17 CAR § 220-1508 – Course requirements

(a)
1. (1) All real estate education courses shall be conducted in a facility that provides an appropriate learning environment.
2. (2) At a minimum, the classroom shall:
  1. (A) Be of sufficient size to comfortably accommodate all enrolled students;
  2. (B) Be adequately equipped with student desks, worktables with chairs, or other seating having a writing surface and arranged so that the writing surface is in front of students allowing students to have an unobstructed view of the instructor and opportunities for interaction;
  3. (C) Have adequate light, heat, cooling, ventilation, and public address equipment; and
  4. (D) Be free of distractions that disrupt class sessions.
(b)
1. (1) All real estate education courses shall require one hundred percent (100%) attendance for satisfactory completion.
2. (2) Activities of a nonparticipatory nature shall not qualify as attendance.
3. (3) Therefore, a student’s physical presence in the classroom does not, in and of itself, establish satisfactory completion.
(c) It is the duty of the principal instructor or administrator to immediately notify the Arkansas Real Estate Commission in writing of any student or real estate licensee who petitions any person associated with a licensed school or association to falsify course attendance or completion.
(d) Make-up policies filed with the commission will set forth provisions for student absences and tardiness with corresponding methods for making up any course content or assignments missed.
(e) A school shall issue a certificate of completion to a student who has paid the appropriate fees and complied with all attendance and make-up policy requirements for satisfactory completion of the course.
(f) Notwithstanding 17 CAR § 220-1507(e), nothing in this part shall require an instructor, a school, or an association to issue a certificate of completion to an individual student who, in the instructor’s opinion, has not satisfactorily completed the course.
(g) The commission shall annually establish subject matter topics acceptable for continuing education courses.
(h) For any topic required by the commission under Arkansas Code § 17-42-514(a)(2), the commission may establish additional parameters governing course content and delivery.
(i) All post-license education and broker prelicense education must include learning objectives established by the commission.