The practice of Architecture is by its very nature a form of continuing education. Keeping an account of continuing education hours can be a costly burden for time stressed professionals. However if the State of Virginia paid architects for the accounting time at the architect's standard fully loaded labor rate that would be another thing altogether. One would expect the State of Virginia to pay invoices in a timely manner upon receipt of reasonable back up documentation. This would be in the best interest of the public which is, of course, the primary motivation behind the State's push for continuing education in the first place. As far as finding the funds to pay architect's for their contuing education accounting, it is suggested that all Virginia public employees take a 1/2 of 1% pay cut. That would be only $1 out of every $200. This modest sacrifice by Virginia State employees would more than fund the costs of continuing education and help make the State safer for everyone. And that is, after all, our common goal.