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Educational Assistance
General fees of institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Governors (i.e. the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island) may be waived for all full-time employees. The level of eligibility for full-time employees shall be unlimited. The waiver applies to the employee's spouse or domestic partner (as defined by RIGL 36-12-1) and legal dependents who are pursuing courses in a regular study program for credit at the baccalaureate level only at any of the three institutions. The waiver of fees will be limited strictly to tuition. All other fees, books, supplies, travel and other expenses must be paid by the individual.
Please Note:
- In the event of an employee's death, the tuition waiver benefit shall be provided for those spouses, domestic partners and legal dependents who have been accepted or are enrolled at the time of such death and who maintain continuous enrollment.
- If an employee is on leave without pay neither he/she nor his/her spouse, domestic partner and/or legal dependents are eligible for the waiver unless specifically approved by the institution.
- If an active member of the Rhode Island National Guard is killed or dies while in the performance of his or her duty as a member, his/her spouse or domestic partner and legal dependents receive a tuition waiver to URI, RIC and CCRI provided that the child has entered the institution between the ages of 16 and 21 and that the aid available to the spouse, domestic partner and/or legal dependent(s) does not exceed more than four years. The act is retroactive to June 1, 2003. For more information, visit the Board of Governors web site.
Tuition Waiver Policy:
- Employees are expected to enroll in courses offered outside of normal
working hours. Normal working hours are those hours other than the lunch
hour and work breaks.
- Employees must receive prior approval from their department
supervisor to participate in a course offered during the employee's
normal work schedule. Final approval will be contingent upon the submission
of a statement by the department supervisor which verifies that the
time required for class attendance will be charged either to vacation
or personal leave or to an adjusted work schedule. The adjusted work
schedule must indicate how the time is to be made up. This statement
must be forwarded for approval to the Office of Human Resources along
with the Authorization for Tuition Waiver.
- The waiver applies to full-time employees only.
An employee's spouse or domestic partner and legal dependents who are
pursuing courses in a regular study program for credit at the baccalaureate
level at any of the three institutions are also eligible for the waiver.
- Tuition waivers are not applicable to non-credit courses, specialty
courses, or executive MBA courses.
Procedure:
- Waiver forms are obtained online at the
Office of Human Resources web site.
- The employee or his/her spouse, domestic partner or dependent completes
the form.
- If the employee is enrolling him/herself in a course, he/she submits
the waiver form to his/her department supervisor for approval prior
to submitting the form to the Office of Human Resources. Related statements
regarding work schedules are attached at this point. If the employee's
spouse, domestic partner and/or dependent(s) are enrolling in the course(s),
the form is forwarded directly to the Office of Human Resources.
- The Director of Human Resources (or designee) reviews and, where
appropriate, approves and returns the form to the employee.
- Upon receipt of the approved form, the employee may then register for the course.
In some cases, tuition fees will be reflected as taxable income for IRS purposes.
