P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 144u
The Secretary shall establish continuing education programs for the teaching and non-teaching personnel of the Department.
In the case of all members of the School Councils, who are appointed after the approval of this act, it shall be a prior requirement to have taken and [passed] a course on public financial operations to be designed and administered by the Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico. Provided, That the Office of the Comptroller and the Secretary shall establish the necessary administrative norms to comply with said requirement and, in addition, shall offer said course to the present members of the School Councils. The course prepared by the Comptroller of Puerto Rico shall be offered in the most effective and efficient manner possible according to what the Secretary of Education and the Office of the Comptroller agree. Among other alternatives to be considered, without their being understood as a limitation, the course may be offered in the teaching institution in coordination with the School Director or in groups by the municipality, in coordination with the Superintendent of Schools.
History —July 15, 1999, No. 149, § 4.08; Apr. 12, 2006, No. 77, § 1; Feb. 8, 2007, No. 7, § 1.