13 FAM 102
ELIGIBILITY FOR AND ASSIGNMENT TO TRAINING
13 FAM 102.1
ELIGIBILITY FOR AGENCY SPONSORED TRAINING PROGRAMS
(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Office of Origin: FSI)
13 FAM 102.1-1 Training
Eligibility
(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/USAID)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)
Eligibility for training programs offered by or through
the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is based on existing legal authorities, primarily
the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended, and the Government Employees
Training Act as codified in 5 U.S.C. 41.
13 FAM 102.1-2 Tuition Costs
(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/USAID)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)
a. FSI is responsible for the establishment and
collection of tuition payments for the courses it conducts. They are updated
and promulgated annually based on cost-recovery guidelines.
b. FSI is generally funded by the Department to provide
its training programs to direct-hire State employees and State eligible family members
at no cost to their bureau/post. However some instances exist where FSI is not
funded to provide certain training programs to certain categories of employees
(e.g., full-time language training for Civil Service employees, ICASS
employees).
c. All non-State participants in FSI training are
subject to tuition.
13 FAM 102.1-3 Responsibility for
Initiating Enrollment INTO Training
13 FAM 102.1-3(A) Training
Preparatory to Assignment
(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/Agriculture/Commerce/USAID)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)
a. When Foreign Service employees require training in
order to meet the language and other requirements of an onward assignment, the
Office of Career Development and Assignments (HR/CDA) will request the
appropriate courses as part of the assignment process. HR/CDA will specify the
training in the Assignment Notification Cable and Personnel Assignment Travel
Authorization Cable, or in Form SF-50, Notification of Personal Action,
authorizing the assignment. For USAID, the Personnel Operations Division
(M/HR/POD) or Executive Management (M/HR/EM) will request the appropriate
courses as part of the assignment and will specify the training in the
assignment cable. For Commerce, the Office of Foreign Service Human Resources
will request the appropriate courses as part of the assignment process.
b. The procedure outlined in 13 FAM 102.1-3(A),
paragraph a, applies to language and area training as well as to functional
training such as tradecraft, political, public diplomacy, economic and
consular, and administrative management courses, etc. See 13 FAM 200 for
additional provisions governing selection for language training for employees
and 13 FAM 600 for family members. For USAID, see ADS 458 for policies and
procedures related to language training for employees and family members.
c. Foreign Service employees must arrange enrollment in
full-time language training and the Job Search Program through HR/CDA.
d. With the exception of training noted in 13 FAM 201.1-3(A),
paragraph c, Foreign Service employees who require training related to a
current assignment may initiate a request for training themselves. Such
training is subject to the approval of an employees supervisor and bureau/post
training officer.
e. Career-related training intended to prepare Civil
Service employees for potential future assignments is normally specified in an
Individual Development Plan (IDP). Job-related training is normally scheduled
after an employee has moved into a new assignment that requires such training.
Such training is subject to the approval of an employees supervisor and bureau
training officer.
13 FAM 102.1-3(B) Long-Term
Training
(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/Commerce/USAID/Agriculture)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)
a. Long-term area and language training, like other
types of combined language and area training, is arranged in conjunction with
onward assignments. (See 13 FAM 200 for additional information on language
training. For USAID, see ADS 458. For Commerce see Foreign Service Personnel
Manual.)
b. Other information on long-term training programs is
contained in 13
FAH-1 H-130. For USAID see ADS 458. For Commerce, see Foreign Service
Personnel Manual.
13 FAM 102.1-3(C) Other
Training
(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/Agriculture/Commerce/USAID)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)
a. Information on other training for professional
development is contained in 13 FAH-1 H-100.
Enrollment procedures for other types of training, including short courses and
seminars, early-morning language instruction, correspondence and external
courses, are set forth in 13 FAH-1 H-140
and 13 FAH-1
H-720 or in individual course announcements disseminated by FSI and/or the
HR/CDA through Department notices, cables to the field, on FSIs OpenNet Web
site, and by other appropriate means.
b. For USAID, see ADS 458.
c. For Commerce, see Foreign Service Personnel Manual.