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The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) convened in June for its 88th annual meeting, at which it established an official position on sequencing for the Intern Development Program (IDP) and Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Previously, NCARB had recommended that candidates earn a National Architectural Accrediting Board-accredited degree, complete IDP, and then pass the ARE. Its new position removes the requirement that candidates must finish IDP before being eligible to complete the ARE, and it formally acknowledges a jurisdiction's right to allow candidates to complete the ARE and IDP concurrently. Nine of NCARB's 54 jurisdictions had already allowed concurrent sequencing. Also at the meeting, Douglas K. Engebretson, FAIA, of Tessier Associates, was elected NCARB's new president.