Wow, it seems most people oppose it!

I oppose state mandated CE requirements.  

1) While I fully support NCARB, the AIA is a bloated bureaucracy trying to ripoff members for dues above and beyond the outrageous ones it already charges. It does not deserve the government support CE requirements give it because there are so few other sources for meeting and documenting CE requirements. 

2) The administration of CE is already problematic despite being in place in other states for many years.  Access to programs to earn credits is difficult and there are few choices. Even the AIA system is difficult. 

3) The system is largely honor-based.  Honorable professionals already take care.  Dishonorable ones are not weeded out by making everyone jump through hoops. 

4) In terms of state's rights politics, let Massachusetts and Maryland and other states require CE credits.  "Conservative" Virginia should stand independent from this move to add government.  This is especially disturbing when the actual 'testing' is farmed out to private sources, making it unfair and the worst sort of government control-without-responsibility.

5) Credit courses try to be one-size-fits all in an increasingly specializing field.  

6) The credit course "Cracking the Codes" I just completed for my Hawaii registration, while interesting and well done (thanks NCARB) was at five years old, already woefully out-of-date.  For 16 credits!

7) Some manufacturers give credits for listening to their marketing spiels.  What?  Unfair!

8) Thus - it's a system which has too many bugs, inconsistencies and inequalities to be mandated by our government.   Just say NO to more government which makes life harder with the completely untested result of whether or not it improves professional standards. 

Thanks for the opportunity to comment. 

Alan Batson, architect