Required Testing and Waiver. Any training or testing of communicative skills required by the department or the University as a qualification of employment must be required of all applicants who have not previously been employed in an instructional capacity by the University. Participation in such training or testing will not be required for any applicant who meets the eligibility requirements for an exemption. In addition, participation will not be required of those who are determined by the department chairperson or designee, in consultation with appropriate University resources, to already have the skills and experience equivalent to what would be provided in the training or evaluated in the testing. Waiver criteria shall be public and accessible to all applicants. No exemption to either requirement can be granted on the basis of impermissible factors, as defined by Article IV of this Agreement. Prospective Employees who are informed that they will be required to take the training will be notified of the waiver criteria in writing.
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