Common use of College Tuition Reimbursement Clause in Contracts

College Tuition Reimbursement. The Board shall appropriate annually a sum in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) to provide tuition reimbursement to teachers for earned college credit subject to the following conditions: A. No employee covered by this Agreement will be eligible to receive tuition reimbursement until he/she has taught in the District for one (1) year. B. The college course must be taken in education, in the area of present certification/licensure, or in any area of any certification/licensure permitted by the State Department of Education leading to a new certificate. However, no teacher will be permitted to take courses outside his/her area of certification/licensure until he/she reaches the level of BS/BA 150. C. Available moneys shall be provided to pay qualified teachers on a first- come, first-served basis. D. The teacher desiring such pay must meet with the building principal and receive approval of the building principal and Superintendent on the appropriate form (Addendum H) provided for this purpose prior to enrolling in the college course. All courses, including correspondence courses and television courses must be provided by an accredited institution in order to be approved for purposes of reimbursement. E. Eligibility is conditioned on submission of the following: (1) completion of the proper form (Addendum H) listing the number of hours of reimbursement (forms available in the Superintendent’s office); (2) transcripts of passing grades; (3) itemized record of payment; and (4) proof of payment. It is the teacher’s responsibility to submit the required information for reimbursement. F. Reimbursement will be made on a quarterly basis. All information required for tuition reimbursement shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s office on or before the last working day of the quarter – March, June, September, and December. All approved courses must be completed and the request for reimbursement received within one calendar year of the time of original approval. In cases of unusual circumstances, (pregnancy, extended illness of teacher or teacher’s immediate family member, etc.) these timelines may be waived with the approval of the Superintendent. G. The rate of tuition reimbursement shall be fifty percent (50%) of the actual tuition cost for no more than eight (8) quarter or six (6) semester hours taken between September 1st (or the start of a fall quarter/semester) and August 31st of any school year. H. Each teacher receiving pay under this section, prior to his/her receipt of such pay, shall agree that he/she will teach in this District for at least one (1) full school year following receipt of such pay. If such teacher fails to teach in the district for the required period, the amount of such pay received during the prior school year shall be deducted from said teacher’s final pay.