State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2004-054

  DATE:
  October 5, 2004

  TO:
  Training Officers
  Departmental Training Coordinators
  Personnel Officers
  Employee Relations Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Office of the Director

  SUBJECT:
  Closure of the State Training Center

  CONTACT:
  State Training Center
  Phone: (916) 445-5121
  Fax: (916) 324-4050
  E-mail: training@dpa.ca.gov


  
  
  The Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) regrets to 
  announce the closure of the State Training Center, 
  effective January 1, 2005.  Currently scheduled classes 
  will run through November 2004.  In December, we will 
  complete the administrative tasks necessary to finalize the 
  closure. 
  
  This was a very difficult decision for us to make.  For 
  several years, the Training Center has been a first-rate 
  resource for departments and employees throughout the 
  State.  However, many departments, faced with the need to 
  cut costs, have found it necessary to reduce training 
  budgets.  These cutbacks have led to a major decline in 
  revenues to the State Training Center, which is funded 
  solely through reimbursements from departments using its 
  services.
  
  Over the past year, DPA has made every effort to maintain 
  the Training Center's income levels, including outreach to 
  remind departments of the valuable services available 
  through the Training Center.  We also took steps to reduce 
  staffing and hold positions vacant in case this downward 
  trend in revenues was short-lived.  Unfortunately, the 
  trend continued.  We can no longer afford to operate in 
  this deficit situation without jeopardizing other DPA 
  programs. 
  
  DPA is aware that several recommendations from the 
  California Performance Review (CPR) contain a training 
  component.  We very much support the CPR's training 
  proposals and hope that resources will be made available in 
  the future for those proposals to be implemented.
  
  During the next several weeks, we will provide you with 
  information on other programs that may help meet your 
  training needs.  In the meantime, we appreciate your 
  patience as we work through this difficult transition.
  
  
  
  Michael T. Navarro, Director