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Sales Agent Apprentice Education (SAE) is the 98 hours of post-licensing education a new Texas sales agent must complete for the first renewal: a 30-hour Real Estate Brokerage course, two more 30-hour qualifying courses, and 8 hours of TREC Legal Update I and II. SAE cannot be deferred, and it applies whether renewing active or inactive. After the first renewal, each active renewal requires 18 hours of CE (8 Legal Update, 3 contracts, 7 electives), and only those later renewals may use the $200 deferral fee for 60 extra days.
Answer: B. SAE hours cannot be deferred, and they apply to both active and inactive first renewals. The $200, 60-day deferral applies only to CE for later active renewals.
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Last verified: 2026-10-23