25 NCAC 01K .0312. ELIGIBILITY  


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  • (a)  Full‑time or part‑time employees who have a permanent appointment shall be eligible for the Academic Assistance Program.  Trainees may be determined as eligible by management after satisfactory performance for a period of not less than three months.

    (b)  Eligible Sources.  Academic courses/degrees from accredited community colleges, colleges, universities via traditional classroom, video-based, distance learning, web-based, e-learning and certain correspondence courses shall be eligible for approval.  Accreditation must be via an accrediting agency authorized by the US Department of Education or the American Council on Education/CREDIT.

    (c)  Academic courses which are audited shall be eligible for academic assistance; however, an employee may be reimbursed for the same course or course equivalent only once. 

     

History Note:        Authority G.S. 126‑4;

Eff. September 1, 1989;

Amended Eff. December 1, 2003; August 1, 1995.