Policy
BOARD OF EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STAFF
LICKING COUNTY EDUCATIONAL
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REIMBURSEMENT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
1. Any *full time certificated employee,
teacher, administrator, treasurer, or tutor who earns college credit from an
approved college or university in an area of education as approved by the
superintendent in advance of taking the course and who presents evidence that
such course work has been satisfactorily completed, shall be paid at the rate
of one hundred dollars ($100) per semester hour, seventy dollars ($70) per
quarter hour (contingent on remaining funds in the pool each year); but under
no circumstances will such employee be reimbursed more than the actual cost for
tuition for the course.
* Part-time employees shall be prorated the above
reimbursement per credit. An individual may be approved to participate (if
approved by the superintendent) after hire date but before actual employment
but is subject to provisions of forfeiture if leaving employment before first
year is completed. Such individual shall
not be reimbursed before his/her first payroll receipt. This revision shall be
effective from July1, 2002.
2. Reimbursement will be made for graduate
courses which fall into one or more of
the following categories:
a. courses
which are directly related to the employee's teaching assignment,
b. courses which relate to any
certification area listed on the individual’s teaching certificate,
c. courses in
the field of education approved on IPDP,
d. courses
which deal with that teacher’s area of extra curricular employment
e. other course
work specifically approved by the Superintendent
3. The employee must receive a grade of “B” or
better, and/or if a pass/fail course receive a passing grade, to be eligible
for reimbursement.
4. Reimbursement is limited to six (6) semester
or nine (9) quarter hours per year.
Request for reimbursement must be approved by the superintendent before
the course is taken. Additional hours
may be granted by the superintendent for an employee who only has an option to
teach under the conditional certification process.
5. Course work will be reimbursed following
treasurer’s receipt of official grades or transcript.
6. An employee who does not return to the
district the following year, shall reimburse the Board for tuition
reimbursement which s/he has received for courses during his /her last year of
employment by either payment to the Board or pay reduction from remaining pays. If pay reduction, then there will be
a $3.00 service fee for doing so per pay period requested.
7. The maximum obligation of the Board for
tuition reimbursement each year shall not exceed $20,000 for FY03. Reimbursement up to this maximum shall be on
a first come, first served basis as determined by the date the request for
reimbursement is submitted to the Superintendent on appropriate forms.
Adopted:
Revised: