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Certifying Organizations

Faculty Liaison

Bill Rivenbark

Professor of Public Administration and Government
rivenbark@sog.unc.edu
919.962.3707

 

Sponsored by North Carolina Local Government Budget Association (NCLGBA) and in partnership with the UNC School of Government (SOG), the Certified Local Government Budget Officers Program is designed to enhance the local government budget profession in North Carolina. Since 2009, the program has recognized individual achievement for an established level of knowledge on the topics of budgeting, performance, and evaluation. The NCLGBA advances budget, strategy, and performance management through advocacy, continuous learning, networking, diversity and collaborative partnerships.

Certification Maintenance

  • Effective with the FY21-22 fiscal year, the CLGBO certification must be renewed every five years. The first required renewal year will be FY26-27. This applies to existing certification holders.
  • Renewal may be achieved by accumulating continuing professional education hours by attending courses, conferences, and other continuing education events, as well as from professional contributions, such as speaking engagements, authoring/publishing related material, or acquiring a degree.
  • Certification holders should accumulate at least 100 CPE hours (50 minutes of training = one CPE hour) and maintain the records to support the dates and times of coursework, conferences, and contributions.
  • Maintenance of the certification will be the responsibility of the NCLGBA Secretary and recordkeeping will be in accordance with the Association’s policies.