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Standard & Procedure Name: | Continuing Education |
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Scope: | Reliant Employees |
Revision Date: | January 19, 2023 |
Last Review Date: | June 7, 2023 |
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StandardReliant encourages our employees to |
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grow in their knowledge, skills, and character |
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by pursuing educational opportunities that |
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enhance |
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job performance and improve |
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ministry capabilities. |
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If you have previously read the continuing education policies and want to begin the process of approval and reimbursement, go to Steps for Reimbursement. If you have not previously read these policies, please continue reading. |
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Continuing Education: Ministry Related
Reliant seeks to provide reasonable opportunities for eligible employees to participate in certain elective educational opportunities that are closely related to the employee’s ministry with Reliant. Some Reliant partner churches may also require participation in educational activities. Reliant will reimburse eligible employees for certain expenses of approved ministry related education, subject to certain limitations and conditions established by Reliant, up to a maximum of $5,250 per calendar year. (Employees should consult with their tax adviser regarding proper tax treatment and reporting of such reimbursement.)
Eligible employees include employees working full-time or part-time/salaried 30, 25 or 20 hours/week. Part time reimbursement maximum will be prorated based on number of hours worked.
To qualify for such assistance, an employee must have been employed for at least 1 year and obtain prior approval for the specific educational program (including courses to be taken and weekly time allocations) from the employee’s supervisor and Missionary Resources.
Procedures for Continuing Education
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- Time spent studying, staff may count up to 15% of their approved employment status work hours (based on the current, approved Support Goal Calculator on file with MR) as paid work time.
- Time spent traveling to the educational site, or other time related to the education is considered personal (non-work) time.
- In all cases, at a minimum, over the course of a year, an overall majority of an employee’s work time must be spent in ministry activities that are non-education related.
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Work/Personal Time for Education
Education Expense Reimbursements:
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Pre-Approval Request: We ask all employees interested in reimbursing continuing education expenses to submit a request for pre-approval to their local supervisors and their Program Teams. Pre-approval sets appropriate expectations before registering for education classes and streamlines reimbursements for education-related expenses. |
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- Full-time at 100%
- 30 hours/week at 75%
- 20-25 hours at 50%.
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Elective Education: Non-Ministry Related
Education that is determined by Reliant to not develop or improve the ministry capabilities of an employee will be considered personal education. Such education must be taken on the employee’s personal time and must not interfere with accomplishing work duties. Such education is not eligible for reimbursement. Reliant reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to make the determination of whether an educational event is ministry or non-ministry related.
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1. Submit an Education Approval Form to hr@reliant.org
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To be eligible for reimbursement, you must submit an Education Approval form before you enroll and pay for classes. |
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3. Complete your course and receive official grade report
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4. Submit Continuing Education Reimbursement
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Details: See the instructions at Continuing Education Reimbursement
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There are a few exceptions made for missionaries at specific churches to submit for reimbursement sooner than submitting a grade report. If you have any questions on this, please contact reimbursements@reliant.org. |
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5. Receive reimbursement
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