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Board approves staff-handbook updates: 20-hour benefit threshold and 50% tuition reimbursement cap
Summary
The board approved staff-handbook edits including a clarified eligibility threshold of 20 hours/week for certain benefits and a tuition reimbursement policy capped at 50% of actual costs (limited to UNL graduate course rates); the district will open its college-credit program on Aug. 4.
The executive director of finance (S13) presented the staff handbook updates and explained key clarifications to eligibility and reimbursement. "We stated that they were going to reimburse 50%. However, that 50% was limited to their actual costs and was also limited to the UNL education graduate course rates," S13 said, describing limits on the tuition-reimbursement program. The presenter also said the district updated benefit-eligibility language to require staff to work at least 20 hours per week to qualify for disability and life insurance benefits.
S13 said the college-credit reimbursement program will open on August 4 and noted the program filled quickly last year. The board moved and approved the staff handbook as presented.
