(A) The director or the director's designee
shall approve an application for approval or reapproval as a train-the-trainer
program if the applicant complies with the criteria, standards and requirements
for an approved TTT program established by sections
3721.30 and
3721.31 of the Revised Code and
by the applicable provisions of rules
3701-18-14
to
3701-18-21
of the Administrative Code.
(B)
The approval or reapproval of a TTT program issued under paragraph (A) of this
rule expires two years after the date of issuance.
(C) After receiving notice of approval or
reapproval from the director or the director's designee, an approved program
shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(1) The program shall maintain compliance
with the standards and criteria for approval and all other requirements of
sections 3721.30 and
3721.31 of the Revised Code and
this chapter.
(2) The program
shall notify the director or the director's designee of any proposed change in
the program administrator or faculty members, curriculum content change of more
than three hours, or any change in the site of the classroom instruction or
training skills practice portions of the program. This notification shall be
filed in writing with the director or the director's designee at least ten
business days prior to the planned implementation date for the proposed change.
All proposed changes must be approved by the director or the director's
designee prior to implementation.
(3) The program shall notify the director or
the director's designee in writing at least forty-five days before curtailing
or discontinuing training activities.
(a)
This notification shall include a statement of the approved program's plans for
disposition of records and a final report including the information required
under paragraphs (C)(1) to (C)(5) of rule
3701-18-15
of the Administrative Code. The director or the director's designee may request
that the program submit its records to the director or designee.
(b) The notification also shall include
documentation that the program has arranged for the current participants to be
permitted to complete their training at another approved program without
additional cost and that it has refunded all money collected for enrollment in
future classes.
(c) The director
or the director's designee may allow the notification required by this
paragraph to be filed not less than forty-five days before training ceases,
upon a finding that the program was unable to file sooner for reasons beyond
its control or that compliance with the forty-five day notice requirement will
cause unusual and unnecessary hardship.
(4) The program shall notify the director or
the director's designee of its scheduled programs as soon as possible prior to
conducting them.
(a) If a program's
curriculum contains subject matter in addition to the subject matter required
by rule
3701-18-21
of the Administrative Code, the program shall specify the times when the
required subject matter will be addressed.
(b) The notification shall include the
location at which the classroom instruction or training skills practice
portions of the program will be conducted.
(c) The program shall notify the director or
the director's designee immediately upon cancellation of any scheduled
training.
(5) The
program shall provide any additional information or documents pertinent to
operation of the program or compliance with this chapter to the director or the
director's designee upon request.
(6) The program shall permit the director or
the director's designee to have access to its staff, physical facilities,
classes and records.
(7) If the
program conducted a program during a given month, it shall submit to the
director or the director's designee, no later than the seventh day of the
following month, a report listing the name of each individual who successfully
completed or failed the approved program during the month for which the report
is made, as determined by the program in accordance with paragraph (E) of rule
3701-18-21
of the Administrative Code.
(8)
The program shall issue a document, on a form prescribed by the director or the
director's designee, to each participant who successfully completes the program
and shall provide the participant the original document. The document, at
minimum, shall contain the participant's name, the name of the program, the
program approval number assigned by the director or the director's designee,
and a statement that the participant successfully completed the program on a
specified date. A TTT program that provides instruction to individuals who are
seeking to meet the requirements of paragraph (B)(3)(a), (B)(3)(b), (B)(3)(c)
or (F)(2) of rule
3701-18-09
of the Administrative Code shall provide to each individual who successfully
completes the required instruction the original documentation evidencing the
successful completion.
(9) The
program shall comply with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78
Stat. 252 (1964),
42
U.S.C. 2000d, as amended (1986), section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 84 Stat. 394 (1973),
29 U.S.C.
794, as amended (2002), the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975, 89 Stat. 728 (1975),
42 U.S.C.
6101, as amended (2002), the Americans with
Disabilities Act, 104 Stat. 328 (1990),
42 U.S.C.
12101, as amended (1995), and any other
applicable nondiscrimination legislation.