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The Department shall offer such training programs at least twice per year.B\n\nThe director of each agency in the executive branch of state government and the agency’s chief human resource officer shall attend a training program offered pursuant to subsection A within six months after the appointment of the director. The agency’s chief human resource officer shall provide subsequent training to the director on any distinct companion human resource policies of the agency that are germane to agency programs and operations. Thereafter, the director shall attend a training program offered pursuant to subsection A at least once every four years. The president of a public institution of higher education may send a designee.C\n\nThe director of each agency in the executive branch of state government, other than an institution of higher education, shall include in the agency’s annual strategic plan its key workforce planning issues. In addition, the director shall submit a succession plan for key personnel, executive positions, and employees nearing retirement to the Cabinet Secretary associated with the director’s agency and the Department. The Department shall establish guidelines for the content of such workforce and succession plans. Each public institution of higher education shall prepare a succession plan for presentation to the board of visitors with a copy to the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":312968,"text":"The Department shall develop and administer training programs to familiarize the director of each agency in the executive branch of state government with state human resources policies, including general policies, compensation management, benefits administration, employee training, succession planning, and resources available at the Department. 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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 527<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58373,"section_number":"2.2-603","catch_line":"Authority of agency directors","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-603\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":172905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87418,"identifier":"2.2-1209","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/12\/2.2-1209","url":"\/2.2-1209\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1209\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/12\/2.2-1209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agency director human resource training and agency succession planning","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department shall develop and administer training programs to familiarize the director of each agency in the executive branch of state government with state human resources policies, including general policies, compensation management, benefits administration, employee training, succession planning, and resources available at the Department. The Department shall offer such training programs at least twice per year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government and the agency’s chief human resource officer shall attend a training program offered pursuant to subsection A within six months after the appointment of the director. The agency’s chief human resource officer shall provide subsequent training to the director on any distinct companion human resource policies of the agency that are germane to agency programs and operations. Thereafter, the director shall attend a training program offered pursuant to subsection A at least once every four years. The president of a public institution of higher education may send a designee. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government, other than an institution of higher education, shall include in the agency’s annual strategic plan its key workforce planning issues<\/span>. In addition, the director shall submit a succession plan for key personnel, executive positions, and employees nearing retirement to the Cabinet Secretary associated with the director’s agency and the Department. The Department shall establish guidelines for the content of such workforce and succession plans. Each public institution of higher education shall prepare a succession plan for presentation to the board of visitors with a copy to the Department. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGENCY DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING AND AGENCY SUCCESSION PLANNING (\u00a7\n2.2-1209)\n\nA. The Department shall develop and administer training programs to familiarize\nthe director of each agency in the executive branch of state government with\nstate human resources policies, including general policies, compensation\nmanagement, benefits administration, employee training, succession planning, and\nresources available at the Department. The Department shall offer such training\nprograms at least twice per year.\n\nB. The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government and\nthe agency’s chief human resource officer shall attend a training program\noffered pursuant to subsection A within six months after the appointment of the\ndirector. The agency’s chief human resource officer shall provide\nsubsequent training to the director on any distinct companion human resource\npolicies of the agency that are germane to agency programs and operations.\nThereafter, the director shall attend a training program offered pursuant to\nsubsection A at least once every four years. The president of a public\ninstitution of higher education may send a designee.\n\nC. The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government,\nother than an institution of higher education, shall include in the\nagency’s annual strategic plan its key workforce planning issues. In\naddition, the director shall submit a succession plan for key personnel,\nexecutive positions, and employees nearing retirement to the Cabinet Secretary\nassociated with the director’s agency and the Department. The Department\nshall establish guidelines for the content of such workforce and succession\nplans. Each public institution of higher education shall prepare a succession\nplan for presentation to the board of visitors with a copy to the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 527.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}