LICENSING EDUCATION OVERVIEW
All licensed real estate agents must also complete education requirements to maintain their license. In Kentucky, these are governed by the KREC. Agents can check their education record through KREC eServices. The following information outlines the KREC education requirements:
Post-License Education (PLE)
All sales associates licensed after January 1, 2016, are required to complete forty-eight (48) hours of post-license education within the first two (2) years of obtaining an active license. Courses must be approved by the Commission for post-license education credit to count.
Continuing Education & Kentucky Core requirements (CE)
Per KRS 324.046, Licensees must complete twelve hours of CE every two years, but six of those hours must be completed in the first year, and three of those six have to be law. Licensees who take more than six (6) hours during the first year of the renewal period can use the excess hours towards the second year in the renewal period. Example: A licensee takes Core and an ethics course in 2020, totaling nine (9) hours of education in 2020. The licensee only has to complete three (3) hours of CE in 2021 to comply. This provision went into effect on January 1st, 2020.
Licensing courses must be sponsored or approved by the Kentucky Real Estate Commission (KREC). Kentucky also requires a state-specific continuing education course (the Kentucky Core Course) to be completed by all active licensees once every four years. Visit the KREC website for more information or check your education status through the Kentucky Real Estate Commission Database.
Licensees taking courses after December 21st of the calendar year may be subject to a cancelled license and will be assessed a $1,000 (new regulation) fine from KREC. We are advising all licensees to complete all required education prior to December 21st to ensure you will be reported before December 31st.