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credits from an accredited college or university to be eligible to take the sergeant promotional examination. The Chief shall reasonably schedule all eligible Corporals to attend the approved mandatory supervisory or management training program. The failure or refusal of an Officer to participate in the training program for any reason shall not constitute a basis for any grievance or for any judicial or other administrative relief. Exceptions to the training requirement due to unusual circumstances may be granted by the Civil Service Commission. C. Police Commander Commencing September 1, 2010, Sergeants shall have ninety (90) hours (with a passing grade) of college hour credits from an accredited college or university to be eligible to take the promotional examination for Police Commander. Commencing September 1, 2012, Sergeants shall have a Bachelor's Degree to be eligible. Section 2. Promotional Examination for Police Commander. Persons having held the rank of Police Sergeant for a period of two (2) continuous years immediately before the examination date shall be eligible to take the promotional examination to the rank of Police Commander. In the event all eligible candidates fail the written portion of the promotion examination which follows, all Sergeants regardless of time-in-rank may be eligible for the examination for promotion to Police Commander. The promotional examination for the rank of Police Commander shall consist of two (2) parts as follows: A. Written Examination-Shall consist of questions relating to the duties of the classification of the position to be filled. All notice of written examinations and publishing of study material shall be in accordance with Chapter 143 Local Government Code and the rules established by the Fire Fighter and Police Officer Civil Service Commission. A score of 70% on the written examination shall be considered a passing score. In the event that written examination scores are the same, the ranking of those scores shall be done on the basis of rules established by the Fire and Police Civil Service Commission. All test participants with passing grades, up to a maximum of the top twenty (20), shall be allowed to continue on to the next phase of the examination process, the Assessment Center. B. Assessment Center. 1. The Assessment Center Board shall consist of three (3) members, which shall be persons from outside the San Marcos Police Department who currently hold the equivalent or higher rank being tested for in a Police Department in a city of 50,000 or more in population. All of the assessors shall have held that equivalent or higher position for a minimum of three (3) years. 2. The City and the Association shall agree on the guidelines to be presented to the Assessment Center Board for use in their examination. 3. The Assessment Center Board shall consider all assessment center scores. There is no minimum passing score for the Assessment Center portion of the promotional process. 10