Columbus Education Association

Professional Development

Teacher Advancement Program

National Board of Professional Standards

Urban Academy for Professional Development

Walk-Through Model

Fee Waivers

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Fee Waiver Application Sample Form:

Official Forms are available at specified times from administration or by calling Northgate Center (614-365-5039)

The Autumn 2006 Fee Waivers will be in all buildings on Monday, August 28, 2006. The completed fee waiver is due back to Northgate by Friday, September 1, 2006 at 5:00pm. If you are a Priority 1 or a Priority 2 status, please be sure to include the proper documentation with your completed fee waiver. Documentation is required with each fee waiver process. Your Priority status will change without the proper documentation.

Article 802 text

Use of College Scrip
Scrip shall be issued according to the following priorities and stipulations:

Priority I. Present full-time professional staff members in M.A. or Ph.D. programs who must finish course work during the upcoming quarter or lose credits, and present full-time professional staff members, including vocational teachers, who must attend the university to maintain their present position because of certification requirements.

Priority II Professional staff members on sabbatical leaves. (Such staff members shall be given sufficient scrip for full-time attendance, subject to availability.)

Priority II also includes certificated staff enrolled in a Masters or
Doctoral program in a college of education.

Priority III. All other applicants, not in Priority groups I and II, listed above, shall be considered on the basis of seniority in the Columbus Public School System.

Stipulations:
A. A joint Association/Board committee shall be appointed to resolve problems which may arise in the credit bank system and to apply the above mentioned priorities if limitations or restrictions shall be deemed necessary by the committee.

B. An application form which reflects the above priorities and which indicates whether or not the applicant
is an Association member, shall be mutually developed by the parties. Association membership shall in no way relate to the priorities established above.