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Committee Structure:
Three management representatives: currently Fred Heisler from
the Office of Labor Relations, Fred Cratty of WCSU and Jeanne Gavey
of DCF.
Three Union representatives: currently Stan Mieldzioc (Chair), Frank
Magisano and William Boucher serve in these positions.
The
committee meets not less than monthly - usually twice per month.
Visit the 'Event Calendar' to see
when they next meet.
A
majority must approve any application in order to carry. In
the event of a tie, the Protective Services President breaks the
tie.
Funding:
The committee operates on a fiscal year calendar. Annual funding is
$75,000.00. A maximum of $5,000.00 may be carried over form a
prior fiscal year if not spent.
Process:
1. Employees will file an application form for tuition reimbursement
with their agency's tuition reimbursement officer at least two weeks
prior to the start of the courses. A copy of the application
indication course, cost information, and expected completion date
shall be forwarded to the Protective Services Education and Training
Committee. This will allow the committee to project
anticipated expenditures for the fiscal year. The application
should include all necessary information about the course to be
taken, including the course title, course number, scheduled semester
start and end dates, itemized cost of tuition lab fees and books,
and the amount of any grants or scholarships received.
Receipts documenting this information should be attached to the
application. Information about work schedule should be
included.
2.
Employees will notify agency tuition officers during the semester if
any changes in status occur. This includes adds, drops,
withdrawals, incompletes, etc.
3. At
the end of the course, employees will provide proof of successful
completion of the course(s). The college's grade report or
transcript may be used for this purpose. Employees are
cautioned that the application with all required documents must
reach the committee within ninety days of the end of the semester to
be considered.
4. All
applications are subject to available funding at the time the
complete application package is received by the committee.
When current fiscal year funds are depleted, no additional
applications shall be considered.
5. The
request for payment will be submitted on the form CO-17 XP or CO-17
XP-R and forwarded to the agency tuition reimbursement officer with
the grade report. The agency will submit the approved
application and documentation to the comptroller's office for
payment.
NOTE:
The funding limits have been increased effective July 01, 2004.
The new reimbursement changes are denoted below in
red bold
underlined text.
Reimbursement:
Training
Training is at 100% of actual cost, including related expenses,
subject to restrictions set forth in the Training Committee
Guidelines.
Training
Committee Guidelines:
1. The training
portion limit is
$1700.00
per
person/fiscal year.
2.
Annual overtime allotment is $800.00 per year.
3. No
training courses outside of the United States is funded.
4. In
New England (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont,
Maine, and New Hampshire) 100% coverage for course fees, lodging
mileage, and meals as per
contractual guideline.
5.
Effective July 01, 2004, the travel portion of expenses outside New
England will be covered up to a
maximum of
$200.00,
this includes rental cars and mileage.
6.
Effective July 01, 2004, the tuition portion
(any classes leading to a degree) only of the reimbursement
allotment has been increased from
$1,500 to
$2,000
per
person, per fiscal year.
Reimbursement:
Tuition
The Protective Services Education and Training Committee will
approve reimbursement of 75% of the cost, up to $2000.00 per person,
per fiscal year, for tuition, laboratory fees and books, for
coursework credit which leads to a degree completed at an accredited
college or university
(see Article 10 of the Contract).
Online courses are not reimbursable at this time.
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