CSBO Renewal Requirements

 
ASBOA's designation of Certified School Business Official (CSBO) recognizes school business officials who demonstrate a combination of experience and education and who have the essential knowledge in the areas of practice in the profession of school business.

Continuing education or professional development for certified school business officials is a commitment of the Association and an expectation of the public to ensure the ongoing proficiency and success of certified school business officials in the provision of corporate, financial and business services to local school boards.

In order to maintain their CSBO designation, members must meet the continuing education or professional development requirements contained in Article 9 of the School Business Officials Regulation (Alberta Regulation 37/2004) which reads as follow:

  • Section 9 (1) A regulated member who applies for an annual renewal of registration is entitled to have the registration renewed if the applicant provides evidence that in the 3 years immediately preceding the application for an annual renewal of registration the applicant has completed at least 100 hours of continuing education or professional development activities acceptable to the Registration Committee in the practice of school business administration.
  • Section 9 (2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a regulated member who applies for an annual renewal of registration does not meet the requirements described in subsection (1), the Registration Committee may renew the person's registration subject to any conditions that the Registration Committee considers appropriate with respect to completing those requirements.

Individual members are to maintain a record of their continuing education or professional development activities and submit this information on an annual basis.  It is expected that this information will be submitted to the Registration Committee in a format that they have identified by September 30th for the preceding period of September 1st through August 31st.

Members who do not submit their information by the September 30th deadline will be sent a reminder notice by the Registration Committee by November 30th of that same year.
 
Any member who still has not submitted their information by the end of January will be contacted by a member of the Registration Committee, as a second reminder.  In the event that the second reminder is unsuccessful, the issue will be turned over to the Practice Review Committee.
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Continuing education or professional development are those learning activities, either formal or informal, that sustain or increase the competency of Certified School Business Officials.  
 
  • Formal (structured- verifiable) activities include – actively pursuing a formal degree / designation or diploma, continuing education courses, training sessions, conferences, seminars.
  • Informal (unstructured) activities include – business reading, research, ASBOA committee member, community volunteer, lecturing, delivering presentations, publishing articles.
All members can record their professional learning and continuing education in their Certification file in the Members only area of the website.

Every certified member is required to record a minimum requirement of 33.5 hours of continuing education/professional learning in each year beginning with  September 1st of the year following the year in which they received their designation.

Individuals may be selected for random audit and will be required to provide supporting documentation for prior years activities, and so should maintain records of continuing education for at least five years.
Our Profession
ASBOA is a self-regulating professional Association since 1993 and is governed under the Professions and Occupational Association Registration Act, the School Business Officials Regulation AR 37/2004 and the Association Bylaws.
 
 
You must be a registered Certified member of ASBOA to use the title "Certified School Business Official" and the abbreviations "CSBO" and C.S.B.O."