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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 and related material for each course. Additional expenses such as <br />meals and parking fees are not reimbursable. <br />B. Costs for required texts are eligible for one hundred percent (1001/6) reimbursement <br />subject to the following conditions: <br />1. That a duplicate of the required text(s) was unavailable for loan from the <br />departmental libraries prior to the commencement of coursework; <br />2. That any textbook(s) purchased by the City shall be submitted to the <br />employee's respective departmental library in order that such text(s) may be <br />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) with <br />a maximum of $1,500 a year. NOTE: Summer and winter sessions shall be counted <br />as separate "semesters" for purposes of the program. <br />D. Employees shall be limited, for purposes of tuition reimbursement, to a maximum of <br />two (2) collegiate level courses of not more than a total number of units which is <br />equivalent to six (6) "semester" units per semester. One (l) "quarter" unit shall equal <br />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 this <br />Article must complete an Application for Training and Educational Assistance form <br />and submit it to the Police Chief. <br />B. The Police Chief will recommend approval or disapproval and forward the <br />application to the Personnel Services 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 months after he/she has completed the course and received his/her final <br />grade, the employee must include official verification of his/her final grade with <br />appropriate receipts for tuition and textbook costs to the Personnel Services <br />Department. These will be returned to the employee upon request. Applications not <br />26 <br />25A-49