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ARTICLE VII <br />7.0 TRAINING & EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM <br />7.1 Purpose. <br />A. To encourage the employees of the City of Santa Ana to take college courses and <br />special training courses which will better enable them to perform their present <br />duties and prepare them for increased responsibilities. <br />B. To provide financial assistance to eligible employees for education and training. <br />C. To establish eligibility requirements, conditions and procedures whereby such <br />assistance may be provided. <br />7.2 Eligibility. <br />A. Applications for tuition reimbursement will be considered only from full-time, <br />permanent City employees who have completed probation. <br />B. Employees receiving financial assistance from other sources such as the G.I. Bill, <br />scholarships, etc. shall be eligible for reimbursement, subject to Section 7.3 C, in <br />an amount not to exceed the difference between the cost of tuition and the amount <br />of the other financial assistance received. <br />C. Applications will be approved only for courses directly related to the employee's <br />job or directly related to a promotional position in the employee's occupational <br />specialty. <br />D. Courses not ostensibly related to the employee's job, but which are required to <br />qualify for a degree that is directly related to his or her job, may be reimbursable <br />only after all required occupationally related courses have been completed. <br />E. Prior to receiving tuition reimbursement, employees must submit documentary <br />proof of having received a grade of not less than "C" for the course. If objective <br />ratings are not rendered for a specific course, then a certificate of successful <br />completion must be submitted. <br />P. Approval will be limited to courses given by accredited colleges and universities, <br />city colleges or adult education courses under the sponsorship of a Board of <br />Education. Workshops, seminars, conferences and similar activities not <br />identifiable as a formal course of instruction within the curriculum of a recognized <br />educational institution, do not fall within the purview of this program bort may be <br />authorized and funded by the interested department without coordination with the <br />Personnel Services Department. <br />31 <br />25B-33 <br />