§2595. Mandatory training requirements

            A.(1) An agency head shall require all supervisors in his agency to receive a minimum of one hour of education and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act within ninety days of hire or appointment to a supervisory position and every three years thereafter.

            (2) An agency head shall require Americans with Disabilities Act agency coordinators in his agency to receive a minimum of one hour of education and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act within ninety days of hire or appointment to the role of Americans with Disabilities Act agency coordinator and every three years thereafter.

            B. The education and training required by this Section may be received in person or via the internet through training and education materials approved by the public servant's agency head.

            C. Each agency head shall ensure that each public servant in the agency is notified of the agency's Americans with Disabilities Act policy. Additionally, each agency head shall ensure that each supervisor and Americans with Disabilities Act agency coordinator are notified of the mandatory training requirement. The agency head shall maintain records of compliance with the mandatory training requirement by each supervisor and Americans with Disabilities Act agency coordinator. Each supervisor's and Americans with Disabilities Act agency coordinator's record of compliance shall be a public record and available to the public in accordance with the Public Records Law.

            D. Each agency head shall ensure that its Americans with Disabilities Act policy and complaint procedures are prominently posted on its publicly accessible website. If the agency does not have a website, a notice providing instruction on how to obtain these documents shall be posted in a conspicuous location in each of the agency's offices.

            Acts 2022, No. 103, §2, eff. May 25, 2022.