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TUITION BENEFITS | No. 3-42 | Rev. 04-30-03 |
| Date 5-3-79 | |||
I. DEFINITIONS
The tuition waiver benefit applies to the current spouse, where there is no legal separation or divorce involved; and to sons, daughters, stepsons and stepdaughters to their 31st birthday.
II. POLICY
A. Credit and Non-Credit Tuition and Fee Policy
1. Full-time salaried employees of the University and their spouses may enroll for a maximum of six credit hours per semester or the twelve week Summer Term in credit programs without payment of regular tuition or student fees. If the above enrolls for more than six credit hours in any given semester or the twelve week Summer Term he/she must pay as tuition 50% of the difference between the normal tuition for their total hours and the normal tuition for six credit hours. Student fees are waived. Differential tuition fees for graduate courses are not waived. Employees and their spouses may participate in this program provided that enrollment in such courses does not interfere with work schedules.
2. Non-salaried faculty (as defined in PPM 3-02), may enroll for a maximum of six credit hours per semester or the twelve week Summer Term in credit programs without payment of tuition or student fees. The benefit is only available to non-salaried faculty during the semester or Summer Term that they are associated with Weber State University. Exceptions to this requirement must be approved by the appropriate vice-president.
3. Children of full-time salaried employees will have 50% of the normal tuition for their course load waived as an employee benefit. Student fees will not be waived for children.
4. When employees' children are applicants for a Weber State University tuition waiver scholarship or special scholarship, their status as children of employees shall be ignored by the scholarship committee.
5. When full-time employees' children receive Weber State University tuition waiver scholarships, the scholarship shall take precedence over the tuition waiver employee benefit.
6. Part-time salaried personnel employed at 50% time or more may register for six credit hours per semester or the twelve week Summer Term without payment of tuition or student fees. Tuition paid for enrollment beyond six credit hours will be the difference between normal tuition for total hours and normal tuition for six credit hours. The spouse or children of part-time personnel will not receive tuition waivers as employee benefits.
7. Credit/non-credit courses offered through Continuing Education may be included in the six credit hours waived for a full-time employee and spouse or clinical or adjunct faculty, or in the six credit hours waived for part-time salaried personnel employed at 50% time or more. Non-credit courses will be included on an equivalence basis utilizing the Continuing Education unit concept. All waivers of the credit/non-credit courses will be subject to the following qualifications:a. A sufficient number of tuition-paying students must be enrolled to run the class under normal decision guidelines.
b. Space must be available in the class without excluding tuition-paying students.8. The employee, spouse or children enrolling in classes which require special charges or fees; i.e., certain lab classes, driver education, skiing, etc., must pay the special charges for those classes.
9. Employees may, at their discretion, take classes outside of the regular work schedule. Supervisors may, in order to encourage the professional development of their employees, grant requests to take classes during the regular work schedule if the supervisor determines granting such a request would not disrupt the proper functioning of the unit and a plan is agreed upon for making up the hours missed.
10. Emeritus faculty as well as retired non-emeritus faculty and retired staff with a minimum of 10 years continuous service at the University and their spouses will receive complimentary enrollment in all courses but will pay such special charges or fees as given courses may require. Their children shall have 50% of the normal tuition for their course load waived. Student fees will not be waived for children.
11. The spouse and children of deceased faculty or staff members are eligible for the same tuition waiver benefits as the spouse and children of current employees, provided that the following is true:a. At the time of death or terminal illness, the deceased employee was eligible for tuition benefits.
b. The deceased employee had been employed at Weber State University in a position qualifying for tuition for at least five years.
c. Benefits for spouse will terminate when the widowed spouse remarries or becomes eligible to be claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return. Benefits for children will terminate at the 31st birthday.12. Tuition waivers are not cumulative for employees, spouses or dependents where two married employees are both employed by the University.