Required Approval/Criteria. The course of study is to be approved by the Fire Chief and the Mayor prior to the employee's enrollment in the course. The courses of study shall be limited to those which have a relationship to an employee's work or those which tend to prepare an employee to upgrade to another position on the Fire Department. It is not the intent of the City to provide educational assistance for courses unrelated to the fire service or those courses which provide a general education towards an academic degree in another field.