Continuing Education Units

National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)

SCUP is registered sponsor of continuing education credit from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). Only the annual, international conference and Idea Marketplace provides NASBA Continuing Professional Education (CPE).

About NASBA

The Society for College and University Planning is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.

For more information regarding administrative policies, such as complaint resolution, please contact SCUP at sadie.wutka@scup.org or 734.764.2008. All complaints regarding CPEs will be forwarded to the CPE administrator, Kathleen Benton, SCUP associate director of education & product development, 734.764.2001, for resolution.

SCUP and NASBA: Programs, Policies, and Procedures

• Credits Offered
• Eligible Programs
• Reporting Your Credits
• Approved Programs

Credits Offered

All SCUP programs that provide NASBA continuing education credit must meet NASBA's Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education Programs and are subject to audit. Not every program qualifies for NASBA credit.

SCUP programs may qualify for any of the CPE Fields of Study, most typically:

• Business Management and Organization
• Communications
• Computer Science
• Finance
• Management Advisory Services
• Marketing
• Personnel/HR
• Production
• Social Environment of Business
• Specialized Knowledge and Applications

Credits are measured based on instructional time. Every 50 minutes of instructional time will provide 1 CPE credit, while each additional 25 minutes provides .5 CPE credit. Please refer to each program description to determine credit amounts.

Eligible Programs

Following NASBA policies, SCUP programs must meet the following criteria to be submitted for NASBA continuing education credit:

• Provide at least 50 minutes of educational instruction
• Maintain or improve the profession competence of Certified Public Accountants (CPA)
• Adhere to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education Programs.

SCUP applies the following types of programs for AIA continuing education credit:

Annual, International Conference*
Workshops
Concurrent Sessions
Plenary Sessions

*Note: conference programs provide NASBA credit on a program by program basis, depending on the subject matter and qualifications of each program. Not every workshop, concurrent session, or plenary session offered at the conference will provide NASBA credit.

Reporting Your Credits

Each workshop and concurrent session convener will have a sign-in and sign-out report roster by the door in session rooms for concurrent sessions, workshops, and plenary sessions. To receive credit for any of these programs, CPAs are required to sign-in as they enter the session room, and sign-out as they depart. SCUP staff will add up the amount of credit earned by each CPA in each session to ensure the correct amount of credit is awarded.

Once the conference is over, certificates will be provided to CPAs who earned credit. This will include the total numbers of hours of educational program attendance, and a record of attendance in each of the fields of study. This procedure complies with NASBA's reporting requirements of SCUP.

Approved Programs

If a program has been approved for NASBA continuing education, the amount of credits will be listed with the program description. For all approved programs:

• There is no prerequisite knowledge or advance preparation required to attend.
• The program level is basic.
• The maximum number of CPEs possible for preconference workshops will be determined when NASBA credits are posted.
• The maximum number of CPEs possible for concurrent sessions will be determined when NASBA credits are posted.
• All sessions are Group-Live.
• Program participants eligible for CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.