Susan Mitchell, Office of Organizational Development,
MCPS
Upcounty Regional Services Center, Suite 3305
12900 Middlebrook Rd.
Germantown, Maryland 20874
301-601-0300
The application for accelerated tuition reimbursement is now available. Unit members in accelerated study programs that require completion of more than nine credits per fiscal year can apply for accelerated tuition reimbursement. Click on the link above for the application. Completed forms must be accompanied by a copy of the unit member’s Program of Studies in order to be considered for approval. For questions, please contact Susan Mitchell in the Office of Organizational Development, 301-601-0300, between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
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Please be sure that you have included your proof of grade and proof of payment with the hard copy of your tuition reimbursment request. Requests should be sent to A&S Tuition Reimbursement at OOD/URSC.
New Procedures for
MCCASP Tuition Reimbursement
NEW! Requests for Tuition Reimbursement for courses are made using PDO. Staff will be able to submit requests for reimbursement and track the progress of the request using the new online form found on the Tuition Reimbursement tab. Submission procedures can be found below.
a.A maximum of nine (9) credits will be reimbursed per fiscal
year (July 1 through June 30). Any courses starting prior to June 30 and
ending after July 1 count toward the new fiscal year’s tuition reimbursement
allotment. The nine (9) credits may be taken together in one semester or in
any semester within the fiscal year.
b.Reimbursement will be made equivalent to one-half (1⁄2)
the current cost of graduate and undergraduate in-state tuition for the
University of Maryland at College Park. NOTE: Undergraduate courses do not
count towards salary advancement.
c.Reimbursement will not be made for the cost of registration,
books, materials, and/or lab fees.
d.Reimbursement shall be for courses that will enable unit
members to continue their professional development and to maintain or
increase their skills as education professionals in their employment with
Montgomery County Public Schools.
e.Both graduate and undergraduate courses could be eligible for
reimbursement for all employee groups. Courses would continue to be
approved for reimbursement based upon the established MCAASP guidelines.
Undergraduate courses will be reimbursed at the undergraduate rate.
f.Tuition reimbursement should be provided at the end of the
course and upon receipt of the course grades and confirmation of tuition
paid. Reimbursement would be charged to the program in which unit the
person was working at the beginning of the course. For purposes of
fiscal year limits on reimbursement, a course is counted in the fiscal year
in which the coursework is completed.
g.Courses receiving a “Pass” taken on a “Pass/Fail” basis will
now receive tuition reimbursement.
h.Employees will not be reimbursed for outside courses or
training if such courses are also offered by MCPS and are available in the
same semester to the employees in that unit. Exceptions will be made
for credits that are needed as part of a degree, certificate, or professional
development program in which the employee is enrolled if the MCPS course
would not be counted and the credits would otherwise be reimbursable.
Exceptions may also be made if MCPS courses are full and unavailable.
2.COURSEWORK:
a.Courses must be from a regionally accredited college or
university.
b.Participant must receive at least a "B" in a
graduate course or a "C" in an undergraduate course to receive
reimbursement. Audited courses are not reimbursable.
