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Employees admitted as a student do not have to complete the Educational Benefit Certification form unless your position is grant funded. For grant funded positions see next tab. 

Please be reminded that for eligible Spouses and Dependent Children, the Educational Benefit Certification must be completed annually. The form can be accessed via DocRoute and can be submitted as early as the first day of registration for the applicable semester and no later than the first day of classes per the Academic Calendar.

The Educational Benefit Certification form for Affiliates or University Retirees can be accessed here /departments/financialaffairs/hr/resources/univhcmeducationalbenefit.pdf and must be submitted to Human Resources.  The form can be submitted as early as the first day of registration for the applicable semester and no later than the first day of classes per the Academic Calendar.

Employees in grant funded position are only required to submit an form if the cost associated with the employee's educational benefit needs to be changed to a non-grant funding account (FOAPAL).

Please be reminded that for eligible Spouses and Dependent Children, the Educational Benefit Certification must be completed annually. The form can be accessed via DocRoute and can be submitted as early as the first day of registration for the applicable semester and no later than the first day of classes per the Academic Calendar.

Employees may receive tuition credit for up to 5 semester hours and applicable fees each semester. For employees employed on or after January 1, 2013, the tuition credit rate is based on the prevailing College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate tuition rate for all course levels.

Employees who wish to take advantage of this benefit will be electronically verified as eligible by the Student Accounting Office. The benefit will be applied to student accounts automatically, prior to the fee payment deadline.

Employees must maintain at least a 2.0 institutional grade point average for undergraduate coursework taken at the 老司机福利网 for continued eligibility. Employees must maintain at least a 3.0 institutional grade point average for graduate coursework taken at the 老司机福利网 for continued eligibility.

Eligible spouses and unmarried dependent children may be credited 50% of the tuition rate with no hour maximum at the beginning of each academic semester, prior to the fee payment deadline. Fees are not included.

The tuition credit rate is based on the employee鈥檚 date of employment and degree program. For employees employed on or after January 1, 2013, the tuition credit rate is based on the prevailing College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate tuition rate for all course levels.

Eligible spouses and dependent children must maintain at least a 2.0 institutional grade point average for undergraduate coursework taken at the University of 老司机福利网 Alabama for continued eligibility. Eligible spouses and dependent children must maintain at least a 3.0 institutional grade point average for graduate coursework taken at the 老司机福利网 for continued eligibility. 

Employees must maintain at least a 2.0 institutional grade point average for undergraduate coursework taken at the 老司机福利网 for continued eligibility. Employees must maintain at least a 3.0 institutional grade point average for graduate coursework taken at the 老司机福利网 for continued eligibility.

Eligible spouses and dependent children must maintain at least a 2.0 institutional grade point average for undergraduate coursework taken at the University of 老司机福利网 Alabama for continued eligibility. Eligible spouses and dependent children must maintain at least a 3.0 institutional grade point average for graduate coursework taken at the 老司机福利网 for continued eligibility.

After the first semester, the student must have a minimum cumulative institutional grade point average of 2.0 undergraduate or 3.0 graduate at the end of each term to be eligible to receive educational benefits for following terms. If the student fails to maintain the appropriate grade point average, he or she will not be able to participate in this benefit until his or her grade point average reaches the appropriate level.

Yes, all undergraduates must meet the established standards designating appropriate academic progress. For more information on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, reinstatement, withdrawal or academic bankruptcy, please refer to the .

Employees, eligible spouses and dependent children who have applied for financial aid (including student loans) must disclose educational benefits as a resource. Failure to include this in your financial aid application could result in required repayment of Federal Financial Aid grants or loans.

If the total combined amount of the USA funded tuition scholarship and the employee educational benefit exceeds $17,650, the employee educational benefit will be reduced by the excess amount. This policy is applicable to all employees of the University of 老司机福利网 Alabama who are recipients of the employee/dependent educational benefit.

Employees with a spouse or dependent who is receiving institutionally funded scholarships covering 100% of educational expenses, as determined by the University, are ineligible for any additional employee educational benefit on behalf of the scholarship student.

Tuition credits will be reversed from student accounts only for courses dropped during the refund period (first two weeks of classes).

No. Tuition credits will be reversed from student accounts only for courses dropped during the refund period (first two weeks of class).

The Employee Educational Benefit will be tax free up to $5,250.

The Spouse and Dependent Educational benefit:

For University and HealthCare Management, LLC employees : In accordance with current Internal Revenue Service regulations, educational bene铿乼s received for an individual classi铿乪d as a graduate student, including a medical student, who is a dependent of a University employee are typically treated as taxable income to the employee.

Educational benefits received for a child of an employee, classified as an undergraduate, who is not the employee鈥檚 dependent for purposes of the federal income tax dependent鈥檚 exemption will be taxable to the employee. (Check  Box 2-Other child on certification form)

However, in the case of divorced parents, refer to the following grid to determine taxable status of the educational benefit:

Is the employee the custodial parent?	Has the custodial parent given the right to claim the dependent鈥檚 exemption to the other parent?	Is the educational benefit taxable to the employee?
Yes	No	No
Yes	Yes	No
No	Yes	No
No	No	Yes

 

For Health Care Authority employees: In accordance with current Internal Revenue Service regulations, educational benefits, received by an individual who is a dependent of the employee, are treated as taxable income to the employee.

For those educational bene铿乼s which are taxable, Federal 25%, State 5%  and Social Security taxes 7.65%  will be withheld from the employee鈥檚 payroll check prior to the end of the calendar quarter in which the semester began for each semester the eligible dependent was enrolled and received the educational benefit.

To ensure that daily operations are not interrupted, all time off for exempt and non-exempt employees to attend classes during working hours must be approved in writing and in advance at the discretion of department heads. If you are a non-exempt employee, all time off during working hours, including time spent traveling to and from class, must be made up during the same work week; vacation time or PTO may be used for this purpose, only with the pre-approval of your supervisor.

The applicable tuition credit will be applied to the student鈥檚 account before the final fee payment deadline for the academic semester. The student may periodically check his/her account to determine if the tuition credit has been applied.

Credit refunds will be processed approximately two weeks after the first day of classes for the semester per the University Academic Calendar.

Credits will be posted to the student鈥檚 account and subsequently refunded to the student by direct deposit to the one bank account the student has on file. (Note: students without direct deposits are strongly encouraged to sign up for direct deposit on PAWS and students may change bank accounts for direct deposit purposes).

If there is no direct deposit authorization on file for the student, a check will be issued to the student鈥檚 home address on file.

All external payments will be applied to the student鈥檚 account when received by the Student Accounting Office. All applicable USA Educational Benefit tuition credits will be applied to the student鈥檚 account before the final fee payment deadline for the semester. Any other scholarship or federal financial aid is credited to the student鈥檚 account just prior to the beginning of classes, or when the application and award process is completed. If payments from various sources result in an overpayment of tuition, the overpayment will be refunded to the student, except in cases where specific restrictions require some return of payment to the source(s) of the payments.

The amount paid with a credit card will be refunded to the credit card. If multiple credit cards are used, the refund will go back to the last credit card used.

Any applicable tuition refund, due to an overpayment, is applied to the student鈥檚 account. A student may have only one bank account associated with his/her student account. However, a student may voluntarily change bank accounts at any time. This includes the student changing the account to a parent鈥檚 account.

The Educational Benefit Plan provides a waiver of the $150 University registration fee each semester for undergraduate programs only when the course load is less than 15 semester hours.