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Committee
Structure:
Three management representatives: currently Fred Heisler from the
Office of Labor Relations, Angelina Matos from the Dept. of Children and
Families and Bette Jenak of the Division of Special Revenue.
Three Union representatives: currently Stan Mieldzioc (Chair), Frank
Magisano and William Boucher serve in these positions; PSEC President,
Timothy A. Scott is also a member of this committee.
The committee
meets not less than monthly - usually twice per month.
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
guidelines.
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).
Downloadable
Training and Tuition Form
(Adobe Acrobat)
Downloadable
Training and Tuition Form
(Word Document)
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