Course Reimbursement. 15.9.1 Prior approval by the Department of Accountability & Staff and School Renewal is required.
Course Reimbursement. The School Board will make every reasonable effort to provide sufficient funds to promote the advanced education of teachers. Distribution of course reimbursement funds will be as follows: July 1 - August 31 50% of funds available September 1 - January 31 25% of funds available February 1 - June 30 25% of funds available Any funds not used in any period shall be rolled over to be available for use in the next period, except funds remaining unused at the end of the last period, which shall lapse. Approval will be granted on the basis of appropriateness of course, seniority in the district, length of time since the applicant last received course reimbursement, and a limit of two courses per teacher per fiscal year. Not more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1500) shall be approved for any one teacher in any one period. If by June 1 of the school year funds remain unexpended in the course reimbursement account, teachers who have already received that maximum reimbursement in any one period may apply for additional reimbursements with those unexpended funds. Furthermore, any such teacher may at that time also apply for reimbursement from his or her allotment of workshop reimbursement funds as defined below in Section 5.13. The School Board will make every reasonable effort to meet these requests provided the funds are not needed to meet other financial obligations of the District. Deadlines for applying for course reimbursement shall be June 15 for summer courses, September 1 for fall courses, and January 15 for spring courses. In the event courses are not advertised so as to allow meeting of these deadlines and, in the discretion of the Board, for other extenuating circumstances, these deadlines may be waived by the Board. Courses may be paid by reimbursement or by purchase order at the request of the teacher. If the district has issued a purchase order, and a teacher does not successfully complete the course for any reason, the teacher shall reimburse the District the amount of the purchase order. Requests for course reimbursement or purchase orders shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of Schools.
Course Reimbursement. 1. Each teacher shall be eligible for reimbursement or pre-payment in an amount not to exceed the value of six (6) UVM graduate level credits. Teachers may seek reimbursement for course work approved by the local standards board (LSB) in accordance with mutually acceptable guidelines pertaining to the present LSB program. Reimbursement and/or pre-payment shall be made for courses or workshops approved by the Superintendent or designee. If the Superintendent disagrees with the decision of the LSB the Superintendent shall state his or her reasons in writing. The Superintendent or designee may approve undergraduate level courses for reimbursement or pre-payment in appropriate circumstances. The Superintendent may approve reimbursement for courses or workshops which are not approved for advancement across columns on the salary schedule.
Course Reimbursement. A. Teachers shall receive one thousand dollars ($1,000) per contract year (September 1 - August
Course Reimbursement. 16.5 (A) An active member who makes application shall be reimbursed eighty (80) percent of the tuition fees for a course which is related or beneficial to the Police Service on the following conditions:
Course Reimbursement. 6.5.1 The School Board shall reimburse each employee up to $1,260 per year for approved courses. In no event shall the School District expend more per year for this benefit than $15,000, plus any unencumbered professional development funds that are made available pursuant to Section 6.4.5 to supplement course reimbursement funds.
Course Reimbursement. 1. Teachers will be eligible for reimbursement for courses that will enhance the Teacher’s ability to improve student academic performance.
Course Reimbursement. (a) Teachers who elect to take, and who successfully complete, graduate (post-college) level courses with a grade of B or better, or its equivalent shall be reimbursed at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) each per course except at a rate of three hundred dollars ($300.00) each per course for courses in the areas of Speech and Hearing, Teachers of the Deaf, Industrial Arts, Special Education, Computer Science, Data- Processing, Math, Science, Bi-Lingual (only in the areas where the City provides Bi- Lingual instruction), Allied Health, Culinary Arts and others which might be approved in advance by the Board, for the tuition cost of such course or courses up to a maximum of three (3) courses in any given school year provided that the teacher has attained, prior to taking the course(s), at least the MA level as listed in Article 25, Section 1, and the Salary Schedules in Appendix A and provided that the teacher has the prior approval of the Superintendent to take, and receive reimbursement for, a course or courses. A teacher may not use any course for which he or she has requested and received reimbursement to attain advancement to a higher salary column as described in Article 25, Section 1, and the Salary Schedules in Appendix A. Courses completed after July 1, in any given year, shall be counted as having been taken during the next school year. However, with regard to courses taken in the Spring semester (from January-May) or the Summer semester (May-June 30) teachers may apply for reimbursement the following school year but said course is credited to the prior school year for purposes of determining the number of courses. This shall not affect the course reimbursement for that current school year. The maximum a person may collect at a given time is nine hundred dollars ($900.00). The reimbursement payment prescribed herein shall be paid not prior to the first week of July immediately subsequent to the date of the successful completion of the said graduate level course.
Course Reimbursement. The Board shall pay a maximum of two-thousand dollars ($2,000) per fiscal year for course reimbursement for college, adult education and/or trade classes. Reimbursement is limited to tuition, course-related fees and course related materials. Courses must relate to the functions within the plant maintenance, operations and pupil transportation departments, and may apply to promotional opportunities within and among these areas. All courses must be approved in advance by the Superintendent/Designee and the unit member must successfully complete the course to qualify for reimbursement.
Course Reimbursement. The Board will appropriate annually the sum of $5,000 for course reimbursement to be used for professional development of support staff, based upon mutually acceptable guidelines developed by and between the Superintendent and representatives of the support staff bargaining unit. The guidelines are available for viewing on the Hartford School District website.
