Educational Release Time. An employee may receive three (3) days paid educational release time, including transportation time, to take courses, seminars, workshops or attend conventions that enhance, improve or add to the knowledge, skills and performance in the employee's County employment. The determination as to when and whether an employee is granted this time off shall be made by the employee's appointing authority; however, such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Request for such time off will be submitted in the manner prescribed by the employee's appointing authority. There shall be no accumulation of this time. For payroll purposes, this time will be counted as time worked. The Health and Human Services Agency agrees to provide a copy of Agency’s Policy and Procedure Manual Policy No. D-13, "Education Reimbursement and Educational Release Time." This policy provides the procedures for requesting approval of educational release time In addition, the County shall provide a program of in-service CEU training that is available to all registered nurses. Courses will periodically be made available on the second and third shift to more readily accommodate those employees. Such in-service training will be subject to discussion in the PAC.
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