Educational Courses. The Board shall pay for courses successfully completed by employees who were given prior approval, and which relate directly to their role and responsibilities within the District. The procedure to be followed is: (a) A Non-Teaching Staff Improvement Application shall be filled out and submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer for approval prior to registering for the course. (b) If the Secretary-Treasurer approves the course, and it is successfully completed, the following expenses shall be paid: (i) Course registration and/or fees, return travel, to the maximum of the return economy airfare, accommodation and per diem if the course is held elsewhere other than in the place of residence. (c) A travel/training advance of up to 75% of anticipated expenses will be pre- paid to the employee for an approved course through the Travel/Training Advance Request process. (d) If the employee does not successfully complete the course, they shall reimburse the district for all related expenses pre-paid to the employee through the Travel/Training Advance Request process. The decision as to the validity of the course requested shall be made by the Secretary Treasurer, in consultation with the employee's immediate Supervisor, the District Education staff and the CUPE Local 2052-02 executive. Only one (1) employee is eligible to be away from their regular employment at each school at one time, in order to attend an educational course unless it would be beneficial to the Board for more than one (1) person from a school to attend at the same time.
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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement