TUITION PAYMENT PLAN. Payment of tuition by the City of Fort Lauderdale for approved educational or training programs will be in conformance with the following: A. The City of Fort Lauderdale will, upon approval of the appropriate department head and the Director of Human Resources or designee, pay the tuition of regular employees for eligible educational, vocational, technical, or adult training programs. An eligible program is one that, in the judgment of the Director of Human Resources, and the appropriate department head, is directly related to the employee's current position or to a related higher position and which will improve present job performance or prepare the employee for promotion. To qualify for a tuition refund, prior written approval must be obtained from the department head and the Director of Human Resources before any class work is undertaken. B. Eligible regular employees will be entitled to a refund of tuition upon the successful completion of each approved course, based upon the following scale: Grade Refund A 100% B 75% C 50% D or Below None For an educational program, a refund shall be paid for a maximum total of 24 semester hours or 32 quarter hours in any calendar year for eligible regular employees. For a vocational, technical, or adult training program, a refund shall be paid for a maximum total of 288 classroom hours in any calendar year. If no letter grade is given by the school, either formally or informally, the refund will be based on 75% of the tuition cost for the course; however, the employee may endeavor to secure from the institution or instructor an informal letter grade if no formal letter grading system is used. For an educational program, the refund shall be based upon and shall not exceed the established credit hour rate of tuition for regular courses/programs as charged by Florida accredited public universities and colleges. Tuition reimbursement shall be offset by all scholarships or grant money received for the purpose of paying the tuition to be reimbursed by the City. Tuition costs for accelerated, executive, or weekend degree programs, even if taken at public university or college, will be reimbursed at the regular credit hour rate. For a vocational, technical, or adult training program, the refund shall be based upon and shall not exceed the established rate of tuition as charged by the School Board of Broward County, Division of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. Established rates of tuition shall be those in effect at the time the course is undertaken, regardless of the fact that the employee may be attending a private institution. C. If an employee voluntarily terminates his/her employment with the City within two (2) years after receiving tuition refund for any university or college courses; or vocational, technical or adult training programs, then the amount of tuition refund shall be immediately repaid by the employee to the City. Should an employee fail to immediately reimburse the City for the amount of such refund, the City may deduct the refund amount from any salary, wages, sick leave, vacation, or other payouts due to the employee from the City. D. Any regular employee who is approved for attendance in any eligible educational, vocational, technical, or adult training program must pay tuition costs directly to and be accepted for enrollment by an accredited educational institution. No reimbursement will be made for textbooks, tuition differential, fees, or any other expenses. An accredited institution is defined as an institution accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Other accrediting bodies may be considered and approved on an individual basis by the Director of Human Resources. For vocational, technical, or adult education training programs, a printed outline of the course work required must be provided by the school. No course work shall be performed during working hours unless the employee's department head approves use of authorized leave with pay for this purpose. E. Within thirty (30) days of the completion of approved course work, the employee shall present the original transcript notification, a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion or both to the Human Resources Department in order to be eligible for any tuition refund.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
TUITION PAYMENT PLAN. Payment of tuition by the City of Fort Lauderdale for approved educational or training programs will be in conformance with the following:
A. The City of Fort Lauderdale will, upon approval of the appropriate department head Fire Chief or designee, the City Manager and the Director of City Human Resources Director, or designeetheir respective designees, pay the tuition of regular employees for any eligible educational, vocational, technical, training or adult training programseducational program. An eligible training or educational program is one that, in the judgment of the Director of Human ResourcesResources Director, the City Manager and the appropriate department headFire Chief or designees, is directly related to the employee's ’s current position or to a related higher position and which will improve present job performance in a current position or prepare the employee which constitutes preparation for promotion. To qualify for a tuition refund, prior written approval must be obtained from the department head and the Director of Human Resources before any class work is undertakenpromotion to related higher level responsibilities.
B. Eligible regular employees Employees will be entitled to a refund of tuition upon the successful completion of each approved course, course based upon on the following scale: Grade Refund A 100% B 75% C 50% D or Below Failing (no pass) None For an educational program, a Passing Certificate 100% The refund shall be paid available for a maximum total of 24 twenty-four (24) semester hours or 32 thirty-two (32) quarter hours in any calendar one-year period for eligible regular employees. For a vocational, technical, or adult training program, a refund shall be paid The amount payable for a maximum total of 288 classroom hours in any calendar year. If no letter grade is given by the school, either formally or informally, the refund will be based on 75% of the tuition cost for the course; however, the employee may endeavor to secure from the institution or instructor an informal letter grade if no formal letter grading system is used. For an educational program, the such refund shall be based upon and shall not exceed the established credit credit-hour rate of tuition for regular courses/programs program as charged by Florida the State of Florida’s accredited public universities and collegesor colleges at the time the course is undertaken regardless of the fact that the employee may be attending a private educational institution. Tuition costs for “accelerated” or “executive” degree programs, even if taken at a public university or college, will be reimbursed at the regular credit hour rate. Tuition reimbursement shall be offset by all scholarships or grant money received for the purpose of paying the tuition to be reimbursed by the City. Tuition costs for accelerated, executive, or weekend degree programs, even if taken at public university or college, will be reimbursed at the regular credit hour rate. For a vocational, technical, or adult training program, the refund shall be based upon and shall not exceed the established rate of tuition as charged by the School Board of Broward County, Division of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. Established rates of tuition shall be those in effect at the time the course is undertaken, regardless of the fact that the employee may be attending a private institution.
C. If For all classes enrolled in prior to June 16, 2015, if an employee voluntarily terminates his/her employment with the City of Fort Lauderdale within two one (21) years year after receiving tuition refund for any university or college courses; or vocational, technical or adult training programs, program then the amount of tuition refund paid by the City shall be immediately repaid by the such employee to the CityCity immediately. Should an such employee fail to immediately reimburse the City for the amount of such refund, the City may deduct the amount of any such refund amount from any salary, wages, sick leave, vacationvacation leave, or any other payouts due to the employee from the City. For all courses enrolled in subsequent to June 16, 2015, if an employee voluntarily terminates his/her employment with the City of Fort Lauderdale within two (2) years after receiving tuition refund for any university or college courses at the undergraduate and/or graduate level or completion of any eligible educational or training program/course, then the amount of that tuition refund paid by the City shall be immediately repaid by such employee to the City. If an employee voluntarily terminates his/her employment with the City of Fort Lauderdale within six (6) years at the post-graduate (doctorate) level, then the amount of that tuition refund paid by the City shall be immediately repaid by such employee to the City. Should such employee fail to immediately reimburse or repay the City for the amount of such refund, the City may deduct the amount of any such refund from any salary, wages, sick leave, vacation leave, or any other payouts due to the employee from the City.
D. Any regular employee who is approved for attendance in any eligible educational, vocational, technical, educational or adult training program must pay tuition costs directly to and be accepted for enrollment by an accredited educational institution. No reimbursement will be made for textbooks, fees, tuition differential, fees, or any other expenses. An accredited institution is defined as an institution accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Other accrediting bodies may be considered and approved on an individual basis by the Director of Human Resources. For vocational, technical, or adult education training programs, a printed outline of the course work required must be provided by the school. No course work shall be performed during working hours unless approved by the employee's department head approves use of authorized Fire Chief or designee. In such event, course work performed during working hours shall be deducted from accumulated annual leave with pay for this purposetime.
E. Within thirty (30) days of the completion of approved course work, the employee shall present the original transcript notification, a Certificate certificate of Satisfactory Completion satisfactory completion, or both to the Human Resources Department in order to be eligible for any tuition refundrefund to which such employee may be entitled. The City will issue all tuition refunds within ninety (90) days of the date the employee presents the necessary documentation to the Human Resources Department.
F. In order to be considered for tuition reimbursement, all course work subject to the tuition reimbursement program must be approved prior to the beginning of the class by the Fire Chief and Human Resources Director, or their designee. 5 to 9 years $1,050.00 10 to 14 years 1,600.00 15 to 19 years 2,150.00 20 to 24 years 2,700.00 25 or more years 3,250.00
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TUITION PAYMENT PLAN. Payment of tuition by the City of Fort Lauderdale for approved educational or training programs will be in conformance with the following:
A. The City of Fort Lauderdale will, upon approval of the appropriate department head and the Director of Human Resources or designee, pay the tuition of regular employees for eligible educational, vocational, technical, or adult training programs. An eligible program is one that, in the judgment of the Director of Human Resources, and the appropriate department head, is directly related to the employee's current position or to a related higher position and which will improve present job performance or prepare the employee for promotion. To qualify for a tuition refund, prior written approval must be obtained from the department head and the Director of Human Resources before any class work is undertaken.
B. Eligible regular employees will be entitled to a refund of tuition upon the successful completion of each approved course, based upon the following scale: Grade Refund A 100% B 75% C 50% D or Below None For an educational program, a refund shall be paid for a maximum total of 24 semester hours or 32 quarter hours in any calendar year for eligible regular employees. For a vocational, technical, or adult training program, a refund shall be paid for a maximum total of 288 classroom hours in any calendar year. If no letter grade is given by the school, either formally or informally, the refund will be based on 75% of the tuition cost for the course; however, the employee may endeavor to secure from the institution or instructor an informal letter grade if no formal letter grading system is used. For an educational program, the refund shall be based upon and shall not exceed the established credit hour rate of tuition for regular courses/programs as charged by Florida accredited public universities and colleges. Tuition reimbursement Money received from grants or scholarships shall not be offset by all scholarships or grant money received for the purpose of paying the tuition to be reimbursed by the Cityreimbursable. Tuition costs for accelerated, executive, or weekend degree programs, even if taken at public university or college, will be reimbursed at the regular credit hour rate. For a vocational, technical, or adult training program, the refund shall be based upon and shall not exceed the established rate of tuition as charged by the School Board of Broward County, Division of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. Established rates of tuition shall be those in effect at the time the course is undertaken, regardless of the fact that the employee may be attending a private institution.
C. If an employee voluntarily terminates his/her employment with the City within two (2) years after receiving tuition refund for any university or college courses; or vocational, technical or adult training programs, then the amount of tuition refund shall be immediately repaid by the employee to the City. Should an employee fail to immediately reimburse the City for the amount of such refund, the City may deduct the refund amount from any salary, or wages, sick leave, vacation, or other payouts due to the employee from the City.
D. Any regular employee who is approved for attendance in any eligible educational, vocational, technical, or adult training program must pay tuition costs directly to and be accepted for enrollment by an accredited educational institution. No reimbursement will be made for textbooks, tuition differential, fees, or any other expenses. An accredited institution is defined as an institution accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Other accrediting bodies may be considered and approved on an individual basis by the Director of Human Resources. For vocational, technical, or adult education training programs, a printed outline of the course work required must be provided by the school. No course work shall be performed during working hours unless the employee's department head approves use of authorized leave with pay for this purpose.
E. Within thirty (30) days of the completion of approved course work, the employee shall present the original transcript notification, a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion or both to the Human Resources Department in order to be eligible for any tuition refund.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
