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Tuition Reimbursement

This reimbursement is contingent on annual board approval and has not yet been authorized for the 2024-25 school year. A notification will be included in the Human Resources newsletter once approval is granted. Submissions will not be accepted until board approval has been given.

Further details will be provided in Spring 2025.

Download Tuition Reimbursement Form

Qualifications

  1. Licensed employees are eligible to apply for tuition reimbursement.
  2. In order to be eligible for tuition reimbursement, a licensed employee must have been effective or highly effective at the time of their final evaluation rating. Any teacher who is on an improvement plan or a salary freeze due to being deemed as ineffective is not eligible.

Application Guidelines

  1. Application for reimbursement must be made to Human Resources on or before June 1. Applications will be reviewed and determined if qualifications for reimbursement have been met. Reimbursement payments will be made in June of the current fiscal year. Applications for reimbursement must include the following:
    1. A completed application for each course for which you are requesting reimbursement. (If requesting reimbursement for two courses, please complete two forms.)
    2. Proof of payment (receipt) - showing the total tuition amount paid the college/university per class - must be an official university receipt
    3. Proof of completion-Official Transcript
  2. Eligible coursework is only for the current school year/hiring year (Summer 2024/Fall 2024/Spring 2025 Semester).
  3. Tuition reimbursement can only be applied to the tuition and fees for:
    • graduate level courses only
    • professional development college classes
    • No more than $1,000 will be reimbursed to any one employee for any one budget (fiscal) year (July 1 - June 30).
    • Should the request for total reimbursement be greater than the dollars designated by the Board of Education; the dollar amount available for reimbursement per individual will be pro-rated accordingly.
  4. All incomplete applications will be denied.
  5. All submissions must be legible and converted into a PDF format.
  6. Email all submissions and attachments to Denise.Absalom@tsd.org with the subject line Tuition Reimbursement.

Submit Paperwork

You must submit all paperwork as a pdf or scanned copy. The form itself is a fillable pdf. Please download the form to your computer, complete the form and then save it to your computer. Then, in an email, attach the completed form, your receipt for tuition (showing payment for the class was completed), and a copy of your official transcript for the class. Send this email to Denise.Absalom@tsd.org