Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Policy
statement. The university is committed to employment practices that promote the
health and welfare of its employees. Through its various fringe benefits
packages, it offers employees incentives to pursue additional education; to
take advantage of events, activities and performances offered; and to otherwise
enhance each employee's standard of living. University employees who are in a
bargaining unit should refer to their collective bargaining agreement for
information regarding eligibility for continuing education fee
remission.
(B) Continuing education
fee remission eligibility. Full-time and three-quarter part-time employees
shall be entitled to instructional fee remission twice per calendar year for
non-credit continuing education courses offered through the university's metro
college.
(C) Parameters.
(1) An eligible employee's spouse and
dependent children shall each be entitled to instructional fee remission once
per calendar year for such non-credit continuing education courses, provided
there is an enrollment slot available above and beyond the enrollment level
required to fund the course.
(2)
Charges for materials, facilities, texts, and consumable or other
non-instructional items are the responsibility of the enrollee and shall be
payable at the time of registration.
(3) The responsibility for making a
determination regarding the required enrollment level in any given course rests
with the university.
(D)
Procedures.
(1) Eligible employees or
dependents are required to make application in advance of enrollment on a form
provided by the Metro college office of university outreach and in accordance
with established deadlines.
(2)
Enrollment in classes is restricted to times that do not interfere with the
performance of an employee's assigned duties and responsibilities. Supervisors
may make exceptions to this restriction provided that there is no adverse
impact on the operational needs of the work unit and arrangements have been
made for the employee to make up any missed work time. An employee wishing to
enroll in a non-credit continuing education class that is offered during their
normal work hours must initiate a discussion and obtain approval of the matter
from their appropriate academic department chairperson or department/unit
supervisor well in advance of the class registration period.
(3) If the discussion results in a decision
that such enrollment will not interfere with the performance of assigned duties
and responsibilities, the employee may proceed to register for the class. The
employee and supervisor shall come to a written understanding as to how the
employee will attend class and work his/her required number of hours.
(4) In addition to the registration form,
employees are required to complete a Metro college employee remission form and
forward it with the registration form. Employee remission forms are available
on the Metro college website: http://web.ysu.edu/metro/.
