2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 12 - (240 - 249) OFFICE OF PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES
245 - Probation staff training and development.

§ 245. Probation   staff  training  and  development.  The  office  of
  probation and correctional alternatives shall conduct training  programs
  for  city,  county  and  state  probation personnel, prepare and execute
  programs of information and education to interest persons in  the  field
  of  probation as a vocation, encourage the development by schools within
  the state of courses of study in fields  related  to  and  bearing  upon
  probation   and   engage  in  other  activities  of  an  educational  or
  informational nature  designed  to  increase  the  number  of  qualified
  probation  personnel and improve the caliber of probation service within
  the state. In order to effectuate the provisions of  this  section,  the
  office of probation and correctional alternatives shall be authorized to
  prepare  and  disseminate  printed  materials,  utilize  media of public
  information, cooperate with public and private institutions of  learning
  and  employ qualified persons as lecturers or consultants on a fee basis
  to supplement services to be performed by its personnel hereunder.  Such
  fees  shall  be  payable out of funds appropriated for these purposes on
  the audit and warrant  of  the  comptroller  on  vouchers  certified  or
  approved by the office.