The Human Resources Department is pleased to announce the continuation of the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for fiscal year 2010. The City realizes that the tuition assistance program provides an excellent benefit to our employees. We are dedicated to providing assistance to our employees in their endeavor to become highly educated, high performing individuals. Advanced degrees generally produce increased knowledge, skill and capabilities which make an employee more productive and capable of performing at a higher level. Working together, we can ensure that the City of El Paso is a high performing, customer oriented organization.

Continuing this benefit to employees requires changes to the current program as listed below:

 

·The Tuition Assistance Program will advance or reimburse 80% of the tuition and/or registration fees for the first course and 60% of all subsequent coursed taken during the fiscal year. The percentage is based on the cost to attend our local public university or college.
 

·Certificate and licensing courses will be advanced or reimbursed at the total cost of the course, up to a maximum of $1000 per employee each fiscal year.
 

·Total employee assistance per fiscal year, may not exceed the amount of
advancement/reimbursement for five (5) academic courses (15 credit hours).
 

·The TAP Committee reserves the right to suspend or restrict tuition assistance based upon the availability of funds.
 

·The TAP Committee may reduce the number of credit hours/classes and percentage rates at any time should the assistance exceed the availability of funds.

 

In order to closely monitor the tuition assistance funds, it was essential to incorporate the following procedure:

 

·A “course approval” form is required prior to each request
 

·Request for advance payment/reimbursement must be submitted at least 15 days prior to the start of the course(s). 

 

Forms are available in the Human Resources department Organizational Development section and online in City Forms. You are encouraged to review the Tuition Assistance Program policy to become familiar with the changes stated above as well as the policy in its entirety. If you have any questions concerning this policy, e-mail “Organizational Development”.