Virginia should take this opportunity to align itself with NCARB.  Experience requirements should be based on the quality and content of said experience.  The AXP program, which is vetted thoroughly through NCARB's practice analysis, successfully accomplishes this objective.  As such, a 36-month rule seems like an additional hurdle to architectural licensure that has no bearing on the health, safety, and welfare of the general public.  The focus should be on quality of experience versus time duration of experience.