Employees
Employees must be in a non-temporary, eligible job classification (see the听) that is at least a 50% appointment and must be听an听employee听at the time of the verification through census date for the upcoming semester. Being on approved Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave or sabbatical does not affect eligibility under this program. If employment is terminated for any reason during a听semester, the benefit will be continued through the end of that听semester only.
Dependents
Dependents must be听immediate family members听and meet Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations of eligible dependents.听 Employees must declare whether their relationship to the family member meets IRS regulations on the听听prior to approval of the tuition discount.
An eligible听immediate family member听who is not declared to be an IRS eligible dependent is still eligible for the tuition discount, however听the monetary value of the tuition discount is subject to income taxation.听 The following relationships are eligible for a tuition discount but are not IRS eligible dependents: a same-gender domestic partner, a dependent child of a same-gender domestic partner, and a dependent child of an employee who is not eligible to be claimed as a dependent on the employee鈥檚 Federal Form 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.
Employees are required to submit听听to Employee Services.