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Fontbonne University
Other Beneits
Tuition Remission The application for the tuition
Fontbonne University provides an undergraduate remission program remission program may be obtained
for eligible employees, their spouses and dependent children who in the Ofice of the Human
meet Fontbonne’s admission standards and are accepted as students. Resources. All required forms must be
Eligible employees are staff members who regularly work at least 30 completed and approved before any
hours per week throughout the year or full-time faculty (including tuition is remitted.
afiliates) who have been employed by Fontbonne for at least six (6) Fontbonne is a member of the CIC
months. For dependent (spouse and child(ren)) eligibility, the employee tuition exchange program which
must be employed at the University for two full years in a beneit- permits dependent children of full-
eligible position for participation in the plan. The waiting period is time employees to attend another
waived for employees who are coming to Fontbonne directly from college/university having membership
employment at another college or university. The undergraduate tuition in the program. Also, effective with
remission beneit is non-taxable under IRS code, Section 117(d). the 2015-16 academic school year,
Anyone employed in a position considered to be student employment Fontbonne will again participate with
(including, but not limited to, Graduate Teaching Assistants and The Tuition Exchange, a separate
students in a work study position) is not eligible for the tuition program which will allow Fontbonne
remission beneit. to send up to three students per year
Full graduate tuition remission is provided for eligible employees to a participating school. The Tuition
only (as deined in the previous paragraph). Partial graduate tuition Exchange includes not only private
remission for eligible dependents and spouses is provided at 50% of institutions but public and two year
the cost of the courses only. Tuition remission for employees is taxable schools as well.
if the beneit exceeds $5,250 annually; the value of partial tuition Details on both programs, including
remission provided to spouses and eligible dependents is fully taxable. eligibility requirements, are available
Employees hired after July 1, 2013 (as well as any employee who has in the ofice of the Registrar.
not previously started a graduate degree program) and their dependents
are limited to one graduate degree.
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Other Beneits
Tuition Remission The application for the tuition
Fontbonne University provides an undergraduate remission program remission program may be obtained
for eligible employees, their spouses and dependent children who in the Ofice of the Human
meet Fontbonne’s admission standards and are accepted as students. Resources. All required forms must be
Eligible employees are staff members who regularly work at least 30 completed and approved before any
hours per week throughout the year or full-time faculty (including tuition is remitted.
afiliates) who have been employed by Fontbonne for at least six (6) Fontbonne is a member of the CIC
months. For dependent (spouse and child(ren)) eligibility, the employee tuition exchange program which
must be employed at the University for two full years in a beneit- permits dependent children of full-
eligible position for participation in the plan. The waiting period is time employees to attend another
waived for employees who are coming to Fontbonne directly from college/university having membership
employment at another college or university. The undergraduate tuition in the program. Also, effective with
remission beneit is non-taxable under IRS code, Section 117(d). the 2015-16 academic school year,
Anyone employed in a position considered to be student employment Fontbonne will again participate with
(including, but not limited to, Graduate Teaching Assistants and The Tuition Exchange, a separate
students in a work study position) is not eligible for the tuition program which will allow Fontbonne
remission beneit. to send up to three students per year
Full graduate tuition remission is provided for eligible employees to a participating school. The Tuition
only (as deined in the previous paragraph). Partial graduate tuition Exchange includes not only private
remission for eligible dependents and spouses is provided at 50% of institutions but public and two year
the cost of the courses only. Tuition remission for employees is taxable schools as well.
if the beneit exceeds $5,250 annually; the value of partial tuition Details on both programs, including
remission provided to spouses and eligible dependents is fully taxable. eligibility requirements, are available
Employees hired after July 1, 2013 (as well as any employee who has in the ofice of the Registrar.
not previously started a graduate degree program) and their dependents
are limited to one graduate degree.
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