Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - REAL PROPERTY APPRAISER BOARD › Title 298 - NEBRASKA REAL PROPERTY APPRAISER BOARD › Chapter 6 - EDUCATION PROVIDER ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 298-6-001 - GENERAL

Current through June 17, 2024
001.01 The Board may at any time conduct an
				audit of any approved education activity to verify that the activity is being
				conducted in accordance with the Act and this Title as approved.
001.02 The Board may at any time review
				activity and instructor materials approved by the Appraiser Qualifications
				Board of The Appraisal Foundation through its Course Approval Program to verify
				that the activity and/or instructor(s) meet the requirements of the Act and
				this Title as approved.
001.03
				Approval of activities does not transfer from one education provider to
				another, unless one education provider obtains the legal rights to all
				activities of another education provider. The expiration date of any continuing
				education activity will remain the same as approved under the previous
				education provider.
001.04
				Education providers and instructors will comply with the Nebraska Private
				Postsecondary Career Schools Act, NEB. REV. STAT §
									85-1601, et seq. as
				applicable.
001.05 Nothing in this
				Chapter may be construed to preclude education activities sponsored or
				conducted by the Board from being accepted as qualifying education or
				continuing education.
001.06 The
				Board maintains a schedule of education activities on its website as a tool to
				notify future applicants and current credential holders of upcoming education
				activities. Although education providers may provide notice to the Board of
				upcoming qualifying education activities, continuing education activities, and
				supervisory real property appraiser and trainee courses for inclusion on the
				schedule, the education provider is responsible for scheduling and notifying
				future applicants and current credential holders of upcoming education
				activities offered by the education provider.
001.07 All activities shall contain current
				material, theory, methodologies, and Uniform Standards of Professional
				Appraisal Practice requirements. Activities that include Uniform Standards of
				Professional Appraisal Practice citations and references must be updated as
				necessary to reflect changes in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
				Practice.
001.08 All activities
				shall be conducted in conformance with the materials, presentation
				methodologies, and policies as approved.
001.09 No activity may rely upon a textbook
				as the primary instructional material. Textbooks are permitted to be used as a
				background reference for an activity; however, textbooks will not be reviewed
				as the activity. All activities must contain sufficient stand-alone
				instructional materials supporting the specific activity learning
				objectives.
001.10 Fifty minutes
				engaged in instruction equals one hour for all activities. The prescribed
				number of activity hours includes time for examinations.
001.11 Except for qualifying education
				included as curriculum in a degree program of an accredited college or
				university that has had all or part of its curriculum approved by the Appraiser
				Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation, one semester credit hour
				received from an accredited college or university equals fifteen classroom
				hours of instruction.
001.12 A
				document certifying completion will be issued to each attendee upon completion
				of any activity. The document may be transmitted to the attendee in person, by
				mail, by email, or by any other electronic means that are secure. The document
				is required to include the name of education provider, signature of education
				provider and/or instructor, name of activity as approved, location at which
				activity was conducted or presentation method, date(s) activity was conducted,
				number of hours, pass or fail statement, and name of attendee, or be an
				official transcript from a university or college that includes the name of
				activity as approved, the number of credit hours awarded, and the name of the
				attendee.
001.13 Education
				providers shall maintain a record of attendance for each activity for a period
				of at least five years.
001.14
				Secondary providers shall obtain written evidence that the rights to an
				activity have been purchased or lawfully acquired from the education provider
				that owns rights to activity materials.
001.15
Distance Education
				Activities
001.15A A distance
				education activity approved as qualifying education must include a written,
				closed-book final examination. The examination must be proctored in person or
				remotely proctored by an official approved by the education provider.
				Bio-metric proctoring is acceptable. The examination may be written on paper or
				administered electronically on a computer workstation or other device. Oral
				exams are not acceptable.
001.15B
				An asynchronous distance education activity, or a hybrid distance education
				activity in which the learning environment includes asynchronous interaction,
				approved as continuing education, must include at least one of the following:
001.15B.1 A written examination proctored by
				an official approved by the education provider. Remote proctoring, including
				bio-metric procedures, is acceptable. The examination may be written on paper,
				or administered electronically on a computer workstation or other device. Oral
				exams are not acceptable; or
001.15B.2 Successful completion of prescribed
				activity mechanisms required to demonstrate knowledge of the subject
				matter.
001.15C During
				evaluation, and at any time a distance education activity is offered to the
				public, electronic access is required to be provided to the Board at the
				Board's request. The electronic access must provide administrative rights that
				allow for access to the activity, quizzes, and examinations without having to
				take the distance education activity in sequential order and without having to
				take quizzes or examinations to proceed with the activity.
001.15D All website links must be valid and
				active for a distance education activity at the time such activity is offered
				to the public.
001.15E At the
				Board's request, a transcript of the distance education activity must be
				provided to the Board.
001.15F
				Sections
				001.15G through
				001.15I of this
				Chapter are not applicable to a synchronous distance education activity, or a
				hybrid distance education activity in which the learning environment includes
				synchronous interaction but not asynchronous interaction, as these distance
				education activities provide for instruction and interaction substantially the
				same as classroom education.
001.15G Delivery mechanism approval must be
				obtained from one of the following sources for an asynchronous distance
				education activity or a hybrid distance education activity in which the
				learning environment includes asynchronous interaction:
001.15G.1 The Appraiser Qualifications Board
				of The Appraisal Foundation;
001.15G.2 An organization approved by the
				Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation that provides
				approval of activity design and delivery; or
001.15G.3 An accredited degree-awarding
				community college, college, or university that:
001.15G.3a Offers distance education programs
				and is approved or accredited by the Commission on Colleges, a regional or
				national accreditation association, or by an accrediting agency that is
				recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education, that awards academic credit for
				the distance education courses; or
001.15G.3b Maintains an education delivery
				program that approves activity design and delivery that incorporate
				interactivity.
001.15H Each asynchronous distance education
				activity, or hybrid distance education activity in which the learning
				environment includes asynchronous interaction, must provide interaction in a
				reciprocal environment where the student has verbal or written communication
				with the instructor.
001.15I For an
				asynchronous distance education activity or a hybrid distance education
				activity in which the learning environment includes asynchronous interaction,
				an education provider must provide documentation evidencing delivery mechanism
				approval by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation; an
				organization approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal
				Foundation that provides approval of activity design and delivery; or an
				accredited degree-awarding community college, college, or university.
				Acceptable documentation includes the official standard documentation issued to
				the education provider by the entity that approves the delivery mechanism, or
				in the case of a an accredited degree-awarding community college, college, or
				university that offers distance education programs and awards academic credit
				for the distance education courses, a written description evidencing that the
				delivery mechanism provides interaction in a reciprocal environment where the
				student has verbal or written communication with the
				instructor.