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Classification Plan Management
Classification Specification and Examination Maintenance
1.1 Overview
1.2 Submission of Proposed Revisions
1.2a PDF: Form - Request to Revise Classification Specification/Examination
1.2b PDF: Example - Notice of Specification/Examination Revision
1.2c PDF: Example - Final Status Notice
1.3 Classification Specification and Examination Development Process
1.4 Implementation and Posting of Class Specifications and Examinations
1.5 Deletion of class specification and Examinations
Classification of Positions
2.1 Employer Responsibilities
2.2 Job Descriptions
2.2a PDF: Example - Instructions for Completing Job Description and Job Description Format
2.3 Position Audits
2.4 Classification Appeals
Change-In-Title
3.1 Change-In-Title Procedures
3.2 Application of Change-In-Title Procedures
3.3 Implementation of Change-In-Title Procedures and Actions
3.4 Other Implications of Change-In-Title Procedures
Specialized Positions
4.1 Overview
4.2 Criteria for Justification
4.3 Authorization Process
4.3a PDF: Example - Form for Specialty Factor(s)
4.4 Specialized Position Certification
4.5 Other Procedural Implications
Position Control
5.1 Definition
5.2 Position Identification
5.3 Reclassifying or Reallocating Existing Positions and Establishing New Positions
5.4 Changing a Principal Administrative Appointment (PAA) to a Civil Service Position
5.5 Position Control Record Information Requirements
5.5a PDF: Example - Quarterly Occupational Ethnic and Gender Report
5.5b PDF: Example - Instructions for the Completion of Example 5.4c Form
5.5c PDF: Example - Quarterly Report of Employees Served
5.6 System Processing

Employment Procedures
Establishment of Registers, Maintenance of Registers, and Certification from Registers
1.1 Types of Active Registers
1.2 Order of Names on Active Registers (by class)
1.3 Order of Names on Inactive Files (by class)
1.4 Maintenance of Active Registers for Status Appointments
1.4a PDF: Example - Notifying Candidates on Removal from Register Letter
1.4b PDF: Example - Register Clearing Letter
1.4c PDF: Example - Request for Approval to not Administer Examinations for Original Entry Classifications Letter
1.5 Certification
1.5a PDF: Certification of Appointment Form
1.5b PDF: Consideration of Employment Letter
Nonstatus Appointments
2.1 Criteria for Determination of Nonstatus Appointments
2.2 Temporary Appointments
2.3 Provisional Appointments
2.4 Trainee Appointments
2.5 Extra Help Appointments
2.5a PDF: Example - Request for Extra Help Extension
2.6 In-Service Training Programs
2.6a PDF: Example - Request to Establish Apprentice/Trainee Program
2.7 Apprentice Programs
2.8 Trainee Programs
2.9 Supported Employees Program
2.9a PDF: Example - Monthly Supported Employee Program Report
2.10 Notice of Employment
2.10a PDF: Example - Notice of Employment for New Employees
Status Appointments
3.1 Criteria for Determination of Status Appointments
3.2 Notice of Employment
3.3 Contract Appointments
Other Employment Transactions
4.1 Reassignment within a Place of Employment
4.2 Temporary Downgrading and Upgrading Assignments
4.3 Transfers
4.4 Transfer of State Personnel Code Employee to Registers
4.5 Transfer of State Employees to University System as a Result of Administrative Transfer of Organization
4.6 Leave of Absence after 30 Calendar Days in Non-Pay Status
4.6a PDF: Example - Leave of Absence Form
4.7 Layoff
4.7a PDF: Example - Layoff Notice Form
4.8 Disciplinary Suspension
4.8a PDF: Example - Disciplinary Suspension Notice Form
4.9 Demotion
4.9a PDF: Example - Notice of Demotion Form
4.10 Establishment of New Positions and Transfer of Employees to System Employer Due to Administrative Acquisition of an External Operational Unit
4.10a PDF: Example - Waiver of Qualification Request New Operating Unit Acquisition Form
Separation Procedures
5.1 Resignation
5.1a PDF: Example - Resignation Form
5.2 Preliminary Steps for Discharge
5.3 Suspension Pending Discharge
5.3a PDF: Example - Suspension Notice Pending Discharge Form
5.3b PDF: Example - Written Charges for Discharge Form - Copy 1, Copy 2, Copy 3, and Copy 4
5.4 Actual Act of Discharge
5.4a PDF: Example - Schematic Narrative of Discharge Procedures
5.5 Discharge Hearing
5.6 Hearing Board Selection
5.6a PDF: Example - Name Presented for Consideration for Service on Hearing Boards Forms
5.7 Dismissal
5.7a PDF: Example - Dismissal Notice During Probationary Period Form
5.8 Termination
5.8a PDF: Example - Report of Termination of Employment Form
Service and Seniority
6.1 Probationary Period
6.2 Service and Seniority Accrual
Demonstration Projects or Pilot/Study Programs
7.1 Overview of Programs
7.2 Application Guidelines
7.2a PDF: Application for Demonstration Project or Pilot/Study Program
7.3 University System Office Review
7.4 Merit Board Approval Process
7.5 Post Approval Review Process
7.6 Rule Revision
7.7 Records Retention

Examination Procedures
General Duties and Responsibilities of the Employer
1.1 Applicant Qualifications
1.2 Rejection/Disqualification
1.3 Scheduling Examinations
1.3a PDF: Example - Request for Approval to not Administer Examinations for Original Entry Classifications Form
1.4 Filing Examinations
1.5 Preparing Register Information
1.6 Review of Examinations
1.6a PDF: Example - Review of Examination Letter
Admission of Applicants
2.1 Admission of Applicants to Original entry or Promotional Examinations
2.2 Verification of Educational Requirements
2.3 Verification of Experience Requirements
2.3a PDF: Example - Request for Prior Approval of Compensatory Qualification(s) for Examinations Form
2.3b PDF: Example - Request for Prior Approval of Waiver of Qualification(s) for Examination Form
2.4 Rejection or Disqualification
Veterans Preference
3.1 Veterans Preference Points
3.2 Eligibility Criteria and Point Allocation
3.3 Proof of Eligibility
3.3a PDF: Example of a Guide for Veteran Document Verification Form
3.3b PDF: Application for Veterans' Preferene Points Certification of Spouse or Parent of Veteran
Preparing Register Information and Notice of Examination Score
4.1 Register Card Preparation (for Employers without Computerized Registers)
4.2 PDF: Notice of Examination Score Preparation
4.2a PDF: Example - Example of a Properly Prepared Register Card and Notice of Examination Score for a fully Qualified Applicant
4.2b PDF: Example - Example of an Original Entry Card with One Stripe
4.2c PDF: Example - Example of an Original Entry Card with Two Stripes
Administering and Scoring Examinations
5.1 Assignment of Examination Numbers
5.2 Conditions under which Examinations are Administered
5.3 Condition of Testing Equipment
5.4 Preparing Examination Materials
5.5 Providing Special Assistance
5.5a PDF: Example - Statement of Monitor Assistance Form
5.6 Giving Instructions to the Applicant
5.7 Timing Examinations
5.8 Monitoring Examinations
5.9 Checking Examinations for Completeness
5.10 Administering Examinations for Staff Members of a Personnel/Human Resource(s) Office
5.11 Incomplete Examinations
5.12 Withdrawals
5.13 Civil Service Exam Challenge Procedure
5.13a PDF: Example - Exam Question Challenge Form
5.14 General Instructions for Scoring Examinations
5.15 Completing Data on System Answer Sheet
5.16 Directions for Using Plastic Scoring Templates with System Answer Sheets
Answer Sheets
6.1 Scanning of System Answer Sheets
Administering Training and Experience Examinations
7.1 Procedures for Administering Training and Experience Examinations
7.2 Guidelines for Evaluating Experience for Long and Short Forms
7.3 Directions for Evaluating Supplement A (Long Form)
7.4 Directions for Evaluating Supplement B (Short Form)
7.5 Directions for Evaluating Weighted Ratings of Training and Experience
7.6 Directions for Administering Modified Education and Experience/Informational Supplement
Administering Job Element Examinations
8.1 Introduction
8.1a PDF: Example - Directions for Completing Supplemental Information Form
8.2 The Rating Process
8.2a PDF: Example - Job Element Examination - Conversion Table
8.3 Use of More than One Rater
8.4 Scoring Information Sheet
Administering Police Officer Examinations
9.1 Police Examinations
9.2 General Instructions for the Administration of the Police Officer Examination
9.2a PDF: Form - Request to Conduct Oral Board Examination Form
9.2b PDF: Form - Recommendation for Service as Assessor for Police Officer Oral Boards
9.3 General Instructions for the Administration of the Police Corporal, Police Sergeant, and Police Lieutenant Examinations
9.4 General Instructions for the Administration of the Police Captain and Police Major/Deputy Chief Examinations
9.5 Oral Board Examination Process
9.6 Ethical Guidelines for the Police Series Test Administrators, Proctors, and Oral Assessors
9.6a PDF: Form - Evaluation Sheet for Oral Examining Procedure
Administering Computerized Knowledge Examinations
10.1 General Procedures for Administering Computerized Knowledge Examinations
Administering Rewrite Examinations
11.1 General Procedures for Administering Rewrite Examinations
11.2 Specific Procedures for Rewriting Clerical Examinations
Rescoring or Reassigning an Examination
12.1 General Instructions
Lifting Scores
13.1 Procedures for Lifting Scores from Previous Examinations
Administering Courtesy Examinations
14.1 General Instructions
Transferring Examination Scores
15.1 General Instructions
15.1a PDF: Example - Transferring Examination Scores Letter
Correcting Examination Scores
16.1 General Instructions
16.1a PDF: Example - Notice of Corrected Scores Form
16.1b PDF: Example - Error on Examination Letter
Voiding Registers
17.1 General Instructions
Security of Examination Materials
18.1 Security
Ordering Examination Materials
19.1 General Instructions
19.1a PDF: Example - Requisition for Testing Materials Form
19.1b PDF: Example - Requisition for Revised Police Officer Examination Materials Form
19.1c PDF: Example - Requisition for System Forms
Maintaining Examining Instruments by Class
20.1 General Instructions

Pay Administration
General Procedures
1.1 Introduction
1.1a PDF: Example -- Statewide Salary Data Processing System Logging In
1.1b PDF: Example -- Statewide Salary Data Processing System Revising a Salary
1.1c PDF: Example -- Statewide Salary Data Processing System Deleting a Salary
1.1d PDF: Example -- Statewide Salary Data Processing System Establishing a Salary
1.1e PDF: Example -- Statewide Salary Data Processing System Reports
Open Ranges and Established Rates
2.1 Setting and Adjusting Open Range Salary Schedule
2.2 Setting and/or Adjusting Established Rates
2.3 Requested for Setting or Changing Open Ranges & Established Rates
Negotiated and Prevailing Rates
3.1 Setting and/or Adjusting Negotiated and Prevailing Rates
3.2 Request for Setting or Changing Negotiated and Prevailing Rates

Exemption Procedures
General Overview of Exemption from State Universities Civil Service System
1.1 Overview
Primary Administrator Exemptions (President, Chancellor, Agency Executive Director)
2.1 Primary Administrator Appointments
2.1a PDF: Example - Common Primary Administrative Position Exemption Titles (36e(2))
Principal Administrative Appointments
3.1 Principal Administrative Appointments
3.1a PDF: Example - Authorized Principal Administrative Position Exemption Titles (36e(3)) and Standards
Teaching, Research, and Extension Faculty Exemptions
4.1 Teaching, Research, and Extension Faculty Appointments
4.1a PDF: Example - Common Academic/Research Position Exemption Titles (36e(4))
Student Appointment Exemptions
5.1 Student Appointments
5.1a PDF: Example - Request for Student Appointment Exception Form
Accountability for Exemption Authorization
6.1 Accountability Program
6.2 Internal Review
6.3 System Office Review
6.3a PDF: Example - Position Description Form
6.4 Merit Board Review
6.5 Remedial Process
Quarterly Reporting Requirements
7.1 Reporting Requirements
7.1a PDF: Example - Quarterly Employee Change Report
7.1b PDF: Example - Quarterly Report of Exempt Employees
Other Related Actions
8.1 Temporary Assignment of Civil Service Employee to a Civil Service Exempt Position
8.2 Changing an Exempt Position to a Civil Service Position
8.2a PDF: Example - Waiver of Qualification(s) Form

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