Common use of Additional Education Clause in Contracts

Additional Education. Employees shall be eligible to receive an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00)/year as reimbursement for costs of college, correspondence or other courses that benefit the City, or such costs of said college, correspondence or other courses that benefit the City not to exceed the same amount may be paid directly to the person or firm conducting same, subject to the express written approval of the Chief of Police, and subject to its being taken on other than City time or at City expense. Application for such costs reimbursements must be submitted by the employee to the City Manager for approval or disapproval prior to the beginning of said schooling. Such application shall include all relevant dates for said schooling, a description of the schooling to be taken, and the relationship of the schooling to the employee's job. If approved, said costs reimbursement will be made following the employee's submission of, both, expense receipts and documentation to the City Manager verifying that the employee has successfully completed and passed the schooling taken. In the event said schooling costs are paid in advance and directly to the person or firm conducting same and the employee should fail to successfully complete and pass said schooling, the City shall be reimbursed by the employee for all such schooling costs. The employee shall be permitted to keep all text books upon successfully completing and passing said schooling.