Common use of EDUCATIONAL PAY Clause in Contracts

EDUCATIONAL PAY. A. The City agrees to pay to each employee tuition reimbursement for college classes approved by the City. Reimbursement will be paid at the prevailing Public College rates for tuition, books and fees, depending upon the grade achieved (A or B or Pass=100%; C=50%; D or F or Fail=0%). The class must be completed and receipts presented. The class must be in a job related field as determined by the City. B. Employees hired after January 1, 1992 will only be eligible for tuition reimbursement as provided for in Sect. 39.9 A-2. C. Any employee hired prior to January 1, 1992 who elects Sect. 39.9 A-2 will forever forfeit the incentive pay provided for in Sect. 39.9 A-1. D. The tuition reimbursement program fund will be limited to $25,000 annually for bargaining unit employees and shall be paid in full or pro-rata depending upon bargaining unit participation. Requests for reimbursement should be submitted by June 30 of each year for the previous academic year. In those years when funding is inadequate to meet the total requests, bargaining unit employees shall be allocated funds on an equal pro-rata basis. E. It is understood that this program and the fund for payment are separate and independent of any other program or fund for tuition reimbursement offered or available to any other City employee or group of employees.