41-2824. Training institute
A. A training institute is established within the department of juvenile corrections to train those persons who work with committed youth in juvenile justice.
B. The director shall establish and maintain training institutes under the jurisdiction of the department.
C. The director may:
1. Employ personnel and any faculty necessary to operate the training institute.
2. Solicit, accept and expend gifts and grants.
3. Adopt training standards.
4. Approve the training curriculum, including continuing education and advanced and specialized training courses.
5. Issue a certificate of completion to a person who satisfactorily completes a training program of not less than two hundred forty hours.
D. A postsecondary institution may provide the training courses the director may approve under subsection C, paragraph 4 of this section.
E. The director shall adopt rules for reimbursing reasonable tuition and fees for employees who attend the training institute. If an agency other than the department sends an employee to the training institute, the agency shall pay all of its employee's tuition and fees.