KRS 195.105: Training program authorized -- Research assignment -- Classification --

Compensation -- Contract.

(1) The secretary for health and family services in coordination with the Personnel

Cabinet is authorized to establish formal training programs within th e Cabinet for

Health and Family Services or within any of the departments, divisions, or sections

of the cabinet for the training of necessary personnel for the administration of the

programs of the cabinet. When courses of study, applicable to the program

processes of the cabinet, are not available through instruction within the cabinet,

arrangements may be made for the training of employees in any public or private

school or institution having available facilities for that purpose, and this training

shall be deemed to be a part of the cabinet's training program. Training of

employees in public or private schools or institutions for this purpose shall be

deemed a part of research assignments to be completed during the period of study,

these assignments to r elate directly to the work assignment of the employee. After

consulting with the Personnel Cabinet, position classifications in the research series

shall be established for employees on work study assignments, and funds of the

cabinet may be used to pay sa laries commensurate with the appropriate

classification while the employee is receiving such training.

(2) Any employee who is paid a salary while receiving such training shall be required to

enter into a contract, prior to receiving the training, that he will complete a specified

work assignment, and that unless he continues in the employ of the cabinet for at

least a period equivalent to the training period, immediately following the

completion of such training, the state will hold a claim against that pe rson for the

amount of salary paid during the training period, and he will repay to the cabinet the

sum paid to him by the cabinet during the period of his training.