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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
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This Continuing Education policy is currently under review by Reliant to determine if we can more broadly reimburse continuing education classes for missionaries of all employment levels. Details for the revised policy will be available on Solomon when these revisions are finalized. |
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.)
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.
Eligible employees include employees working 20 hours/week or more. Hourly employees working less than 20 hours may make a special request for education costs to be reimbursed by reaching out to their program team.
Procedures for Continuing Education
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Work/Personal Time for Education
Education Expense Reimbursements:
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- 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 not related to continuing education.
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Elective Education: Non-Ministry Related
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This Continuing Education policy is currently under review by Reliant to determine if we can more broadly reimburse non-ministry related continuing education classes for missionaries, in scenario where the classes taken are along a career path that is tied to field such as medical, education, etc. in which the missionary's future career would enable them to continue to serve/minister while performing the duties of their new profession. Details for the revised policy will be available on Solomon when these revisions are finalized. |
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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