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County health educator eligible for state tuition reimbursement under $25,000 contract
Summary
The committee heard that the county has a $25,000 cost-reimbursement contract with the state to cover tuition assistance for local health department employees; $10,000 is available this year and $15,000 next year, and a county health educator accepted to a TSU PhD program is seeking reimbursement.
A Williamson County public policy committee heard that the county has a cost-reimbursement contract with the state totaling $25,000 to reimburse tuition for local health department employees who enroll in qualifying public health or nursing programs.
Speaker 5 told the committee the contract runs through 2027 and will provide $10,000 in the current year and $15,000 the following year. The staff member said the money is limited to department of health employees or local health department staff and cited a current example: a health educator who has been accepted to a doctoral program at Tennessee State University has applied for reimbursement under the program.
The committee chair (Speaker 1) asked whether the funds are coming from the state; Speaker 5 confirmed the contract with the state is the funding source. Speaker 5 also noted that the contract had only recently been received by staff and that the reimbursement is specific to eligible health department employees.
No formal vote on the contract itself was recorded in the transcript during this meeting; the committee discussed implementation and eligibility details.
