Common use of Reimbursement for Tuition and Conferences Clause in Contracts

Reimbursement for Tuition and Conferences. 17.1 The Board shall reimburse tuition to employees holding professional certificates based on the following conditions: (A) Funds appropriated for the line item(s) for tuition reimbursement are available and have not been expended. (B) Coursework eligible for tuition reimbursement must be applicable toward obtaining or renewing a professional certificate. Coursework taken beyond the Master’s Degree in a pre-approved doctoral program will be eligible for tuition reimbursement up to a maximum of forty-five (45) semester hours of credit. (C) Graduate coursework will be reimbursed for the actual cost of tuition up to a maximum of $300 per semester hour of credit. (D) Undergraduate coursework, when applicable toward obtaining or renewing a professional certificate, will be reimbursed for the actual cost of tuition up to a maximum of $75 per semester hour of credit. (E) No professionally certificated employee will be reimbursed for more than twelve (12) semester hours of credit per fiscal year. (F) A grade of “C” or better must be achieved. (G) In order to be reimbursed, the employee must return for the subsequent full semester of professional experience. If the employee does not return for the subsequent semester, deductions will be withheld from accrued salary if available. Otherwise, the employee will be responsible for returning any reimbursed funds. (H) In order to receive reimbursement for summer coursework, the employee must have been professionally employed by Harford County Public Schools the previous spring. (I) Professionally certificated employees receiving scholarships, grants, etc., will be eligible for reimbursement if the tuition cost exceeds the scholarship. In such cases, the Board will reimburse the difference between the scholarship and the amount that would have otherwise been reimbursed. 17.2 The Board shall reimburse tuition to employees holding a Provisional/Conditional Certificate based on the following conditions: (A) The employee must be seeking initial certification. Payments will not be made to an employee who has allowed his or her professional certificate to lapse. (B) Funds appropriated for the line item(s) for tuition reimbursement are available and have not been expended. (C) Coursework eligible for tuition reimbursement must be applicable toward obtaining a professional certificate. (D) Graduate coursework will be reimbursed for the actual cost of tuition up to a maximum of $300 per semester hour of credit. (E) Undergraduate coursework, when applicable toward certification, will be reimbursed for the actual cost of tuition up to a maximum of $75 per semester hour of credit. (F) No employee will be reimbursed for more than twelve (12) credits per fiscal year. (G) A grade of “C” or better must be achieved. (H) In order to be reimbursed, the employee must return for the subsequent full semester of professional experience. If the employee does not return for the subsequent semester, deductions will be withheld from accrued salary if available. Otherwise, the employee will be responsible for returning any reimbursed funds. (I) Certificated employees receiving scholarships, grants, etc., will be eligible for reimbursement if the tuition cost exceeds the scholarship. In such cases, the Board will reimburse the difference between the scholarship and the amount that would have otherwise been reimbursed. 17.3 Any tenured classroom teacher who is assigned by the Human Resources Department for the convenience of the Board to a teaching field requiring a certificate other than the one he or she holds, will be reimbursed 100 percent of the tuition costs for certification in the new field.