All mandatory credit education must meet the general requirements below in addition to the specific criteria
for each topic linked above.
• Education must include application of the topic to the current (two-year CM reporting period)
practice of planning.
• Education must meet a one-hour minimum per CM topic for a planning-related activity. (If offering
credit for multiple mandatory topics in one activity, the activity length must one-hour per topic.)
• Speaker(s)/Panel must include at least one speaker who is AICP. (Educational activities related to
the ethics mandatory credit must include a majority of speakers who are AICP.)
• Diversity of speakers is strongly encouraged, including diversity in race, ethnicity, gender identity,
age, national origin, cultures, abilities, sectors, allied professions and other groups representing
underrepresented backgrounds in urban planning and community development.
For additional requirements please go to
https://www.planning.org/cm/credits/.