Any/all previous travel at District expense will be considered.

Consideration will not be given to staff who have traveled using Professional (Negotiated) Travel funding in the last three years.

The applicant must be in at least his/her third year of employment with the district.

The Professional Travel Committee will not consider requests for substitute days only.

The cost and location of a particular professional meeting will be a factor. If travel expenses are capped, the total expected cost might not be covered. Professional Travel will not cover costs exceeding $3,000.

Consideration may be given to discipline areas involved in District curriculum studies. Relationship of the meeting to the teaching assignment will be considered.

No more than two teachers from a building will be authorized to attend the same professional conference, but not to exceed more than four people from the district. 

Approval for teacher-initiated travel will not be granted during parent-teacher conferences &/or the last week of school.

Professional travel funds will not be used for co-curricular activities.

 Travel will not be used for college credit hours.

 The applicant should not be in his/her last year of employment with the district.

 Number of days absent during the current school year will be considered.

 Travel will not be approved after a participant has attended the conference.

 Travel will not be used to attend conferences to receive training when trainers are available within the district.

If Professional Travels funds have been encumbered, the applicant must wait three years to submit another request for travel funds.

If no Professional Travels funds have been encumbered, the applicant can re-apply for travel funds, but the new travel request must be reviewed by the committee. Approval of the new travel is not automatic.