| (a) To be eligible for credit, training or continuing
education must be:
(1) relevant, which means it is related to job responsibilities,
the field of juvenile justice, or fields of study approved by TJJD;
(2) organized, which means it is based on documentation
that includes specified learning objectives, training methods, and
evaluation techniques; and
(3) planned, which means it is scheduled and conducted
in a predetermined location.
(b) To be eligible for credit, training or continuing
education provided by the department or facility must:
(1) meet the criteria in subsection (a) of this section;
and
(2) be evaluated, which means participants are provided
an opportunity to provide written feedback and/or participants are
tested (written or demonstrated) to measure the transfer of knowledge.
(c) TJJD may, on a case-by-case basis, approve events
for credit that do not meet the requirements in subsection (a) or
(b) of this section.
(d) Training and continuing education topics must be
approved by TJJD in order to count toward the requirements of this
chapter. A department or facility may request advance approval of
a training or continuing education topic by contacting the TJJD certification
office.
(e) A department or facility may request a review of
TJJD's decision not to approve a topic. In support of the request,
the department or facility must describe how the topic relates to
the job duties and responsibilities of the officer. TJJD may request
additional documentation to evaluate the appropriateness of the topic.
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