I am completely for this increase!  Education is key for professional growth and to allow this career to become one of "success".  This career is definately one of what you make of it and educating ourselves is going to help with that.  There are numerous FREE CE credits from vendors such as Zoetis, Elanco, Idexx, there is Free CE from multiple places.  If you are accredited in multiple states, I am pretty sure the same CE will count in both states.