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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.5 Career Development Programs: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.5, Career Development Programs: State service. Departments or agencies may, with the written approval of the CLIP manager and consistent with their goals, workforce planning, and technological changes, i Full text with 4 recorded amendments, cited by 1 other rule.

Leaves, Hours of Work, and Employee Development · Human Resource Development: Training, Education, Career Development, and Employee Assistance Programs

Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

Career development programs prepare employees to move to new assignments or career opportunities, and a State department or agency needs the CLIP manager's written approval before running one. The approval request is a written plan setting out the program's goals, objectives, target population, projected outcome, and the criteria by which its success will be judged. The program also has to line up with the agency's own goals, workforce planning and technological changes. Three named things count as support for career development: tuition assistance at N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.6, employee interchanges at N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.8, and internships at N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.9. That list is expressly open.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.5. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Departments or agencies may, with the written approval of the CLIP manager and consistent with their goals, workforce planning, and technological changes, implement programs that prepare employees to move to new assignments or career opportunities. #

1. A department or agency shall seek written approval from the CLIP manager for a program referred to in (a) above by submitting a written plan. This plan shall include the program's goals, objectives, target population, projected outcome, and evaluation criteria for the program's success. #

(b) Programs in support of career development include, but are not limited to, the following: tuition assistance (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.6), employee interchanges (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.8), and internships (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.9). #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 4 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2019 d.072
    51 N.J.R. 191(b); 51 N.J.R. 1115(a)
  2. AmendedR.2016 d.171
    48 N.J.R. 5(a); 48 N.J.R. 2775(b)
  3. AmendedR.2000 d.86
    31 N.J.R. 3883(a); 32 N.J.R. 795(a)
  4. AmendedR.1993 d.47
    24 N.J.R. 3590(a); 25 N.J.R. 293(a)

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