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21.6 Effective December 31, 2010, Article XXI subdivisions 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, and 21.6 <br />(Longevity and Education Incentives) will be removed from the contract and will no longer be <br />practiced. <br />21.7 Effective January 1, 2011, After twenty (25) years of continuous employment with the City each <br />employee shall receive an additional two percent (2%) of longevity pay in addition to the <br />employee's base rate of pay. <br />21.8 Supplementary pay based on educational credits will be paid to employees after twelve (12) <br />months of continuous employment at the rate of: <br />Education Credits stated in terms Percentage Pay <br />of college quarter credits Increment <br />45-89 <br />3% <br />90-134 <br />5% <br />135- 179 <br />7% <br />180 or more <br />9% <br />Not all courses are to be eligible for credit. Courses receiving qualifying credits must be job <br />related. (Thus, a 4 -year degree is not automatically 180 credits or a 2 -year certificate is not <br />automatically 90 credits. Job-related courses plus those formally required to enter such courses <br />shall be counted. If Principles of Psychology (8 credits) is required before taking Psychology of <br />• Police Work (3 credits), completion of these courses would yield a total of 11 qualifying credits. <br />C. E. U.`s (Continuing Education Units) in job-related seminars, short courses, institutes, etc. <br />shall also be counted. <br />The EMPLOYER shall determine which courses are job related. Disputes are grievable based on <br />the criteria outlined in the award of Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services Case No. 78 -PN - <br />370 -A. <br />21.9 Employees hired before March 1, 1992 will continue to participate in the longevity and <br />educational incentive program, as defined in this ARTICLE, unless they choose to enroll in the <br />Skills, Education, and Longevity Framework (SELF), as defined in ARTICLE XXIA. <br />Employees who enroll in the SELF program may not return to the longevity and incentive <br />program. <br />21.10 Employees hired after March 1, 1992, will participate in the SELF Program as defined in <br />ARTICLE XXIA. <br />21.11 Effective December 31, 2010, Article XXI subdivisions 21.8, 21.9, 21.10, and 21.11 <br />(Longevity and Education Incentives) will be removed from the contract and will no longer be <br />practiced. <br />9 16 <br />