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Tuition Waiver
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Faculty/Staff Eligibility for Tuition
Waiver Benefits
A faculty/staff member is eligible for the tuition waiver benefit
following successful completion of the initial introductory period
following employment in a benefits-eligible position. Generally,
the staff introductory period is six months. For purposes of this
policy, the completion of the faculty initial introductory period
shall mean following two (2) semesters of benefits-eligible employment.
For faculty and staff members the tuition benefit covers enrollment
in any regular credit courses offered by USNH institutions. This
benefit includes full University paid coverage for the courses and
any mandatory fees generally required of the other students. The
plan also provides a 50% tuition waiver for regular non-credit courses
for employees only. The benefit is included with the total number
of courses permitted.
Level of Coverage
The level of coverage for the tuition benefit is as follows:
| % Time Appointments |
# of Courses
per Fiscal Year |
Maximum # of Courses
per Semester * |
| 76% - 100% |
up to 5 |
2 |
| 51% - 75% |
up to 3 |
2 |
| 50% |
up to 2 1/2 |
1 |
* Summer Session courses are counted in the beginning of the fiscal
year,
i.e., course taken in May or June is counted against the next Fiscal
Year, which begins on July 1st.
Spouse/Domestic Partner/Dependent
Children Eligibility for Tuition Waiver Benefits
A faculty or staff member must be employed in a benefits-eligible
position for one year on or before the first day of classes in the
semester for which application is made for a tuition waiver for
his/her spouse/domestic partner/dependent children. Children are
considered dependent if, at the time of enrollment, they are unmarried,
have not reached age 24, and are dependent on the employee for more
than half of their financial support, and are claimed on the employee's/spouse's
income tax return as a dependent.
Spouses/same sex domestic partners, and dependent children of full
time, benefits-eligible faculty and staff may enroll in any of the
regular credit courses at 1/2 the current in-state tuition rate.
Tuition waivers are pro rated for spouses/same sex domestic partners,
and dependent children of flex-year employees and are equal to the
employee's percent time appointment.
Example: The spouse of an employee with a 50%-time
appointment is eligible for a tuition waiver equal to 50% of one-half
of the in-state tuition.
This benefit is not cumulative; that is, if both father and mother
are employed by USNH, one-half of the current in-state tuition for
their dependent child or children must be paid.
Graduate Tuition Benefit
The Graduate Tuition benefit is TAXABLE for Spouse/Same-Sex
Domestic Partner/Dependent per IRS regulations and NON-TAXABLE
for employees, up to a maximum Tuition Waiver value of $5,250 (tuition
costs above this amount in a calendar year will be taxed for full-time
employees, pro-lated for percent-time employees).
Obtaining Tuition Waiver Forms
- Business Services, Stoke Hall
- Human Resources, 2 Leavitt Lane
- Registrar's Office, Stoke Hall
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