Court Reporters Certification

Continuing education hours are to be calculated and reported in quarter hour increments. See chart below.

• CE Calculations Conversion Chart (pdf)

To search our list of approved continuing education courses, please go to the online certification and licensing system on our home page.

(Fully) certified court reporters must complete ten hours of continuing education during each two-year certification period.

The ten hours of continuing education must include 2.5 hours of ethics, TX rules, or both. You can carry forward up to 4 hours of excess CE to your next certification period. Ethics and TX rules CE hours cannot be carried forward.

• Example for fully certified court reporters:
  • You are required to obtain 10 hours of CE, but you obtained 14 hours of approved CE for your 2024 renewal.
  • A maximum of 4 of the excess hours of non-ethics\TX rules CE can be used towards your 2026 renewal as well.
  • You must select the course and upload the certificate again so that it is attached to your 2026 online renewal application.

Refer to sections 4.3 and 6.9 of the JBCC Rules for additional details on CE requirements.