Educational Assistance Tuition Waiver
An educational assistance tuition waiver is granted to benefit eligible employees. Benefit eligible employee are full-time staff members with one or more years of service. Incidental fees (required basic student fees) for full-time staff members with one or more years of service shall be waived for the first twelve hours each semester for undergraduate enrollment. This policy does not include the summer session. This waiver shall also apply to each dependent child and spouse of an eligible employee.
For the purpose of this policy, a dependent child is defined as one of the following: one of natural birth (documented by copy of birth certificate), one of legal adoption (documented by copy of legal adoption certificate), a stepchild by marriage (documented by birth certificate and marriage license), and not over the age of 24. To establish eligibility, the dependent child must complete and submit a financial aid application (FAFSA) to demonstrate dependent status.
This policy does not apply to laboratory fees, out-of-state tuition and required fees. This policy applies to fees for course work only as stated above. Only persons who have satisfied all university admission requirements are eligible to benefit from the provisions of the policy.
Any person who receives a tuition waiver as provided herein and does not maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or above shall be denied further benefits under this policy until a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or above has been achieved. Benefits shall be denied until a 2.00 or above grade point average in achieved the subsequent semester.
An individual receiving the fee waiver benefit under this policy who is not a candidate for a degree shall be limited to a time period of thirty-six months for receiving such benefits.
An eligible employee shall be granted three academic hours of release time during the normal work week. In addition, an eligible employee may utilize the lunch hour for attending academic classes with the approval of the area supervisor.
The Employee Incidental Fee Waiver Form must be submitted and approved for the respective semester no later than the last day for making financial arrangements with Student Accounts.