1111.1 An individual serving in the Educational Service shall have served one (1) full year at the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the position being filled before being eligible for permanent or temporary promotion, including a promotion accomplished by reinstatement, unless one of the following applies:

1. (a) The individual is within reach for the higher grade under open competitive examination;
2. (b) The individual is reinstated or reemployed after a break in service of at least one (1) full year;
3. (c) The individual is serving under a training agreement approved by the Division of Personnel, in which case no employee may be promoted more than two (2) grades within one (1) full year solely on the basis of the training agreement; or
4. (d) The individual is below the EG-5 level, in which case no employee may be promoted more than two (2) grades within one (1) full year.

1111.2 The Division of Personnel shall specify the conditions for crediting prior service toward meeting time-in-grade requirements, as well as circumstances that may warrant an exception.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4297, 4326 (October 3, 1980).