Education and Examinations Division

ESAC Recommends 30-Hour Real Estate Brokerage Course as Part of SAE Requirement and Updates to Property Management Course Outline

Submitted by Summer Mandell on Tue, 2023-01-17 16:28

The Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC) met January 9 and appointed new leadership, discussed the revised property management course outline, and made recommendations for the Commission to propose an amendment to 535.55.

New Committee Officers

The committee appointed three new officers to serve through 2023:

Exam Topic Reports for Inspectors

TREC administers licensing examinations for sales agents, brokers and inspectors applicants through a contract with Pearson Vue. Each quarter, Pearson Vue publishes reports on the success rates for exam questions grouped by topic. Education providers and students may find this information helpful in identifying topics where success rate is lower and focusing increased attention to these areas.

Below are exam topic reports for the last five years.

ESAC Recommends Real Estate Brokerage Course as Mandatory SAE, Discusses Course Outline for Property Management

Submitted by Summer Mandell on Wed, 2022-10-12 12:25

The Texas Real Estate Commission Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC) met October 3 and discussed changes to the qualifying course outline for Property Management and making the 30-hour Real Estate Brokerage course a mandatory course as part of required SAE.

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Education Standards Advisory Committee Discusses Qualifying Course Outlines for Property Management, Real Estate Brokerage

Submitted by Summer Mandell on Thu, 2022-07-21 14:34

The Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC) met July 7 and discussed pre-licensing course credit and the qualifying course outline for real estate brokerage and property management.

Pre-Licensing Course Credit

The committee discussed whether to further consider recommending a time limit for accepting and awarding pre-licensing course credit. Any update would require a rule change. Staff will gather data on this issue and present to the committee for discussion at the next committee meeting in October.

Education Standards Advisory Committee Accepting Applications for Members

Submitted by Summer Mandell on Fri, 2022-07-15 13:57

The Texas Real Estate Commission's Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC) is accepting applications to fill two education member positions by real estate instructors or owners of real estate schools, accredited by the Commission, that provide qualifying or continuing education. It is also accepting applications to fill four real estate license holder positions.

Update to the Qualifying Education Course Posting System

Submitted by Summer Mandell on Thu, 2022-04-28 10:10

TREC is pleased to announce an update to the Posting System that allows all providers of real estate Qualifying Education (QE) courses to post course credit directly into the agency’s system of record. The student must have a TREC real estate sales agent or broker license number to award qualifying credit.

Education Standards Advisory Committee Recap: Broker-Agent Relationship Education, Future Review of Property Management Course

Submitted by Summer Mandell on Mon, 2022-04-25 09:25

The TREC Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC) met April 4. Members of the committee made plans to review the qualifying course outline for property management and discussed how to incorporate education on the broker-agent relationship in existing courses.

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