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Payment of tuition by the City of Fort Lauderdale for approved educational or training programs will be in conformance with the following:
Section 1. The City of Fort Lauderdale will, upon approval of the Police Chief, the City Manager, and the City Personnel Director, pay the tuition of regular employees for any eligible training or educational program/course. An eligible training or educational program/course is one that, in the judgment of the Personnel Director, the City
Manager, and the Police Chief, is directly related to the employee's current position or to a related higher position, and which will improve performance in a current position or which constitutes preparation for promotion to related higher level responsibilities.
Section 2. Employees will be entitled to a refund of tuition upon the successful completion of each approved course based on the following scale.
Grade Refund
A 100%
B 75% D or Below None
The refund shall be available for a maximum total of twenty-four (24) semester hours or thirty-two (32) quarter hours in any one (1) year period for eligible regular employees. The amount payable for such refund shall be based upon and shall not exceed the established credit-hour rate of tuition for regular courses/programs as charged by the State of Florida's public universities or colleges at the time the course is undertaken, regardless of the fact that the employee may be attending a private educational institution. Tuition costs for “accelerated” or “executive” degree programs, even if taken at public university or college, will be reimbursed at the regular credit hour rate.
Section 3. If an employee voluntarily terminates his/her employment with the City of Fort Lauderdale within one (1) year after receiving tuition refund for any university or college courses or completion of any eligible educational or training program/course, then the amount of tuition refund paid by the City shall be repaid by such employee to the City immediately. Should such employee fail to immediately reimburse the City for the amount of such refund, the City may deduct the amount of any such refund from any salary or wages due to the employee from the City.
Section 4. In order to be considered for tuition reimbursement, all course work subject to the tuition reimbursement program must be approved prior to the beginning of the class by the Police Chief and the Personnel Director or designee. Any regular employee who is approved for attendance in any eligible educational or training program/course must pay tuition costs directly to, and be accepted for enrollment by, an accredited educational institution. No reimbursement will be made for textbooks, lab fees, or any other expenses. No coursework shall be performed during working hours unless approved by the employee's department head. In such event, coursework performed during working hours shall be deducted from accumulated annual leave time.
Section 5. Within thirty (30) days of the completion of approved course work, the Employee shall present the original transcript notification thereof to the Human Resources Division in order to be eligible for any tuition refund to which such employee may be entitled. |
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