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Article V <br />Education <br />1) In order to be eligible for voluntary transfer into a coveted position, as that <br />term is defined in this Agreement, within the Police Department, all <br />Officers hired after 13 July 2009 must have completed a minimum of 20 <br />college hours from an accredited college or university. <br />2) Except as provided in Section 3 below, in order to be eligible to participate <br />in promotional examinations for Sergeant or Lieutenant, Officers must have <br />completed a minimum of 60 college hours from an accredited college or <br />university or have a combination of a minimum of 20 college hours from an <br />accredited college or university and 40 TCLEOSE training credits calculated <br />at the rate of 20 training hours equal to 1 training credit, for a total of 60 <br />hours. <br />3) The 60 hour college requirement established in Section 2 above shall be <br />waived for officers wishing to take the promotional examination for <br />Sergeant if the officer is able to provide appropriate evidence, namely a <br />federal form DD214, showing that they honorably served four (4) or more <br />full years in one or more branches of the U.S. military. <br />4) To the extent that any of these provisions differ from Chapter 143 of the <br />Texas Local Government Code, this Article supersedes and pre-empts those <br />provisions as permitted by Chapter 142.067 of the Texas Local Government <br />Code. Specifically, this Article pre-empts Section 143.028(b), and 143.031. <br />13 <br />