Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
Employees who are not represented by a union or covered by an
agreement that provides contrary language regarding tuition remission, as well
as their spouses, domestic partners, and dependents are entitled to tuition
remission as set forth in this rule. The president or the president's designee
shall have the authority to interpret and to issue policies implementing this
rule.
(A) Employees
Employees are eligible for tuition remission for credit or
audit hours at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the university as
follows:
(1) Full-time employees are
eligible for tuition remission for unlimited regular undergraduate or graduate
credit or audit hours per academic term.
(2) Part-time and postdoctoral fellow
employees who receive regular compensation for services are eligible for
remission up to four credit hours per full academic term.
(3) Retired employees as defined by rule
3361:30-28-01 of the Administrative Code are eligible for the same tuition
remission benefits on the same basis as active employees based upon their
classification at the time of retirement.
(B) Spouses, domestic partners, and
dependents of full-time, benefits-eligible university employees
The following individuals are eligible for full tuition
remission of the instructional fee portion of their bill:
(1) Spouses of employees;
(2) Unmarried dependents of employees,
defined for purposes of this rule as naturally born sons and daughters,
stepsons or stepdaughters of the employee, and individuals for whom the
employee has been appointed the legal guardian pursuant to court action or by
the terms of a valid will, who are federal income tax dependents of the
employee;
(3) Domestic partners of
employees, defined for purposes of this rule as a partner of the same or
opposite sex who meets specific criteria established by the central human
resources department;
(4) Spouses,
domestic partners, and unmarried dependents of former employees who retired
from the university or became completely disabled and eligible for disability
benefits from the university's disability carrier or the Ohio state pension
system while in the service of the university; and
(5) Spouses, domestic partners, and unmarried
dependents of former employees who died while in the active service of the
university.
(C)
Limitations on benefits
(1) Tuition remission
is only available for graded courses for the spouses, domestic partners, and
dependents of employees.
(2)
Tuition remission benefits employees for the college of medicine (doctor of medicine
and masters in physiology) are not available for the spouses, domestic
partners, and dependents of employees.
(D) Loss of tuition remission benefits
Continued eligibility for any of the tuition remission benefits
conferred by this rule is contingent upon continued eligibility for the benefit
as well as the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress, based on
criteria established by the student financial aid office. Eligibility for
tuition remission shall be suspended for individuals who fail to maintain
satisfactory academic progress until such time as this requirement has been
met.
