(a) The City shall reimburse tuition costs for courses taken at an educationally accredited college or university by full-time employees. Part-time employees shall receive reimbursement on a pro rated basis based upon actual hours worked the preceding year. Such course work must be job-related, or degree-related where the degree relates to City employment. Courses or degrees must either be directly related to the employee's current job or directly related to an obvious career path. The determination of job relatedness or career path relatedness shall be made by the Department of Human Resources. To be directly related to an obvious career path the course work must be within the same work series (e.g. clerical-office, supervisory-management, professional- management).
The determination of job-relatedness or degree-relatedness must be sought prior to enrolling by submitting a description of the course and where appropriate, the degree requirements, to the employee's Division Head. Thereafter the course work must be approved by the Department Head and finally by the Director of Human Resources.
(b) The City shall reimburse the cost of tuition and general fees only, for not more than ten (10) credit hours per quarter/semester. Reimbursement shall be limited to tuition levels charged by the University of Toledo. These costs will be reimbursed upon the documentation of a "C" or 2.0 grade or better (4.0 scale).
(c) Non-accredited schools will be included, if job related.
(d) If licensure or certification is a requirement of the classification held by an employee, or an employee desires to obtain additional licensure or certification relevant to his or her classification, the City shall pay the employee's licensing or certification expenses. The Department Head shall determine the relevancy of any additional licensure or certification sought. Expense of additional licensure or certification must be approved by the Department Head.
(e) Employees who resign or are terminated for cause from the City's employment and who have been reimbursed for tuition costs within five (5) years preceding the date of resignation must re-pay the City of Toledo for the entire cost of any reimbursement paid to them, upon the date of resignation.
(Ord. 279-14. Passed 9-9-14.)