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Article 14

Employee Development and Training

§14.1 The State and CSEA hereby reaffirm their commitment to
increased productivity, upward career mobility and general employee

development through educational and training opportunities and quality of
work life through workplace improvement.

§14.2 Funding
(a) The State agrees to recommend the appropriation of funds by the

Legislature in the amount indicated in each year of the 2016-2021
Agreement: $11,369,783 in 2016-2017, $11,597,179 in 2017-2018,

$11,829,122 in 2018-2019, $12,065,705 in 2019-2020, and $12,307,019 in
2020-2021, for the purpose of providing quality of work life, education,

developmental and training opportunities.
(b) The State and CSEA shall review existing quality of work life,

educational, developmental and training programs and make
recommendations for program changes based upon the needs and desires

of both the State and employees.
§14.3 Unit Specific Training

(a) A portion of the amounts identified in §14.2(a) above shall be
available to support quality of work life, educational, developmental and

training programs for employees in the ASU unit.
(b)Recommendations of specific programs to be funded shall be made by

a Unit Specific CSEA/State Advisory Committee.
§14.4 Joint CSEA/State Committee

(a) A joint CSEA/State Committee shall be established to coordinate

quality of work life, training and development programs funded through
Article 14 of this Agreement. Committee responsibilities shall include
coordinating Article 14 programming to improve geographic and

occupational accessibility, publicity, evaluation and encouraging the use of

non-State resources to meeting program needs.
(b) The Committee shall consist of an equal number of designees from

the Governor's Office of Employee Relations and the Civil Service
Employees Association, Inc., respectively.

(c) Actions of the Committee cannot supersede any other provisions of
Article 14, or of any other Article of this Agreement, or any Memorandum

of Understanding or agreement that further delineate the terms of any

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