hour Department-approved CE course on broker management during each 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 renewal period.
- No more than twelve 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.
Exempt from the CE requirement
- Licensees who, during the 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.
- No license may be renewed except upon the successful completion of the required courses or their equivalent or upon a waiver of those requirements for good cause shown as determined by the Director of Real Estate upon the recommendation of the Board
If a renewal applicant has earned CE hours in another state, the department may approve the credit at its discretion based upon whether the course is one that would be approved under the Act.
