The Florida Senate

110.1095  Supervisory and management training and continuing education for executive branch agencies.--The department shall represent the public interest in the improvement of administration by providing training programs for all executive branch agencies, except the State University System, aimed at improving managerial, administrative, and technical skills.

(1)  The department shall establish a basic supervisory skills training program that provides a standard set of fundamental supervisory skills to ensure that all persons filling supervisory or managerial positions in state government are instructed in basic supervisory functions. The program shall be designed so that a person who is hired or promoted into a supervisory position attends the training within 6 months after the date that he or she is hired or promoted into such position; when there are extenuating circumstances, this period may be extended up to 6 months.

(2)  The department shall provide technical assistance to agencies for the development and evaluation of training programs and shall establish a continuing education program for supervisors and managers to ensure that persons filling such positions update their skills on a regular and continuing basis.

(3)  The department shall annually review, monitor for compliance, and evaluate all state training programs developed pursuant to this section. The department may adopt rules establishing procedures for the annual review, monitoring, evaluation, oversight of state training programs, and agency reporting requirements.

(4)  Each agency is responsible for the development, implementation, administration, and evaluation of agency training programs for supervisors and managers.

History.--s. 5, ch. 88-290; s. 660, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 98-196.