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Other Benefits
Tuition Remission Fontbonne is a member of both
Fontbonne University provides an undergraduate remission program the CIC and Tuition Exchange—
for eligible employees, their spouses and dependent children who meet two exchange programs which
Fontbonne’s admission standards and are accepted as students. Eligible permit dependent children of full-
employees are staff members who regularly work at least 30 hours time employees to attend another
per week throughout the year or full-time faculty (including afiliates) member college/university.
who have been employed by Fontbonne for at least six (6) months. The CIC’s list of participating
For dependent (spouse and child(ren)) eligibility, the employee must be schools includes four-year private
employed at the University for two full years in a beneit-eligible position institutions, while the Tuition
for participation in the plan. The waiting period is waived for employees Exchange includes not only private
who are coming to Fontbonne directly from employment at another institutions but public and two
college or university. The undergraduate tuition remission beneit is non- year schools as well.
taxable under IRS code, Section 117(d). Anyone employed in a position Details on both programs,
considered to be student employment (including, but not limited to, including eligibility requirements,
Graduate Teaching Assistants and students in a work study position) is are available in the ofice of
not eligible for the tuition remission beneit. the Registrar. This beneit is
Full graduate tuition remission is provided for eligible employees only offered but not guaranteed, since
(as deined in the previous paragraph). Partial graduate tuition remission reciprocating institutions may limit
for eligible dependents and spouses is provided at 50% of the cost of their number of participants.
the courses only. Tuition remission for employees is taxable if the beneit
exceeds $5,250 annually; the value of partial tuition remission provided
to spouses and eligible dependents is fully taxable. Employees hired
after July 1, 2013 (as well as any employee who has not previously started
a graduate degree program) and their dependents are limited to one
graduate degree.
The application for the tuition remission program may be obtained in the
ofice of the Human Resources. All required forms must be completed
and approved before any tuition is remitted.
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Tuition Remission Fontbonne is a member of both
Fontbonne University provides an undergraduate remission program the CIC and Tuition Exchange—
for eligible employees, their spouses and dependent children who meet two exchange programs which
Fontbonne’s admission standards and are accepted as students. Eligible permit dependent children of full-
employees are staff members who regularly work at least 30 hours time employees to attend another
per week throughout the year or full-time faculty (including afiliates) member college/university.
who have been employed by Fontbonne for at least six (6) months. The CIC’s list of participating
For dependent (spouse and child(ren)) eligibility, the employee must be schools includes four-year private
employed at the University for two full years in a beneit-eligible position institutions, while the Tuition
for participation in the plan. The waiting period is waived for employees Exchange includes not only private
who are coming to Fontbonne directly from employment at another institutions but public and two
college or university. The undergraduate tuition remission beneit is non- year schools as well.
taxable under IRS code, Section 117(d). Anyone employed in a position Details on both programs,
considered to be student employment (including, but not limited to, including eligibility requirements,
Graduate Teaching Assistants and students in a work study position) is are available in the ofice of
not eligible for the tuition remission beneit. the Registrar. This beneit is
Full graduate tuition remission is provided for eligible employees only offered but not guaranteed, since
(as deined in the previous paragraph). Partial graduate tuition remission reciprocating institutions may limit
for eligible dependents and spouses is provided at 50% of the cost of their number of participants.
the courses only. Tuition remission for employees is taxable if the beneit
exceeds $5,250 annually; the value of partial tuition remission provided
to spouses and eligible dependents is fully taxable. Employees hired
after July 1, 2013 (as well as any employee who has not previously started
a graduate degree program) and their dependents are limited to one
graduate degree.
The application for the tuition remission program may be obtained in the
ofice of the Human Resources. All required forms must be completed
and approved before any tuition is remitted.
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