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Freestone County weighs tighter rules on reimbursement for training when employees leave
Summary
Freestone County officials debated a county policy that would require employees who leave within a year to reimburse the county for training and education costs, with exemptions for statutorily required classes and discussion of separate rules for sheriff's-office hires and agreements to recoup county-paid licensing costs.
Freestone County commissioners and officials spent a large portion of their meeting reviewing how the county recoups costs when employees who received county-paid training leave within one year of separation.
Under the county's current rule discussed at the session, "if an employee leaves the employment of the county, any training or education paid for by the county within one year prior to the employee's separation shall be reimbursed to the county." Commissioners and staff debated whether training that is required by law should be exempt from that repayment requirement.
Officials said that training statutorily required for a job's performance — for example,…
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