collective bargaining agreement tiffin city school distrjct board of ...

3: Failure to retire immediately following the school year in which the teacher first
became eligible to retire will make the teacher ineligible to receive the retirement
stipend or severance bonus.
0. Tuition Reimbursement
1. Reimbursement Limits:
a. The Board will provide Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($ l 5,000) from the
general fund for the purpose of tuition reimbursement.
b. Reimbursement of course work shall be by the following formula:
See Ia
total # of paid hours
to be reimbursed
total reimbursement per person not to
. exceed two hundred sixty dollars ($260)
per semester hour or one hundred seventy
dollars ($170) per quarter hour
c. Hourly rate of reimbursement will not exceed actual hourly cost. If the
employee has received or will receive compensation of any sort from any
source for taking a course, reimbursement will not exceed the difference
between the actual hourly cost and such compensation; if such
compensation exceeds the actual hourly cost, no reimbursement shall
apply.
2. Conditions:
a. Courses that qualify for reimbursement are as follows:
I) Courses in staff member's undergraduate major
2) Courses in staff member's undergraduate minor
3) Courses in staff member's teaching field (area of
certification/licensure) or the member's teaching assignment or
that aligns with the District's Continuous Improvement Plan or that
aligns with the member's building Continuous Improvement Plan
4) Courses in staff member's post graduate program that lead to
ODE-approved educator/licensure (including school administrator)
b. All courses must be approved by the Superintendent/designee ·prior to
official enrollment in the course.
c. Reimbursement for courses with a starting date between July I and June
30 of any fiscal year will be paid by the end of the following September if
the employee has returned to service in the District. To be reimbursed
employees must present a registration fee receipt and evidence of
successful completion by the college/university to the Treasurer by
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