Help me design my company's new tuition reimbursement program!

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Hi all,

A few months back, I took a position as a Senior Benefits Analyst for one of the largest non-profit hospital systems in the U.S., and last week, I was given an amazing opportunity.

I've been tasked with creating a new tuition reimbursement program for the entire organization's 22,000 employees!

I've waited a lifetime to have the opportunity to create something that could positively impact so many people, and I want to do everything in my power to get this right.

The only stipulation that has been put on me by my Director, is that the ceiling on reimbursement will be the IRS Section 127 max of $5,250 per year. While that's a tiny bit of a bummer, I'm confident in how much I can offer employee's within that limitation.

As much as I've learned here over the years, I know that's there are still a ton of things I don't know - things that many of you out there will know very well.

So if you have any of the following that you can share:

1. Ideas as to how to design a tuition reimbursement program from the ground up
   
2. Specific items that would present an amazing deal/opportunity for employees
   
3. Or anything else that you yourself as an employee would like to see your employer offer you
   

Please consider this an open thread to put ideas out there to share, discuss or both! I really want to create a program that is the envy of our region, of other hospital chains in the area, and of non-profits in general.

Please help me create something amazing!!

Thanks in advance.

-Mike

Congratulations!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!
That is awesome, and you will certainly open opportunities for so many people.
We've used tuition reimbursement in our family to pay for 2 degrees (both for hubby). The first time was through a medium sized business he worked for and this last time through a large university he currently works for.

I think that I'll let you hammer out the logistics, but in general, my husband was excluded from using credit by exam or other forms of non-college education (like ACE)- I don't know if that was because of an IRS code or just a policy of the company, but if that's an option, I think it would be a good one!