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              A newsletter for Illinois assessing officials
Illinois Department of Revenue
Brian A. Hamer, Director Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor
1 Education
2 IDOR Property Tax News
6 Legislation
9 IPAI News
11 Office of Local Government
Services
Expanding the
Education Horizon
Volume 15, Number 1
Spring 2005
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he department often receives
calls from students express-ing
concern over the availability of
courses. Many students, especially
new ones, think they may only take
courses from the Illinois Depart-ment
of Revenue (IDOR), or the
Illinois Property Assessment
Institute (IPAI). Actually, there are
many more providers of continuing
education on the department’s
approval list. The department
currently lists 116 such providers.
The providers range from profes-sional
organizations to community
colleges. In addition to the depart-ment
and the IPAI, other top provid-ers
over the past 5 years (based on
the number of courses approved),
include the International Associa-tion
of Assessing Officials (IAAO),
the Appraisal Institute, the National
Association of Independent Fee
Appraisers (NAIFA), the Appraisal
Academy, and McKissock. The
department is updating its web
site to provide approved course
and provider information.
International Association of
Assessing Officials (IAAO), at
www.iaao.org
To date, the department has
approved 166 courses offered by
the International Association of
Assessing Officials. Of the 34
courses listed on the their web
site as being offered in 2005,
15 have been approved by the
department, with approval pend-ing
on an additional 6 courses. Of
the 15 courses already approved,
1 is an ethics course, 2 are level 1
courses, 5 are level 2 courses,
and 7 are level 3 courses.
National Association of
Independent Fee Appraisers
(NAIFA), at www.naifa.com
To date, the department has
approved 94 courses offered by
the National Association of Inde-pendent
Fee Appraisers. Of the
131 courses listed on their web
site as being offered in 2005, 32
have been approved by the de-partment.
Of the 32 courses
already approved, 1 is an ethics
course, 15 are level 1 courses, 5
are level 2 courses, and 11 are
level 3 courses.
Appraisal Institute, at
www.appraisalinstitute.org
www.ccai.org (Chicago Chapter)
To date, the department has
approved 118 courses offered by
the Appraisal Institute. Of the 28
courses listed on the web site as
being offered in 2005, 15 have
been approved by the depart-ment,
with approval pending on
an additional 6 courses. Of the 15
courses already approved, 3 are
level 1 courses, 5 are level 2
courses, and 7 are level 3 courses.
For more information
Call us at:
217 785-7311
Fax us at:
217 782-9932
Write us at:
Attn: Rebecca Redenbo
Office of Local Government Services
Illinois Department of Revenue
PO Box 19033
Springfield, IL 62794-9033
Visit our web site at:
www.ILtax.com