How much continuing education do Florida condo board members need?

At least 1 hour per year, covering recent changes to Chapter 718 and its administrative rules during the past year, under Section 718.112(2)(d)5.b. The obligation begins one year after the director submits their written certification and educational certificate, and repeats annually.

When does a condo director's annual education hour come due?

One year after the director submitted their most recent written certification and educational certificate, and annually thereafter. Each director's clock runs from their own submission date, so members of the same board can be on different schedules.

Does a new condo director owe continuing education in their first year?

No. The annual hour starts one year after certification is submitted, so a brand-new director completes the certification course first and begins the annual cycle the following year.

Does the annual hour renew the 7-year board certificate?

No. They are separate obligations. The annual hour keeps a director current on law changes each year; the certification itself is valid for 7 years with uninterrupted service and is renewed on its own clock.

Condo directors owe one education hour every year. Here is when it starts.

By Carlos Castellano · Current as of July 6, 2026

Condo board certification lasts seven years, so it is easy to assume the education is done for seven years too. It is not. Every condo director also owes a small annual obligation: one hour of continuing education, every year, on what changed in the law. It is the smallest requirement in Florida’s board-education system and the easiest one to forget. Here is how it works.

How to read this article

BoardComply provides education and compliance tools, not legal advice. This article explains Florida law as we read it, with citations to the statutes. Where the law is unsettled we say so, and where regulators clarify a point we will update this article and note the change. For advice about your association’s specific situation, talk to a Florida community association attorney.

The rule, in one sentence

Section 718.112(2)(d)5.b., Florida Statutes, provides that one year after submission of the most recent written certification and educational certificate, and annually thereafter, a director must submit a certificate of having satisfactorily completed at least 1 hour of continuing education relating to any recent changes to Chapter 718 and the related administrative rules during the past year.

Three pieces to notice: the clock starts one year after you certify, the obligation repeats every year after that, and the subject matter is specific. Each is worth unpacking.

Your clock starts a year after you certify

Unlike the HOA rule, which says only “annually” and leaves everyone guessing about the period (we cover that gap honestly in the HOA continuing-education article), the condo statute anchors the annual hour to a concrete date: the anniversary of the day you submitted your written certification and educational certificate.

A worked example. Say you submit your certification paperwork to the association secretary on March 1, 2026. Your first annual hour comes due starting March 1, 2027, and the obligation repeats each year after that. Two directors on the same board can be on different annual schedules, because each director’s clock runs from their own submission date.

This design also answers a question new directors often ask: no, you do not owe a continuing-education hour in your first year. The statute deliberately starts the annual cycle a year after certification, so a brand-new director is never doing the certification course and the annual hour at the same time.

What the hour must cover

This is not general board training. The statute names the subject: recent changes to Chapter 718, the condominium act, and its related administrative rules during the past year. It is a legislative update, refreshed each year, which means the course you take next year will not be the course you took this year.

Some years that update has a lot to carry. 2025 brought HB 913, a broad rewrite of condo operations. Other years it is quiet: the 2026 session changed nothing in the board-education rules. If you want to see what an update year actually contains, our summary is in what the 2024 and 2025 laws changed.

The annual hour and your certificate are separate things

A director carries two independent statuses, and boards mix them up constantly. Your certification is the seven-year credential from the written certification plus the course. The annual hour is a separate, recurring obligation that starts a year later. Completing the annual hour does not extend your certificate, and holding a valid certificate does not excuse this year’s hour. Track both, per director, with dates.

Who checks, and what to keep

Since July 1, 2025, the Division of Florida Condominiums has express authority to enforce board-education requirements, so this is not an honor-system rule. The proof is a certificate of completion, submitted like the rest of your certification paperwork and kept in the association’s official records. The practical routine: complete the hour with an approved provider, get the certificate, give it to the secretary, and keep your own copy with your completion date on it.

Your certification and your annual hours run on separate clocks, both measured from dates on your own certificates. BoardComply keeps every certificate it issues in your account, dated, so you can check either one without digging. Not certified yet? Start with the condo training.