The Statewide Targeted Tuition Program for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) is for CSEA-represented NYS Employees seeking a Plant Utilities Assistant (PUA) or a Plant Utilities Engineer (PUE) position. 

This program provides additional tuition assistance, up to two extra benefits per program year, to CSEA-represented NYS employees who are either: 

• Enrolled (formally enrolled) in a bachelor’s degree program in Facilities Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, or Marine Engineering.
• Enrolled (formally enrolled) in an associate degree HVAC program.
• Enrolled in an HVAC certificate or diploma program from a BOCES, with a minimum of 440 or 900 hours, or *enrolled in an approved certificate or HVAC, electrical, refrigeration, boiler operations and maintenance, or plumbing from an accredited technical school or technology college

*PUA only - You must have nine months of permanent competitive, non-competitive, or labor service AND possess a high school diploma or equivalency to be eligible for this option.

Learn more about the Statewide HVAC Program here

For more information about this Statewide Targeted Tuition Program call the Partnership at (518) 486-7814 (Option 1) or (800) 253-4332 (Option 1) or email us at [email protected]

The Statewide Targeted Tuition Program for Information Technology provides additional tuition assistance to CSEA-represented NYS employees. Eligible employees can receive up to two extra tuition benefits per program year if they are enrolled in any of the following college programs: 

• Computer Science 
• Computer Information Systems
• Information Technology 
• Telecommunication
• Management Information Systems

For more information about this Statewide Targeted Tuition Program call the Partnership at (518) 486-7814 (Option 1) or (800) 253-4332 (Option 1) or email us at [email protected]

The Statewide Targeted Tuition Program for Nursing provides additional tuition assistance to CSEA-represented NYS employees. Eligible employees can receive up to two extra tuition benefits per program year if enrolled in an RN or LPN program.

For more information about this Statewide Targeted Tuition Program call the Partnership at (518) 486-7814 (Option 1) or (800) 253-4332 (Option 1) or email us at [email protected]

The Statewide Targeted Tuition Program for Welding provides additional tuition assistance to CSEA-represented NYS employees. Eligible employees can receive up to two extra tuition benefits, per fiscal program year, for welding courses.

Learn more about the
Statewide Welding Program here

For more information about this Statewide Targeted Tuition Program call the Partnership at (518) 486-7814 (Option 1) or (800) 253-4332 (Option 1) or email us at [email protected]