Reimbursement Guidelines <br />. . <br />The amount of asses Lance received ~s determined by availab~l~ty of budgeted funds. The City may . . reimburse.the cost of tuition relative to the fallowing guidelines: <br />~ . <br />• A course directly related to the, current job function of the employee maybe reimbursed up to 14D% of the tuition costs, <br />• A course tied to a formal Ci careerdevelo menu Ian that is on file in Human Resources tY p p E E maybe reimbursed up to 50% of the tuition costs, ~ . <br />E <br />~ Courses of interest which do not directly affect necessary job skills, but which may improve <br />the overall contribution of an.employee to the City maybe reimbursed up to 50% of the <br />tuition costs. <br />. No duplication of reimbursement will be, made, if the employee is receiving assistance through other <br />means, scholarship, grant, fellowship, GI Bill or other government assistance. <br /> <br />I E ~ Costs Covered <br />E f <br />The City will only reimburse the~employee for charges per credit hour of the class. If an employee plans <br />to enroll in a degree program and the cost of the program is expressed as a lump sum, the <br />supervisor/manager should determine the number of credit hogs that meet the reimbursement . <br />guidelines. Use this percentage to prorate the reimbursement of the total program cast. Additional <br />char es for incidental~fees books or~su ~ lies are the res onsibilit of the em Io ee. g ~ pp P Y pY <br />when Does the ~r an~zat~on Pa <br />Reimbursement will be made to the ernployee~once the educational reimbursement form, copies of the <br />receipt for; course credit casts anal grade card.establishing successful completion of the course have <br />been submitted. ~ Successful completion. means: for graded classes the employee must pass the course <br />with a "C" ar better for undergraduate courses and a "B" or better for graduate level courses, for a~ pass, <br />no pass classes, the employee must pass the class, <br />Service Cammitment~ <br />Employees must still be~employed by the organization upon completion of the course. The employee <br />must wank one year after receiving the last educational. assistance payment or refund 5Q%~~of the <br />~i~~~~t~~-e~e~t -#~-oh~e~' ~ c~ to~h~e-o~g~rti~a . <br />employee loses Cityemployment due to a reduction in the workforce, the refund may be waived. <br />See "Request for Education Aid" Form ~on~t.h.e fal~lovuing page. <br /> <br />. - . . <br /> <br />. , ~ ~ ~ Page 7 of 10 <br />. <br />y <br />. . . . . . . . . . . - - <br />