Employee Tuition Remission Program

General

Under this policy, Delta State University will remit tuition for no more than six (6) credit hours per fall or spring semester. Delta State will remit tuition for no more than three (3) credit hours per summer term and/or a total of six hours for extended summer terms.  Tuition remission is available for no more than three (3) credit hours per intersession term. The Tuition Remission Program does not include laboratory fees, course materials, or housing fees. Also excluded are non-credit workshops, institutes and short courses offered through the Division of Graduate and Continuing Studies.

Employees may be released for up to one (1) three credit hour course during their normal working day with the prior approval of the supervisor. Employees will not be released from work for any additional courses above three (3) credit hours in a given semester or term. Additional courses must be taken during non-work hours.

In order to receive tuition remission, employees must gain admission/readmission to the University and complete the Application for Tuition Remission form found on the HR Forms page. The application must be completed and forwarded to the Human Resources Department prior to the deadline for registration each semester.

Credit hours taken in excess of the limits specified in this policy shall be paid for by employees at the actual tuition for those hours.

Eligibility

Regular funded full-time employees are eligible to have tuition remitted for up to six (6) undergraduate or graduate credit hours per fall or spring semester and up to three (3) credit hours per summer and/or intersession term with a maximum of eighteen (18) credit hours per fiscal year. Part-time, benefit eligible employees, may take up to three (3) credit hours per semester. Employees are responsible for certain required fees. Employees who are adjunct or temporary status are not eligible for the Tuition Remission Program.

A full-time grant and/or auxiliary employee may be eligible for tuition remission (for the employee only) if the employee meets the University’s requirements. Eligibility, however, will be subject to grant/auxiliary guidelines, restrictions, and the availability of funds. Grant/auxiliary funded employees are subject to the same maximum of eighteen (18) credit hours per fiscal year as stated above.

Prior approval is needed from the Office of Institutional Grants and from the Office of Human Resources for tuition remission for full-time grant and/or auxiliary funded employees.

Employees are eligible for this benefit on the first day of their regular employment provided the employment began on or before the last day to add courses.

If the employee leaves employment at Delta State University before the academic semester/term ends, the tuition remission will be prorated according to the number of days remaining in the semester.

Retired full-time employees, who were eligible for the Tuition Remission Program at the time of their retirement, may continue to be eligible under the same terms as regular employees. The term retirees shall mean employees who have attained official retirement status from the University.

Regular full-time employees on an approved leave of absence may continue to be eligible for the Tuition Remission Program for the duration of the approved absence.

Part-time, benefit eligible employees, may take up to three (3) credit hours per semester. Employees are responsible for certain required fees. The same policies and procedures apply to part-time benefit eligible employees as to regular full-time employees.

A part-time grant and/or auxiliary employee may be eligible for tuition remission (for the employee only) if the employee meets the University’s requirements. Eligibility, however, will be subject to grant/auxiliary guidelines, restrictions, and the availability of funds. Grant/auxiliary funded employees are subject to the same maximum of three (3) credit hours per semester.

Employees who are adjunct or temporary status are not eligible for the Tuition Remission Program.

The University provides a Tuition Remission Program which enables dependent children of eligible employees to enroll in courses of study at the University at reduced tuition. The Tuition Remission Program does not include laboratory fees, course materials, housing fees, or required fees. Also excluded are correspondence courses, short courses, workshops, institutes, and non-credit courses taught by the Division of Continuing Education. A dependent child is defined as one who is unmarried natural child, adopted child, step-child or legal ward and is less than 25 years of age as of the first day of the semester for which application is made for tuition remission.

Dependent children of regular full-time employees are eligible to receive tuition remission at fifty percent (50%) until the degree requirements for one baccalaureate degree are met. A 100% tuition remission scholarship is available to dependent children if both parents are full-time employees of the University and is employed as of the first day of each scheduled registration. Dependent children who have earned one baccalaureate degree from DSU or another institution are ineligible for this benefit. Dependent children of employees who are adjunct, part-time or temporary status are not eligible for the Tuition Remission Program.  Dependent children of employees paid by grants are not eligible for the Tuition Remission Program unless it is an allowable expense under the provision of the employee’s grant.  Please contact the Office of Institutional Grants for additional information and approvals.

In order to receive the fifty percent tuition remission, a dependent child must gain admission to the University and complete the Application for Tuition Remission for a Dependent child. The application can be found on the HR Forms page. The application must be completed prior to the start of the semester. This policy does not apply to dependent children who are recipients of full scholarships from any source. Dependent children receiving less than full scholarships are eligible for the tuition remission in addition to other aid and scholarships.

Spouses of regular full-time employees are eligible to receive the same provisions provided in the Employee Tuition Remission policy until the degree requirements are met. Employees’ spouses are eligible for this benefit on the first day of the employee’s regular employment provided the employment began on or before the last day to add courses.

If the employee leaves employment at Delta State University before the academic semester/term ends, the spouse’s tuition remission will be prorated according to the number of days remaining in the semester.

Spouses of employees who are adjunct or temporary status are not eligible for the scholarship.  Spouses of employees paid by grants are not eligible for the Tuition Remission Program unless it is an allowable expense under the provision of the employee’s grant.  Please contact the Office of Institutional Grants for additional information and approvals.

This policy does not apply to spouses who are recipients of full scholarships from any source and/or federal aid.

In order to receive the scholarship, a spouse must gain admission/readmission to the University and complete the Application for Scholarship found on the HR Forms page. The application must be completed and forwarded to the Human Resources Department two weeks before registration for each semester.

Delta State University has entered into an agreement that will provide full-time faculty and staff at Mississippi Delta Community College a reduction of one-half tuition at Delta State University and allow full-time DSU employees the same benefit at Mississippi Delta Community College. The employee must meet the regular admission requirements of the institution. The scholarship is available for regular academic sessions, vocational education programs, and academic credited continuing education courses. Eligible employees must take courses at the reciprocal institution after regular office/working hours or by permission of supervisor. The supervisor shall have control as to the time an employee may take a class during working hours. It shall be the responsibility of the supervisor to maintain adherence to institutional leave and travel policies regarding this scholarship.

An application for any DSU employees must be submitted to DSU Human Resources two (2) weeks before each semester begins to request tuition remission. Mississippi Delta Community College will not accept applications unless employment has been verified by Human Resources.

• Application for MDCC tuition scholarship for DSU Employees.

If you are an employee at another Mississippi Community College, you can find information about tuition remission opportunities available to you at Delta State University on the website of Graduate and Continuing Studies.

Mississippi Delta Community College and Delta State University have established a tuition exchange program for dependent children of full-time faculty and staff at MDCC and DSU. The Tuition Exchange Program (TE) will permit three (3) DSU students to attend MDCC and three (3) MDCC students to attend DSU. Each student will receive a fifty percent (50%) tuition remission for an undergraduate program of study. Eligible personnel may apply to receive TE scholarship for legally dependent children under age twenty-five (25). All students must meet the academic standards and criteria of the admitting institution. Scholarships are available for a maximum of four years (eight semesters) of full-time academic study in an undergraduate degree program. Students must be admitted as a full-time student at the admitting institution in order to be eligible for this program. Only one dependent per family may participate in the TE program in any given academic year. In order to balance the number of TE students at each institution, MDCC and DSU have agreed to a maximum of twelve (12) TE scholarships during any four (4) year time period. TE scholarship availability is dependent on the availability of spaces at the admitting institution.