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Tuition Credit, PEF and PEF Special Projects Handbook

| Handbooks | Table of Contents | Introduction | Section: Tuition Credit Points | PEF Point Reimbursement Fund | PEF Special Projects Fund |

Tuition Credit Points

Tuition credit points are earned by LPS teachers and administrators who work with students from UNL's Teacher's College. The number of points earned is determined by the amount of credit the student is receiving for the course he/she is taking that requires him/her to work in our schools.

The teacher with whom the student works is given the points as a token compensation for the time spent assisting in the professional development of the UNL student.

It takes nine (9) tuition credit points to pay for one (1) hour of credit at UNL. A teacher may have up to three (3) hours paid for during any semester using tuition credit points if he/she has the appropriate number of tuition credit points accumulated.

Tuition Credit Point Recording

The Professional Enhancement Fund (PEF) 1 form will be used to report earned tuition credit points to teachers. This form will contain a total of all the points accumulated and not used nor expired, as well as newly earned points. A copy of this form is shown in the Appendix. In November and April the Human Resources Office will send PEF 1 forms to all teachers who have tuition credit points.

The District Tuition Credit Bank

The District Tuition Credit Bank contains tuition credits which have come to the bank when:

  1. teachers donate points they cannot use
  2. teachers do not use their points during the allowable time
  3. points are given to the district, not a specific teacher or administrator
  4. when teachers exchange their tuition credit points for money from the PEF Point Reimbursement Fund for participation in a professional development activity.

The bank is available for all teachers to apply for tuition credits. The distribution of credits will occur using the following priority order:

  1. Teachers who need 1 to 4.9 credit points to supplement the points they have already earned.
  2. Teachers who need 5 to 8.9 additional points.
  3. Teachers who need 9 or more points.

The points will be distributed in priority order, as the points are available. The joint LEA/LPS committee will determine any deviation from this process. Any changes will be shown to the LEA Board of Directors and the Superintendent's Executive Committee and then announced to teachers and administrators.

Application for points from the District Tuition Credit Bank must be made using PEF 2 Form (Application to District Bank for Tuition Credit Points).

PEF 2 forms are available in each school office.

Tuition Credit Guidelines

  1. Courses which generate student credit hours through formalized, structured pre-student teaching and student teaching programs from UNL will provide the basis for tuition credit eligibility for LPS teachers. Points earned:
Elementary
Secondary / Middle Level
TEAC 297a = 2.6
EdPsy 297 = 1.3
TEAC 297b = 3.9
TEAC 197Q = 1.3
TEAC 397a = 3.9
TEAC 297Q = 2.6
El. Ed. Student Teacher = 10
TEAC 397Q = 2.6
El. Ed. / Sp. Ed. Student Teacher = 6 per area
TEAC 391I = 3.9
TEAC 397J = 3.9
 
TEAC 397M = 3.9
 
TEAC 397N = 3.9
TEAC 397P = 3.9
TEAC 397R = 3.9
TEAC 397V = 2.6
TEAC 397W = 3.9
Secondary Student Teacher = 10
All graduate students on additional certification = 3.9
  1. If a student teacher is supervised by more than one cooperating teacher, the cooperating teachers share the tuition points accordingly.
  2. Every nine (9) tuition credit points generated by working with UNL students will result in one (1) hour of tuition credit for an LPS teacher or administrator.
  3. Tuition credit points may be used only for officially scheduled UNL courses.
  4. Users of tuition credit points may pre-register for courses of their choice or go through general registration.
  5. Up to three (3) hours of UNL coursework may be "paid" for using tuition credit points in any one enrollment period. Credit slips will be sent to the student's accounts at UNL before tuition is due. The value of the credit slip will be credited to the user's UNL account.
  6. The facility usage fee will be waived as per the agreement with UNL.
  7. All incidental fees (laboratory, drop/add, late registration, etc.) are the responsibility of the teacher.
  8. Individual teachers will have two (2) years to use their tuition credit points from the date of issue. After that time the credits revert to the District Tuition Credit Bank.
  9. Teachers who do not wish to use the tuition credits they have earned toward classes at UNL may exchange them for reimbursement from the PEF Point Reimbursement Fund. For information about the PEF Point Reimbursement Fund, click here.
  10. Teachers may give tuition credit points they have earned to any teacher in the district. Complete number 2 of PEF 1.
  11. Teachers may donate tuition credit points they do not wish to use to the District Tuition Credit Bank for other teachers to use. (Use number 5 on PEF 1.)
  12. Staff will be notified well in advance of deadlines for applying for points from district credit bank. These deadlines are firm and late applications will not be considered.