Division of Career Education

Reimbursement Procedures

Effective July 1
Revised July 2006

Approved Secondary Programs at Designated Area Career Centers

$11,000 for full-time teachers and counselors. The reimbursement will be prorated accordingly if the teacher or counselor has a three-fourths, one-half, one-third, etc. position.

To be reimbursed:

	The number of full-time teachers reimbursed in Fiscal Year 2001 will be the same number reimbursed for Fiscal Year 2003 and the following years.
	The program must be a Department-approved career education program.
	The teacher must be properly certificated for the teaching area.
	There must be an average of at least ten (10) students enrolled for the school year to receive full reimbursement. If the average enrollment for the school year is less than ten (10) and greater than one (1), the reimbursement will be one-half. Students in grades 9-12 can be counted as well as adult students.
	The teacher is teaching grades 9-12.
	If a program or instructor is dropped, a new or expanded program or instructor may be added.
	If a program is not taught for one-year due to the lack of an instructor, the salary reimbursement dollars will be held. However, if after one-year the program is not taught, it will be dropped and the salary reimbursement dollars will be eliminated. The salary reimbursement dollars have been lost.

Approved Secondary Programs at Comprehensive High Schools

Full Time

$300 per month X number of contract months

Less Than Full-Time

$50 per month X number of months teaching X number of approved career education classes

To be reimbursed:

	The program must be a Department-approved career education program.
	The teacher must be properly certificated for the teaching area.
	Only students in grades 9-12 can be counted.
	The teacher is teaching grades 9-12.

Postsecondary Career Education Programs (Two
& Four-Year Institutions)

	$120 per credit hour for any class with ten (10) or more students.
	No reimbursement for any class with less than ten (10) students.

To be reimbursed:

	The program must be a Department-approved career education program.
	If a program or instructor is dropped, a new or expanded program or instructor may be added.
	If a program is not taught for one-year due to the lack of an instructor, the salary reimbursement dollars will be held. However, if after one-year the program is not taught, it will be dropped and the salary reimbursement dollars will be eliminated. The salary reimbursement dollars have been lost.
	Teachers with ten (10) or more credit hours per semester must meet certification requirements. Teachers with one (1) to nine (9) credit hours are considered adjunct faculty and are not required to meet certification requirements for short-term instruction.
	A maximum of 15 credit hours per semester (first and second) and eight (8) credit hours for summer will be reimbursed per teacher.

Health Sciences (Postsecondary and Adult)

	There must be an average of at least six (6) students enrolled in Health Sciences programs for the school year to receive full reimbursement. If the average enrollment for the school year is less than six (6) but greater than one (1), the reimbursement will be one-half.
	All “clinical only” instructors in full-time adult programs will be considered as short-term and be reimbursed at $10 per contact hour for up to 500 contact hours per semester.
	All “clinical only” instructors in postsecondary programs will be considered as adjunct faculty and be reimbursed at $120 per credit hour for up to nine (9) credit hours per semester.
	The above procedures do not apply to short-term adult programs less than 500 contact hours or secondary programs.

Full-Time Adult Career Education Programs More Than 500 Contact Hours

$15,000 for full-time teachers.

To be reimbursed:

	There must be an average of at least ten (10) students enrolled for the school year to receive full reimbursement. If the average enrollment for the school year is less than ten (10) and greater than one (1), the reimbursement will be one-half.
	The program must be a Department-approved career education program.
	The teacher must be properly certificated for the teaching area.
	If a program or instructor is dropped, a new or expanded program or instructor may be added.
	If a program is not taught for one-year due to the lack of an instructor, the salary reimbursement dollars will be held. However, if after one-year the program is not taught, it will be dropped and the salary reimbursement dollars will be eliminated. The salary reimbursement dollars have been lost.
	Funding will be linked to the specific instructor positions during the transition period.

Short-Term Adult Programs Less Than 500 Contact Hours

	$10 per hour for any class with ten (10) or more students.
	No reimbursement for any class with less than ten (10) students.
	No reimbursement for any class with less than one (1) hour of instruction.
	Reimbursement will be based upon the availability of funds per program section.

Administrators

Area Career Center Directors and Community College Occupational Deans

$10,000 for a full-time vocational administrator who holds a current two-year, five-year or ten-year career education director certificate.

Only full-time career education administrative positions will be reimbursed.

Assistant Directors (Area Career Centers and Community Colleges)

	$8,000 for a full-time assistant director who holds either a current two-year, five-year, or ten-year career education director certificate.
	$4,000 for a half-time assistant director who holds either a current two-year, five-year, or ten-year career education director certificate.

Positions of less than half-time will not be reimbursed.

Business-Industry Coordinators (Two and Four-Year Institutions)

	$8,000 for full-time business-industry coordinators who hold a current two-year, five-year, or ten-year adult education supervisor certificate.
	$4,000 for half-time business-industry coordinators who hold a current two-year, five-year, or ten-year adult education supervisor certificate.

Positions of less than half-time will not be reimbursed.

Adult Career Education Supervisors (Area Career Centers and Community Colleges)

Full-Time

$15,000 for adult career education supervisors who hold a current two-year, five-year, or ten-year adult career education supervisor certificate.

Half-Time

$7,500 for adult career education supervisors who hold a current two-year, five-year, or ten-year adult careereducation supervisor certificate.

Less Than Half-Time

Individual must hold a current two-year, five-year, or ten-year adult career education supervisor certificate.

Salary reimbursement will be prorated from the $15,000 figure according to the time devoted to program supervision.

Positions of less than half-time will be considered not reimbursable at such time that a change in current personnel occurs.

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