Certification Reimbursement
IT Certifications allow CIS students to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and competency to potential IT employers. Obtaining professional IT certifications help students stand out from the crowd and become more marketable in their professional job search. Therefore, many CIS courses are designed to help students acquire industry recognized IT certifications such as the CompTIA A+ ™, CompTIA Network+ ™, CompTIA Security+ ™, and CompTIA Linux+ ™.
The CIS Department is committed to student success. As a result, the CIS Department will reimburse current students who successfully pass CompTIA certification exams.
Recommended CompTIA Certifications
Reimbursement Requirements
The following requirements must be met in order to be reimbursed the full exam voucher price:
- Students must be currently enrolled in the CIS program
- Students must successfully pass their certification exam to be reimbursed*
- CompTIA exam vouchers must be purchased through the CompTIA Academic Store
- Students must submit a certification reimbursement packet
The CIS Department cannot reimburse failed certification exam costs.
Reimbursement Instructions
A reimbursement packet must be submitted to the HSB front desk on the second floor of the HSB building. The reimbursement packet includes the following material:
- Completed Certification Reimbursement form
- Exam voucher receipt from the CompTIA Academic Store
- Proof of CompTIA certification (i.e. copy of certificate or certification exam report)
- CSU-Pueblo enrollment verification certificate
- W-9 form (if not currently on file)
- Vendor Size Self-Certification form (if not currently on file)
The W-9 and Vendor Size Self-Certification forms only have to be submitted once.
