Credit Classes

There is no tuition remission for special fees or materials that may be associated with the course(s) taken.

The Employee, spouse/same-sex domestic partner or dependent children must be academically qualified and must go through regular admission and registration procedures. A Tuition Remission Form for credit courses must be completed and submitted to the Department of Human Resource Services for each course taken or for each semester the student is enrolled.

1. Coverage for Staff

Employees may enroll in class immediately upon employment unless employment begins in the middle of a semester or Summer School session. In this instance, benefits will be available at the beginning of the next full semester or session.

All work will be on the Employee's own time. If University time must be used, then the Employee must secure written supervisory approval and work an equal amount of make-up time during the same week. The written approval will be maintained in the Employee's personnel record in the Department of Human Resource Services.

Should an Employee terminate his/her employment prior to halfway of a session in which any tuition remission was received, he/she will be responsible for full payment, which was waived.

2. Coverage for Spouses/Same-Sex Domestic Partner

Remission of tuition and fees for a spouse/same-sex domestic partner of an Employee shall be made only to the extent that the person does not already have some form of grant or scholarship to cover his/her educational costs.

3. Coverage for Dependent Children

Classes may be taken by an Employee's dependent children on the following basis: Tuition and college fees in any undergraduate division, for courses taken for academic credit, will be waived only to the extent that the student does not already have some form of scholarship or grant to cover his/her educational costs.

The dependent child of an Employee shall be defined as the following natural issue of the eligible Employee, a stepchild, a child legally adopted by the Employee, or a foster child, provided that the foster child shall have been living in the home of the qualified Employee and shall have been supported primarily by the Employee for at least two (2) years prior to matriculation in a college or university. Children of retired Employees are eligible for this benefit in accordance with the provision above. The child must meet the definition as a legal dependent of the Employee as stipulated by the United States Internal Revenue Code. If the Employee's child is older than age 23, the parent Employee must be able to claim the child as a dependent on his/her last annual tax return. In this instance, a copy of the tax return must accompany the request for tuition waiver.

Most children of full-time Employees are eligible for the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (VTAGP). It is the responsibility of the student and his/her parents to make application for this grant through the University's Financial Aid Department. Failure to do this will result in the student or parents having to pay tuition equaling the amount, which they would have received had they applied for the VTAGP as specified.

4. Tuition Remission Chart for Credit and Non-Credit Classes.

     Click here to see a chart showing eligibilty of staff, spouses and children.