D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8, r. 8-B1332

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024
Rule 8-B1332 - REMITTED TUITION
1332.1

The University shall provide remitted tuition for "for-credit" courses at the University to eligible regular full-time staff, regular full- time faculty, retirees and their spouses and dependent children, in accordance with the requirements and limits established in the Internal Revenue Code.

1332.2

The following are not eligible for remitted tuition:

(a) Part-time staff;
(b) Employees with a temporary or time- limited appointment;
(c) Adjunct and visiting faculty;
(d) Individuals classified as independent contractors and volunteers; and
(e) Student workers.
1332.3

The University shall provide remitted tuition for courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs, but shall not provide remitted tuition for courses in the doctorate programs.

1332.4

To enroll in a course at the University, an applicant shall be required to meet and maintain all eligibility, admission and academic requirements.

1332.5

If a recipient of remitted tuition drops, withdraws, or fails a course for which remitted tuition had been previously provided by the University, the University shall not provide remitted tuition for the same course if the person decides to retake the course.

1332.6

Regular full-time staff of the University shall be eligible to participate in the remitted tuition program once the staff has been employed by the University for at least one year. Once the full-time staff has met the eligibility requirements, their spouse and dependent child(ren), as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, shall be eligible to participate in the remitted tuition program.

1332.7

The University shall provide remitted tuition for eligible full time staff, for a maximum of six (6) undergraduate credit hours and three (3) graduate credit hours each semester. This limitation on the number of credit hours does not apply to the eligible full-time staff's spouse and dependent children.

1332.8

Regular full- time faculty shall be eligible to participate in the remitted tuition program once the faculty has been employed by the University for at least one academic year. Once the full-time faculty has met the eligibility requirements, their spouse and dependent child(ren), as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, shall be eligible to participate in the remitted tuition program.

1332.9

The University shall provide remitted tuition for eligible full time faculty for a maximum of three (3) credit hours each semester. This limitation on the number of credit hours does not apply to the eligible faculty's spouse and dependent children.

1332.10

If an eligible employee, whether full- time staff or full- time faculty, either converts from regular full-time status to part-time status, or is separated from the University for any reason other than because of a reduction- in-force or retirement, the University shall provide remitted tuition benefits through the end of the applicable semester in which the eligible employee's employment status changed.

1332.11

If an eligible employee is separated from the University due to a reduction- in-force, the University shall provide remitted tuition benefits for such eligible employee (and their spouse and dependent child(ren)), for as long as such employee remains on the University's preferential hiring or reduction- in- force employee list.

1332.12

If an eligible employee separates from the University due to retirement, the University shall provide remitted tuition upon retirement for the eligible retiree and their spouse and dependent child(ren), based on length of service as follows:

(a) Retirees that were eligible employees for fewer than ten (10) years, and their spouses and dependent children, shall not be eligible for remitted tuition.
(b) Retirees that were eligible employees for ten (10) years to twenty (20) years, and their spouses and dependent children, shall be eligible for sixty percent (60%) remitted tuition.
(c) Retirees that were eligible employees for more than twenty (20) years, and their spouses and dependent children, shall be eligible for hundred percent (100%) remitted tuition.
1332.13

Except as provided in subsection 1332.14 below, upon the death of an eligible employee or eligible retiree, the University shall provide remitted tuition for their surviving spouse and surviving dependent child(ren) based on the deceased's length of service as follows:

(a) Following the death of an eligible employee or retiree who was employed by the University for fewer than ten (10) years, the surviving spouse and dependent child(ren) shall not be eligible for remitted tuition.
(b) Following the death of an eligible employee or retiree who was employed by the University for ten (10) years to twenty (20) years, the surviving spouse and dependent child(ren) shall be eligible for two (2) full academic years of remitted tuition.
(c) Following the death of an eligible employee or retiree who was employed by the University for more than twenty (20) years, the surviving spouse and dependent child(ren) shall be eligible for three (3) full academic years of remitted tuition.
1332.14

If at the time of the death of an eligible employee or eligible retiree, both parents of a surviving child are deceased, then the University shall provide continuing remitted tuition at a hundred percent (100%), without regard to length of service, for so long as the surviving child is under the age of twenty-five (25).

1332.15

The University shall develop and implement standard operating procedures for the remitted tuition program.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8, r. 8-B1332

Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 1686 (March 15, 1991); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 3996 (April 30, 1999); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 12646 (11/16/2018)