§18B-7-5 Faculty and classified employee continuing education and development program.
§18B-7-5. Faculty and classified employee continuing education and development program.
(a) Each state institution of higher education shall have the authority to establish and operate a faculty and classified employee continuing education and development program under rules adopted by the appropriate governing board. Funds allocated or made available may be used to compensate and pay expenses for faculty or classified employees who are pursuing additional academic study or training to better equip themselves for their duties at the state institutions of higher education.
(b) Before the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, each governing board, with the advice and assistance of the faculty senates, staff councils and other groups representing classified employees, shall adopt policies which encourage continuing education and staff development. The policies shall require that selection shall be made on a nonpartisan basis, using fair and meaningful criteria which will afford all faculty and classified employees with opportunities to enhance their skills. Such policies may also include reasonable provisions for the continuation or return of any faculty or classified employee receiving the benefits of such education or training, or for reimbursement by the state for expenditures incurred on behalf of such faculty or classified employee.