| 1. |
It is a program requirement that
each Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO) complete at least
30 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) each
calendar year, starting the second full calendar year following
certification.
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| 2. |
Each CPFO must annually complete
a form listing the CPE taken to comply with this requirement and
file that form with GFOA staff no later than January 31 of the
following calendar year. |
| 3. |
GFOA staff will
send a notice of the filing requirement and the form to be used
for that purpose to each CPFO in November of each calendar year.
A copy of the form will also be permanently maintained on GFOA’s
web site. |
| 4. |
GFOA
staff will send a reminder to any CPFO who has not filed by the
deadline of January 31 to inform that individual that failure to
comply will result in the individual’s status as a CPFO being
downgraded to “inactive.” For individuals that do not meet
the deadline of January 31, the final date that GFOA can accept
the late filing is the last business day of the month of the
GFOA Annual Conference, after that date a CPFO will be
downgraded to “inactive.” |
| 5. |
GFOA staff will perform a desk
review of each CPE report to ensure that it contains the
required 30 hours of CPE for the calendar year. |
| 6. |
GFOA staff will
notify any CPFO not reporting 30 hours that their report is
incomplete and that they must either (1) file an amended report
demonstrating that they took 30 hours of CPE within the calendar
year, which must be received by GFOA no later than the last
business day of the month of the GFOA Annual Conference or (2)
take whatever additional CPE is necessary to complete the full
thirty- hour requirement which can be no later than the last
business day of the month of the GFOA Annual Conference.
In the latter case, such remedial CPE cannot be used to meet the
CPE requirement for the following year. GFOA staff will
also inform the individual that failure to do either will result
in the individual’s status being downgraded to “inactive.” |
| 7. |
A random sample of those who
report the required 30 hours of CPE will be selected.
Those individuals will be asked to provide supporting
documentation for the hours claimed. If appropriate
documentation cannot be furnished for some or all of the CPE
hours claimed, those individuals will be treated in the same
fashion as individuals reporting less than 30 hours (see
previous step). |
| 8. |
Any CPFO whose status has been
changed to “inactive” will be removed from all official
published lists of CPFOs and will be directed not to use the
title. |
| 9. |
A CPFO whose status has been
changed to “inactive” can be returned to active status only by
(1) complying in full with CPE requirements for the calendar
year immediately preceding reactivation and (2) paying a
reactivation fee of $100.
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