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(1)    The name or names of employees for whom the waiver is
requested;

(2)    The factors which are considered to justify the granting of
such a waiver.

(6)    Computing Time in Training. For the purpose of these regu-
lations :

(A)    An employee assigned to full-time out-service training is
counted as being in training the same number of hours he is in a pay
status during such training assignment up to a maximum of eight
hours a day, forty hours a week.

(B)    An employee assigned to out-service training on less than a
full-time basis is counted as being in training the same number of
hours he spends in class with the instructor in such training.

(7)    Obligated Service Agreements. (A) Each employee selected
for out-service training will be required to enter into a written
obligated service agreement. This agreement must be executed prior
to the assignment to the training and will reflect the conditions out-
lined below:

(1)    That each employee will complete his training satisfactorily
and will continue in the service of the State of Maryland for a period
equal to three times the number of classroom hours spent in out-
service training, unless prior to the expiration of the period of obli-
gated service he is involuntarily separated from the employment
of the State of Maryland. The period of time an employee is required
to agree to continue in the service of the State shall begin on the
first day after the end of the training covered by this agreement;

(2)    That if the employee is voluntarily separated following train-
ing, and prior to the expiration of the period for which he had agreed
to continue in the service of the State of Maryland, he will pay to the
State of Maryland, the amount of additional expenses incurred by
it in connection with his out-service training on a pro rata basis.

(B) Agreements are not required under the following circum-
stances :

(1)    When out-service training is provided by manufacturers as
a normal service incidental to initial purchase or lease of their
products;

(2)    When out-service training will not exceed one hundred and
twenty hours in a single six-month period or three hundred and
fifty dollars for tuition and related fees;

(3)    When training will involve no expense to the State of Mary-
land.

(8)    Failure to Fulfill Obligated Service Agreements. (A) Em-
ployees who transfer to another agency: An employee who transfers
to another State agency before fulfilling his period of obligated serv-
ice shall not be required to pay the additional expenses of out-service
training.

(B) Employees who leave State service: An employee who leaves
State service before completing his period of obligated service shall
reimburse the State of Maryland on a pro rata basis for the costs of
additional expenses incurred through out-service training.