My company recently started a program for tuition reimbursement. Everything they have sent out and have put in writing states that any courses completed before acceptance into the program will not be retroactively reimbursed. I applied for the program and was approved. I submitted my receipts from the cashier's office and the bookstore with all of them stating the semester in which I was seeking reimbursement. The courses were already in progress, but still had over a month left before they were completed. When submitting the itemized course information in the system, it did not ask the dates the courses started and ended, simply wanted to know the course name, how many hours and how much it was costing. Everything I submitted was accepted by the tuition reimbursement group. Once I completed the courses, I submitted my grades. At that point I was asked the dates in which the courses were done, I informed them that I started in January and ended in May, a typical spring semester. They came back saying they would not reimburse me because I started the courses before the program started which was March 1. My argument was that nothing in the instructions, FAQ's, guidelines, or emails stated that was a stipulation. I have it in an email where they admit the wording was wrong and then went back into the system and changed it after I brought it to their attention. I understand this is a perk of the job, but at the same time, I worked my butt off to make sure I got good grades. I am a senior, but because I am only taking 2 classes a semester, I will not graduate until Dec '18. I have 7 classes left which means I will have to take a summer course at some point. I do receive financial aid, but the aid only pays for 4 classes a school year. The HR deptartment did state that I wasn't the only employee that had this issue and was denied. Which means that obviously others in my company read the same thing I did. Even my boss agreed with me. He went to the HR dept to argue my case but they did not budge. I took the paperwork to our legal dept who agreed with me. I am not sure what their conversation was but nothing has changed. My question, do I have any legal rights here to fight this, or should I let it go? I have everything printed out, thankfully, because after the conversations via email, they went in and changed the rules.