/Institutions/Laredo-Community-College/json/2017-2018/Catalog-local.json

/Institutions/Laredo-Community-College/json/2017-2018/Catalog.json

Guarantee of A.A.S. Graduates

If an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) graduate is judged by an employer to be lacking in technical job skills identified as exit competencies for the specific degree program, the graduate will be provided up to nine tuition-free credit hours of additional skill training by Laredo Community College under the conditions of the guarantee policy.

Special conditions applying to the guarantee are as follows:

1. The graduate must have earned the A.A.S. degree beginning May 1993 or thereafter in a technical program published in the college Catalog.
2. The graduate must have completed the A.A.S. degree with a majority of the credits being earned at the college campus and must have completed the degree within a four-year time span from initial enrollment.
3. Graduates must be employed full-time in an area directly related to the area of program concentration as certified by the Vice-President of Instruction.
4. Employment must commence within 12 months of graduation.
5. The employer must certify in writing that the employee is lacking entry-level skills identified by the graduating college as the program competencies and must specify the areas of deficiency within 90 days of the graduate’s initial employment.
6. The employer, graduate, and assigned representative(s) of the college will develop a written educational plan for retraining.
7. Retraining will be limited to nine credit hours related to the identified skill deficiency and to those classes regularly scheduled during the period covered by the retraining plan.
8. All retraining must be completed within a calendar year from the time agreed upon for the educational plan.
9. The graduate and/or employer is responsible for the cost of books, insurance, uniforms, fees, and/or other course-related expenses.
10. The guarantee does not imply that the graduate will pass any licensing or qualifying examination for a particular career.
11. A student’s sole remedy against the college and its employees for skill deficiencies shall be limited to nine credit hours of tuition-free education under the conditions described above.
12. A request to develop an educational plan for additional skill training by a college can be initiated through a written contract with the office of the College President.