EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES Sample Clauses

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. The District agrees to award educational incentives in the following manner: $100 one time bonus for an employee receiving an A.A. Degree $200 one time bonus for an employee receiving a B. A. Degree $300 one time bonus for an employee receiving an M.A. Degree A District sponsored celebration will be planning annually for all unit members who earned a degree during the year.

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. 29.1 All sworn officers hired between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1995 will be eligible for educational incentive benefits only. The educational incentive benefits are: a) Sworn officers earning credit in courses approved by the Employer as job relevant at an accredited institution of higher learning with a grade of "C" or better ("P" on a "P" "N" basis) will be paid one dollar ($1.00) per credit per month. b) Sworn officers will be eligible to receive the educational incentive benefit after one year of continuous employment and such payment shall be payable in a lump sum separate check on the first pay date in December of each year. c) Sworn officers hired on or after January 1, 1996 will be eligible to receive educational incentive benefits for only those job relevant credits approved by the Employer that are not part of the required course work to obtain Peace Officer licensure (as established by Minnesota Rules, Chapter 6700 and the Minnesota P.O.S.T, Board) and/or minimum requirements for employment as a Police Officer with the City of Moorhead. d) Effective January 1, 1996, educational incentive benefits will not be paid for approved credits earned through any Employer-provided tuition reimbursement or other education-related benefit.

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. ‌ A. During the Level III internship, employees may be granted leave from their position to fill any vacant long term substitute position if they meet the qualifications of the long term substitute position. The employee may maintain health insurance and retirement benefits during the time they are in the long term substitute position which will include receiving the board’s contribution towards all benefits normally paid for regular full time employees. A long term substitute may be hired to fill the resulting vacancy by the leave. B. Paraprofessional employees who are hired as teachers will receive credit on the salary schedule for service in the Manatee County School District. One year of credit on the teacher’s salary schedule will be given for each two years of experience as a paraprofessional employee in the Manatee County School District up to a maximum of four (4) years credit on the teacher salary schedule.

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. A. Effective upon ratification of this agreement, newly-hired police recruits who have earned the following degrees at their time of hire shall receive a one-time sign-on bonus and current officers that earn a higher college degree while employed by the City of North Las Vegas will earn a one-time bonus as follows: Associate’s Degree, $1,100; Bachelor’s Degree, $2,250; Master’s Degree or higher, $3,000. B. Employees who hold the following degree as of July 1st of each fiscal year shall receive one of the following lump sum payments on the first payday in August: • Any Officer who has received an Associate degree from an accredited college or University shall receive a sum of $375.00 per year in addition to his/her annual salary. • Any Officer who has received a Bachelor degree from an accredited college or University shall receive a sum of $750.00 per year in addition to his/her annual salary. • Any Officer who has received a Master’s degree from an accredited college or University shall receive a sum of $900.00 per year in addition to his/her annual salary. • Any Officer who has received multiple degrees shall only be paid for the highest degree attained. The degree must be applicable to City Government and be approved by the Department Chief.

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. A. Upon prior written approval of the courses to be taken, the County Manager shall see that the COUNTY reimburses full tuition and required lab fees for courses taken by an employee at an accredited college or university or for correspondence courses completed from an accredited school, college or university, provided such course directly applies to the employee’s employment with the Elko County Sheriff’s Department. The cost of tuition and fees will not exceed $78.25 per credit for lower division classes or $128.00 per credit for upper division classes and is not retroactive prior to ratification and approval. The employee must receive a grade of C or better in order to receive reimbursement. Such courses shall not exceed six (6) credits per semester. B. The employee shall pay for books and all other charges. C. The employee will receive reimbursement by presenting a receipt for tuition and a copy of each semester’s grades to the County Manager’s office within sixty (60) days after the completion of each semester.

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. A. Upon prior written approval of the courses to be taken, the county manager shall see that the COUNTY reimburses full tuition and required lab fees for courses taken by an employee at an accredited college or university or for correspondence courses completed from an accredited school, college or university, provided such course directly applies to the employee’s employment with the Elko County Sheriff’s Department. The County will B. The employee shall pay for books and all other charges. C. The employee will receive reimbursement by presenting a receipt for tuition and a copy of each semester’s grades to the county manager’s office within 60 days after the completion of each semester.

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. The self-improvement program is offered to employees as an incentive to upgrading, thus encouraging employees to equip themselves for increasing responsibility within the District. Participation in the program is voluntary. At the time an employee requests an increment, any training which has not been previously approved and is over five (5) years old shall not be considered valid for increment credit.

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. Section 1 The following educational incentive reimbursement policy will apply to all Officers. Section 2 The City agrees to provide reimbursement to Officers who complete approved courses relating to their current employment, or as part of Collective Bargaining Agreement IAFF Local 2909 FY1.2 - FY14 an approved career development program, based upon the following standards. Section 3 The City shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the costs of such courses, per Officer, per fiscal year, not to exceed the total amount budgeted for the program. Once a course has been approved as , meeting the requirements set forth above, the employee shall have the option to receive reimbursement for the course up-front or after completion of the course. In either instance the Officer upon completion of the course must present proof of satisfactory completion of the course with a passing grade for pass/fail grading system courses or a grade of C or better for letter grading system courses. Section 4 Courses must be approved in advance by the Fire Chief as meeting the requirement that the course is related to the Officer's job, or as part of a career development program. Section 5 Approval of courses will be considered on the basis of relevancy of the course, number of Officers applying and funds available. Section 6 If a course is paid for in whole or in part through a Federal or State program, then the City shall not be responsible to reimburse an Officer for the amount so received, it being the intent of this provision to eliminate double payment for a course. Section 7 Officers shall be eligible to receive a career development incentive of up to $1,000 to be calculated and paid annually on the first full pay period in December of each year. Such payment shall be made following the successful completion of a program of study approved by the Fire Chief as part of an individual employee's annual career development program. Such incentive shall be calculated and paid based upon Continuing Education Units (CEU's) or, in the absence of established CEU's, the documented off-duty contact hours associated with each course (which shall exclude non-contact hours spent for overnight programs) according to the following schedule: 15 hrs but less than 30 hours $250 30 hrs but less than 45 hours $500 45 hrs but less than 60 hours $750 60 hrs or ,more $1,000 Section 8 In addition to the career development incentive provided for above, educational incentives will be paid for Officers wh...

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES. ‌‌‌ Employees who receive a prior written approval for educational courses directly related to the employee's current job or deemed to improve job skills relative to potential advancement opportunities available within the City may receive tuition reimbursement from the Employer in accordance with City policies.