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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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General policy: Reliant desires to help employees grow in their knowledge, skills, and character . Employees are encouraged to pursue by pursuing educational opportunities that will enhance their job performance and improve their ministry capabilities. This policy and the associated reimbursement category are specifically directed to college or university classes that are taken for credit. Conferences, learning retreats, and other non-credit based learning opportunities are covered under Reliant's regular reimbursement process under the Conferences category - see Conferences, Retreats, and Events for more information. Requests for ministry expense approvals for continuing education can be made by an individual missionary, or from an entire church or ministry, if it is a requirement for a group of employees. 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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If you are a Fixed Term resident, intern, apprentice, or fellow, please gain pre-approval for your course load by sending an email to fixedterm@reliant.org, asking our team leadership for their approval of the classes or programs you're looking to take. |
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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 (see Accountable Reimbursement Plan for general guidelines and policies for reimbursements), 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.
Requests for ministry expense approvals for continuing education can be made by an individual missionary, or from an entire church or ministry, if it is a requirement for a group of employees.
Procedures for Continuing Education
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- Full-time at 100%
- 30 hours/week at 75% (therefore a maximum of $3,937.50 will be eligible to be reimbursed within a calendar year)
- 20-25 hours at 50% (therefore a maximum of $2,625.00 will be eligible to be reimbursed within a calendar year)
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Work/Personal Time for Education
Education Expense Reimbursements:
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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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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 mr@reliant.org for your degree program or an individual class
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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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3. Submit Continuing Education Reimbursement
Details: See the instructions at Continuing Education Reimbursement
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4. Receive reimbursement
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To be eligible for reimbursement, you (or your church or ministry) must receive approval from Reliant for the Continuing Education before you enroll and pay for classes. |
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- Full-time at 100% (therefore a maximum of $5,250.00 will be eligible to be reimbursed within a calendar year)
- 30 hours/week at 75% (therefore a maximum of $3,937.50 will be eligible to be reimbursed within a calendar year)
- 20-25 hours at 50% (therefore a maximum of $2,625.00 will be eligible to be reimbursed within a calendar year)
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