Rule 3358:5-5-17 | Tuition assistance program policy.
(A) The college encourages employees to pursue professional development in order to obtain competencies that support the growth and enrichment of both the employee and the college. In order to enhance and promote such skill development, the college provides a tuition assistance program to eligible employees. The program availability is contingent upon the college's financial resources.
(B) This policy includes:
(1) Tuition reimbursement program The college provides financial assistance to eligible employees who seek to further their education through coursework at an accredited educational institution. (All educational institutions must be properly accredited by the higher learning commission of North Central association or other regional accrediting associations having jurisdiction).
The tuition reimbursement program applies to full-time exempt staff, full-time non-exempt staff and full-time faculty.
(2) Institutional fee benefit program The college provides a tuition scholarship (instructional and general fees) for employees and eligible family members who seek to further their education through coursework taken at Clark state college.
The institutional fee benefit applies to full-time exempt staff, full-time non-exempt staff, full-time faculty and their spouses and dependent childred up to age twenty-six. This benefit also applies to adjunct faculty, who must have taught at lease one semester; the couse taken must be approved by the division dean; and the adjunct can only enroll in one course during the term they are assigned to teach. Adjunct faculty spouses and dependent children are not eligible for this program.
(C) Tuition reimbursement is subject to repayment to the college under certain conditions as identified in the associated procedures.
(D) Advanced degree pay adjustment
Upon presentation of evidence that an eligible employee has earned a degree subsequent to employment by Clark state college from an institution of higher education whose degree has been recognized by a regional accrediting association, an amount according to the following schedule will be added to the employee's base salary:
| Degree | Amount added tobase salary |
| Doctoraldegree | $900.00 |
| Master's degree | $500.00 |
| Bachelor's degree | $375.00 |
| Associate's degree | $250.00 |
This policy shall be administered as set forth in the associated tuition assistance program procedures.
(E) Human resources is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the tuition assistance program.
Last updated May 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Supplemental Information
Amplifies: 3358
Prior Effective Dates: 10/4/1982, 10/14/1984, 1/1/1997, 1/1/1998, 7/1/1998, 6/1/1999, 6/17/2001, 9/27/2002, 1/1/2004, 7/13/2012, 3/27/2015, 10/30/2015, 5/8/2017, 6/27/2019, 2/20/2024