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H. For specifics regarding this Article, please refer to Santa Ana Police Department <br /> Training Bulletin 02-07 - Scheduling of Training Days and Travel Time <br /> Compensation. <br /> 7.3 Reimbursement. <br /> A. Reimbursement will be based on the cost of tuition or registration fees and all <br /> required texts, eBooks and related material for each course. Additional expenses <br /> such as meals and parking fees are not reimbursable. <br /> B. Costs for required texts and eBooks are eligible for one hundred percent (100%) <br /> reimbursement subject to the following conditions: <br /> 1. For textbooks: a duplicate of the required textbook(s) was unavailable for <br /> loan from the departmental libraries prior to the commencement of <br /> coursework; <br /> 2. For textbooks: any textbook(s) purchased by the City shall be submitted to <br /> the employee's respective departmental library in order that such text(s)may <br /> be made available to all employees. <br /> C. Tuition or registration costs of one hundred dollars($100.00)or less are eligible for <br /> one hundred percent(100%)reimbursement.Tuition costs in excess of one hundred <br /> dollars ($100.00) are eligible for seventy-five percent (75%) reimbursement. <br /> Maximum tuition reimbursement per semester is five hundred dollars ($500.00) <br /> with a maximum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) a year. NOTE: <br /> Summer and winter sessions shall be counted as separate "semesters" for purposes <br /> of the program. <br /> D. Employees shall be limited, for purposes of tuition reimbursement, to a maximum <br /> of two (2) collegiate level courses of not more than a total number of units which <br /> is equivalent to six (6) "semester" units per semester. One (1) "quarter" unit shall <br /> equal two-thirds(2/3) of one(1) "semester" unit. <br /> 7.4 Procedures. <br /> A. An employee who desires to seek tuition reimbursement under the provisions of <br /> this Article must complete an Application for Training and Educational Assistance <br /> form and submit it to the Police Chief. <br /> B. The Police Chief will recommend approval or disapproval and forward the <br /> application to the Human Resources Department. It is advisable that the applicant <br /> accomplish the procedures so far described prior to the inception of the course or <br /> disbursement of personal funds in order to ascertain the eligibility of the intended <br /> course of instruction for reimbursement under the provisions of this policy. <br /> C. Within three (3) months after they have completed the course and received their <br /> final grade,the employee must include official verification of their final grade with <br /> 23 <br />