Sec. 5-234. Appointments to training program and following completion of training program. Not applicable to veterans preference.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services may provide for the appointment, with or without examination, of qualified persons in a class in which the incumbent serves for not more than three years in the class as part of an established training program. Any person so appointed to a professional or preprofessional training class may, upon successful completion of the required minimum working test period and training program, be reclassified to a position in the next higher level class for which the training program is established. The provisions of this section shall not apply to sections 5-224 and 7-415 concerning the veterans preference.

(1967, P.A. 657, S. 43; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 11; P.A. 76-254, S. 5, 11; P.A. 77-248; 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 92-19; 92-165, S. 24, 32; P.A. 96-168, S. 14, 34; P.A. 14-187, S. 45.)

History: 1969 act added provisions concerning preprofessional classes as entry classes for disadvantaged; P.A. 76-254 divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b) and deleted provision regarding point credit and other credit for promotional exams in preprofessional classes; P.A. 77-248 amended Subsec. (a) re reassignment to next higher class of training program without examination; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 92-19 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the service requirement from two years to three years; P.A. 92-165 changed “employment list” to “candidate list”, provided that appointments may be made on the basis of such form evaluation as the commissioner may require and made technical changes; P.A. 96-168 deleted former Subsec. (b) re establishment of preprofessional classes and amended former Subsec. (a) to make technical change concerning persons appointed to a professional or preprofessional training class and eliminated requirement of completion of working test period prior to reclassification, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 14-187 deleted “by regulation”, effective June 11, 2014.