Educational Incentive Program

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Educational Incentive Program

• Investing in your career!

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BENEFITS

• Tuition Waiver
• Full Time Employees
• Faculty
• Professional Exempt Contractual
• Professional Exempt Non-Contractual and Support
  Non- Exempt
• Dependents
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Full Time Employees
• Faculty
• Professional Exempt Contractual
• Professional Exempt Non-Contractual and Support
  Non-Exempt

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TUITION WAIVER- eligibility

• Faculty
• 90 days
• 6 credits maximum per semester

• PEC
• 6 Months
• 8 credits maximum per semester

• PENC SNE
• 6 Months
• 8 credits maximum per semester

• Semesters
• Fall
• Spring
• Summer AB
• (combined)

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DEPENDENT WAIVER- eligibility

• Faculty
• 90 days
• PEC, PENC SNE
• 6 months

Unlimited amount of credits
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TUITION WAIVER -procedures
Obtain tuition waiver forms from the Human
Resources online forms link

• Employee
• Fill out form
• Requires supervisor signature
• Dependent
• Employee signature
• Dependent information

Submit your completed forms to your Financial Aid
office at your campus location
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TUITION REIMBURSEMENT

• FACULTY
• PROFESSIONAL EXEMPT CONTRACTUAL
• PROFESSIONAL EXEMPT NON-CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT
  NON-EXEMPT

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REIMBURSEMENT - eligibility

• Faculty
• 90 days
• Graduate Courses

• PENC SNE
• 2 years
• Undergraduate
• Graduate Courses

• PEC
• 2 years
• Graduate Courses

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REIMBURSEMENT-eligibility

• All courses taken must be completed at a
  Regionally accredited college/university
• Classes offered at MDC are not eligible for
  reimbursement.

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REIMBURSEMENT - eligibility

• Faculty
• Maximum eight (8) credits per Semester
• (Fall, Spring, Summer A B)
• 227.10 / per credit
• Reimbursed at FL state rate (FIU or FAU)

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REIMBURSEMENT - eligibility

• Professional Exempt Contractual
• Maximum eight (8) credits per semester
• 227.10 / per credit
• Reimbursed at Florida State rate (FIU)

• Professional Exempt
• Maximum eight (8) credits per semester
• Reimbursed at Florida State rate (FIU)

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REIMBURSEMENT - procedures

• Before start of class
• Complete Tuition Reimbursement form
• including supervisors signature. Forms
  are available online at
• Faculty www3.mdcc.edu/hr/Benefits/educationalince
  ntiveprograms/TuitionReimbursementforFaculty.pdf
• Professional Exempt Contractual
  www3.mdcc.edu/hr/Benefits/educationalincentiveprog
  rams/tuitionreimbursementprostaff.htm
• Professional Exempt Non-Contractual and Support
  Non-Exempt http//www3.mdcc.edu/hr/OnlineForm
  s/tuitionreimbursementstaff.htm
• Attach a copy of paid receipt reflecting a zero
  balance
• Attach copy of class schedule

Send to HR/ Benefits Attn Tuition
Reimbursement Kendall Campus
Copy of form will be sent back with HR approval
signature
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REIMBURSEMENT - procedures
FIU RATES Aug. 2004 - Jul. 2006 FIU RATES Aug. 2004 - Jul. 2006 FIU RATES Aug. 2004 - Jul. 2006 FAU RATES Aug. 2004 - Jul. 2005 FAU RATES Aug. 2004 - Jul. 2005 FAU RATES Aug. 2004 - Jul. 2005
Credit Hours Under Graduate Graduate Credit Hours Under Graduate Graduate
1 97.12 227.10 1 68.16 191.04
2 194.24 454.20 2 136.32 382.08
3 291.36 681.30 3 204.48 573.12
4 388.48 908.40 4 272.64 764.16
5 485.60 1,135.50 5 340.80 955.20
6 582.72 1,362.60 6 408.96 1,146.24
7 679.84 1,589.70 7 477.12 1,337.28
8 776.96 1,816.80 8 545.28 1,528.32
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REIMBURSEMENT - procedures

• After completion of class
• Send copy of official transcript

Send to HR/ Benefits Attn
Tuition Reimbursement Kendall Campus
Upon receipt of the required documents the check
for this non-taxable benefit will be processed
within 30 business days and mailed to your home
address (make sure your address is updated)
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FIU Tuition Scholarship Program

• Available for Faculty Professional
  Exempt Contractual
• Eligibility
• Pursuing Ph. D and Ed. D degrees at FIU
• Degree must be in a field related to the
  individuals professional development
• Maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above
• The program provides a tuition reduction from
  170.63 to 100 per credit.
• The amount reimbursed by HR is reduced due to
  Doctoral Program.
• Program began Summer 2004. For more details
  contact Norma Goonen for Faculty Initiatives at
  extension 7-3803

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Steps after Degree completion

• request original transcripts in sealed envelope
• have supervisor complete RPA for education
  incentive
• attach sealed envelope with RPA
• send information to
• Send to HR/ Compensation
• Attn Degree Completion
• Kendall Campus

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Denise MacIntosh 7-2175 dmacinto_at_mdc.edu
Maria Hathaway 7-2046 mhathawa_at_mdc.edu