Effective date of signing a teacher will be paid $30.75 per week up to a maximum of $122.98 in any one year for attending and successfully completing one or more professional courses, where such course or courses have been approved or endorsed by Manitoba Education and/or The Manitoba Teachers' Society and has received prior approval from the Board. Professional courses are described as those educational courses which do not give credit towards a recognized degree or a permanent certificate. Teachers receiving benefits under this provision must remain on staff for the next school year or refund the remuneration received, to the Division. Approval of the Board shall be granted unless it can reasonably conclude that such a course or courses would be redundant, undesirable, or unlikely to add to the qualifications of the teacher applying for financial assistance.