ABOUT
The Treasurer’s Association of Virginia certification program is a collaboration between the Weldon Cooper Center of Public Service and the local official organizations.
Certification Program Details

Overview
The Treasurers and Deputy Treasurers certification programs both have two components, taking and passing required courses and earning “points” through participation in association events. Specific program details, including purpose, content, eligibility, requirements, procedures, and regulations, are included in the handbooks below, which are both written and maintained by the Association, not the Weldon Cooper Center. Alternatively, you can visit the Treasurers’ Association website for program details and requirements.
Treasurers’ Association of Virginia certification program handbooks
Forms
Treasurers and Deputy Treasurers certification program forms
ADMINISTRATION AND TRANSCRIPTS
The Weldon Cooper Center administers the certification program on behalf of the Treasurers’ Association of Virginia and maintains all records of the program, including accurate, up-to-date transcripts.
Information gets posted to individual transcripts in the following manner:
- Course grades are usually posted within ten days of the exam.
- Attendance at regularly scheduled events—district meeting, annual meeting, etc—is normally posted within two weeks of the event.
- For events outside the scope of the Cooper Center, records are updated once the Cooper Center receives the necessary information.
For a specific inquiry, please reach out to Beth Bennett at eaw3f@virginia.edu or (434) 982-2144.
COURSES

Courses are now offered in person and online. If you are taking a course for course credit only (opting out of the exam), you will receive two fewer points. You can register for a course by clicking on the “Customer Login” button the main menu at the top of the page.
NOTE: The Ethics course is not required for certification, only for office accreditation
Course Name | Location | Classroom Points | Online Points | Deputy Treasurers | Treasurers |
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Advanced Government Accounting | Classroom | 14 | Elective | Elective | |
Advanced Short Term Investments | Classroom | 14 | Elective | Elective | |
Banking and Cash Management | Classroom & Online | 14 | 10 | Elective | Mandatory |
Bankruptcy | Classroom | 12 | Elective | Mandatory | |
Challenge Exam - Level I Accounting | Online | 0 | Elective | Elective | |
Customer Service | Classroom | 10 | Mandatory | Elective | |
Cyber Security | Online | 10 | Elective | Elective | |
Delinquent Collections | Classroom | 14 | Elective | Mandatory | |
Effective Media Relations | Classroom | 10 | Elective | Elective | |
Ethics | Classroom & Online | 10 | 8 | Elective | Mandatory |
Financial Reconciliation and Reporting | Classroom | 9 | Elective | Elective | |
General Technology I | Classroom | 10 | Elective | Elective | |
Google Calendar (Non-Credit Course) | Online | 1 | Elective | Elective | |
Horse Sense for Leaders | Classroom | 8 | Elective | Elective | |
Intermediate Government Accounting | Online | 7 | Elective | Mandatory | |
Internal Controls | Classroom & Online | 10 | 8 | Elective | Mandatory |
Introductory Government Accounting | Online | 8 | Elective | Elective | |
Issuing Debt and Debt Management | Classroom | 14 | Elective | Elective | |
Lawful Employment | Classroom & Online | 10 | 8 | Elective | Mandatory |
Level I Accounting | Classroom | 8 | Elective | Elective | |
Level II Accounting | Classroom | 8 | Elective | Elective | |
Level III Accounting | Classroom | 8 | Elective | Elective | |
Lobbying 101 | Classroom | 10 | Elective | Elective | |
Operating Budgets | Classroom | 12 | Elective | Elective | |
Roles and Responsibilities of the Commissioner of the Revenue | Classroom | 12 | Elective | Elective | |
Roles and Responsibilities of the Treasurer | Classroom | 12 | Mandatory | Mandatory | |
Short Term Investments | Classroom | 14 | Elective | Mandatory | |
Spanish for Government Officials | Classroom | 12 | Elective | Elective | |
Tax Exemptions in Virginia | Classroom | 10 | Elective | Elective | |
Understanding the Code of Virginia | Classroom | 10 | Elective | Elective | |
Virginia Government and Law | Classroom | 10 | Elective | Elective |
CONTACT US
For a specific inquiry, please reach out to Beth Bennett at eaw3f@virginia.edu or (434) 982-2144.