Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 170 - Department of Corrections › Chapter 30 - Tuition Assistance Program › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 170:30-1-3 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Application for tuition assistance and participation
				  agreement"
A signed binding agreement between the Oklahoma Department of
				  Corrections and the participating employee which describes the terms of the
				  tuition assistance provided.
"Career applicable"
An educational program is
				  career applicable if it is undertaken for the purpose of preparing the
				  individual, through skill enhancement, for advancement in the Oklahoma
				  Department of Corrections.
"Educational program"
A formal degree,
				  certificate, or licensure program for which the employee is required to
				  complete an established set of courses and receive credit for them.
"Eligible academic institution"
Any accredited
				  college, university, community college, or technical institution, offering
				  academic or vocational courses that provide credit hours to enrolled students
				  for course completion.
"Eligible courses"
Courses that, upon
				  completion, accumulate credit hours toward an education program and are
				  job-related and/or career applicable.
"Eligible employee"
Any permanent, classified or
				  unclassified, full-time employee of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections who
				  has received no formal discipline within one year of making application to the
				  program, who has received a "meets"or "exceeds standards" on his/her current
				  performance appraisal, and who has indicated in writing his/her intentions to
				  remain employed with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for a minimum of 24
				  months from the date payment for tuition assistance was issued.
"Job related"
An education program is job
				  related if the curriculum content is designed to contribute to performance
				  improvement in the current job in terms of efficiency and increased
				  skills.
"Participating employee"
Any employee who has
				  satisfied all program criteria and has been approved for participation in the
				  Oklahoma Department of Corrections Employee Tuition Assistance Program.
"Satisfactory program participation"
Participating employees will provide an academic transcript documenting
				  satisfactory program participation within 60 days of course completion.
				  Satisfactory program participation shall be documented by proof that the
				  participating employee has earned a passing grade and a cumulative grade point
				  average of 2.5 or above. Any participating employee who fails to submit
				  documentation of satisfactory course participation will be considered
				  ineligible for further tuition assistance until such time as the employee has
				  satisfactorily completed the course or reimbursed the agency for the amount of
				  tuition assistance provided for the course.
"Tuition assistance"
Payment of tuition provided
				  to an eligible academic institution by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections
				  for participating employees.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 2785,
				  eff 7-25-02; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 3113, eff
				  8-11-06