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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="11-706" title_number="11" title_name="Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Maryland Employment Advancement Right Now Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department, in consultation with the Department of Budget and Management, shall develop and implement a State employment advancement strategy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State employment advancement strategy shall identify:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>positions in State government in need of skilled employees; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>mechanisms to provide incumbent State employees with access to skills training programs that result in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>employment advancement resulting in title promotion or wage promotion; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the potential for future employment advancement as the result of obtaining a credential or identifiable skill.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
