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2015 -2018 Meet and Confer Agreement <br />Between the San Marcos Police Officers' Association and the City of San Marcos, Texas <br />ARTICLE 12 <br />PROMOTIONS <br />Section 1. Eligibility for Promotion <br />A. Police Corporal <br />1. An Officer is not eligible for promotion to the classification of Police Corporal unless the <br />Officer has served in the Department in the next lower classification for at least four years <br />immediately before the police corporal promotional examination date. <br />2. If there are not at least two Police Officers with 4 years or more service in the next <br />lower classification, who have timely applied to take the examination to provide at least <br />two persons to take the police corporal examination, the Director may open the <br />examination to persons in that position with three or more years of service. <br />3. If there are not at least two Police Officers with 3 or more years ofservice in that position to <br />who have timely applied to take the examination to provide a t I e a s t t w o persons to <br />take the police corporal examination, the Director may open the examination to persons in <br />that classification with two or more years of service. <br />B. Police Sergeant <br />1. Eligibility: <br />A. A Corporal is not eligible for promotion to the classification of Police Sergeant unless the <br />officer has served in the Department in the next lower classification for at least two years <br />immediately before the police sergeant promotional examination date. <br />B. Corporals shall attend a mandatory supervisory or management training program <br />approved by the Chief designed for that rank of no less than 40 -hours to be eligible to <br />take the sergeant promotional examination. <br />C. Corporals hired after October 1, 2010 must also have an Associate Degree or at least 60 <br />hours (with a passing grade) of college hour credits from an accredited college or <br />university. <br />D. The Chief shall reasonably schedule all eligible Corporals to attend the approved <br />mandatory supervisory or management training program. The failure or refusal of an <br />Officer to participate in the training program for any reason shall not constitute a <br />basis for any grievance or for any judicial or other administrative relief. Exceptions <br />to the training requirement due to unusual circumstances may be granted by the <br />Commission. <br />E. If there are not at least two police corporals meeting the requirements outlined above <br />with two years of service to take the examination,the Director shall open the examination <br />to corporals /officers who meet the requirements outlined above as follows: <br />1. First, Corporals with less than two years of service meeting the aforementioned education <br />PAGE 16 <br />