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TO:
Executive
Board
Council Leaders
DATE: January 6, 2006
SUBJ: Major Promotion Test Battery Changes
On December 30, 2005, the Department of Civil Service announced a number of major changes relating to the administration of the Promotion Test Battery (PTB). There are two policy changes that are most significant to PEF members.
1) Department of Civil Service is retroactively reducing the amount of time PTB scores can be banked from ten to four years.
2) Department of Civil Service will be alternating the holding of PTB exams every other year rather than holding both annually.
Attached for your information is my letter to Civil Service Commissioner Daniel Wall requesting that he reconsider these changes and agree to a meeting to discuss PEF's concerns. I have also attached a memo from Tom Cetrino with the attached DCS General Information Bulletin analyzing the potential impact for PEF.
In addition to pursuing a meeting with the Department of Civil Service, I am directing that the PEF Civil Service Enforcement Department, PEF Legal Department and the Jeff Satz Statewide Civil Service Committee review the PTB policy changes for any possible challenges. Other activities may also be initiated on this issue depending on the response from Commissioner Wall and the reviews. Until that time, I ask that all of our members who have any issues relating to these policy changes to contact the Department of Civil Service directly at 518-457-2487 or 1-866-697-5627 to voice their concerns.
I
will keep you informed of the status of this issue.
Roger Benson
Attachment
cc: Jeff Satz Statewide Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Enforcement Department
Legal Department
Field Offices