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2022-2025 Meet and Confer Agreement <br />Between the San Marcos Police Officers' Association and the City of San Marcos, Texas <br />Section 2. Eligibility for Promotion: <br />A. Police Corporal: <br />1. Eligibility: <br />a. An Officer is not eligible for promotion to the rank of Police Corporal unless the Officer has <br />served in the Department in the next lower rank for at least four (4) years immediately before <br />the police corporal promotional examination date. <br />b. Officers who have a TCOLE Intermediate Certificate may test if the officer has served in the <br />Department in the next lower rank for at least two (2) years before the police corporal <br />promotional examination date. <br />c. If there are not at least two Police Officers meeting requirements outlined in items a & b above <br />who have timely applied to take the examination to provide at least two persons to take the <br />police corporal examination, the Director may open the examination to persons in that position <br />with three (3) or more years of service. <br />d. If there are not at least two Police Officers with three (3) or more years of service in that <br />position to who have timely applied to take the examination to provide at least two persons to <br />take the police corporal examination, the Director may open the examination to persons in <br />that rank with two (2) or more years of service. <br />B. Police Sergeant <br />1. Eligibility: <br />a. A Corporal is not eligible for promotion to the rank of Police Sergeant unless the Corporal <br />has served in the Department in the next lower rank for at least two years immediately <br />before the police sergeant promotional examination date. <br />b. Corporals shall attend a mandatory supervisory or management training program approved <br />by the Chief designed for that rank of no less than 24 -hours to be eligible to take the <br />sergeant promotional examination. <br />c. The Chief shall reasonably schedule all eligible Corporals to attend the approved mandatory <br />supervisory or management training program. The failure or refusal of a Corporal to <br />participate in the training program for any reason shall not constitute a basis for any <br />grievance or for any judicial or other administrative relief. Exceptions to the training <br />requirement due to unusual circumstances may be granted by the Chief. <br />d. 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 university. <br />e. If there are not at least two police corporals meeting the requirements outlined above with <br />two years of service to take the examination, the Director shall open the examination to <br />corporals/officers who meet the requirements outlined above as follows: <br />1. First, Corporals with more than one year of service meeting the aforementioned <br />education requirements. <br />2. Second, if there are insufficient Corporals in step "1" above, all Corporals not meeting <br />PAGE 21 <br />