Texas Administrative Code › Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1 - TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - GENERAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES › Subchapter A - PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION › Section 2.56 - Training and Education of Staff

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The purposes of
				  the agency's training program are all work-related, and include meeting
				  technological or legal requirements, developing additional work skill
				  capabilities, or increasing competence or performance. The agency's training
				  program includes all education, workshops, seminars, and similar
				  instruction.
(b) The agency may
				  provide training to any of its employees to enable them to perform their
				  current duties more effectively. The agency may also provide training to
				  selected employees to enable them to perform prospective duties needed by the
				  agency.
(c) The agency may require
				  an employee to attend any necessary training program.
(d) Employee training must be recommended by
				  the division director and approved by the director and librarian or
				  designee.
(e) When training is
				  approved, the agency will either pay the training costs or allow the employee's
				  schedule to accommodate the training (by rearranging work hours or allowing the
				  training to be taken as work time), or both.
(f) After attending training, an employee
				  must submit a report of the training to the Human Resources Office of the
				  agency within three working days. The employee must make an oral or written
				  presentation to other employees, if requested.
(g) An employee who fails to complete the
				  training must reimburse the agency for the cost of the training, except for
				  reasons beyond the employee's control.
(h) In this section, "special training" means
				  instruction, teaching, or other education received by a state employee that is
				  not normally received by other state employees and that is designed to enhance
				  the ability of the employee to perform the employee's job. Special training
				  does not include training required by either state or federal law or that is
				  determined necessary by the agency and offered to all employees performing
				  similar jobs. Special training does include a course of study at an institution
				  of higher education.
(i) The agency
				  may provide special training to selected employees to enhance their ability to
				  perform their current or prospective duties.
(j) Employees must be recommended by their
				  division director and approved by the assistant state librarian for special
				  training.
(k) If an employee is to
				  receive special training that will be paid by the agency, and during the
				  training period the employee will not perform regular duties for three or more
				  months as a result of the training, the employee must agree in writing to the
				  requirements of Government Code §
										656.103 and §
										656.104.
(l) An employee may be released from these
				  requirements if the commission in open meeting finds that such action is in the
				  best interest of the agency, or because an extreme personal hardship would be
				  suffered by the employee.