Tuition Remission for Employees
Eligible Faculty, Staff and Emeritus Faculty may apply for and
receive a full waiver of tuition for up to 18 hours per academic
year. No more than 6 hours per semester or term will
be approved.
Eligible participants
must apply for the Tuition Remission benefit each semester or
term that he or she is taking classes. The Tuition Remission
application process is done on-line through the University Banner
Self-Service. The screens open on April 1 each year for
the academic year beginning with the summer session. You may
apply for the acadmic year (AY), fall and spring (AD), summer
only (S1), Fall only (F1) or Spring only (S2). There is a $25
per credit hour non-refundable fee.
In order for full-time
faculty, full-time staff or Emeritus Faculty to be eligible
for the benefit, he or she must be considered a full-time faculty
or staff member on the first day of classes for the term for
which tuition remission benefits are requested and meet
requirements for admission as well as maintaining satisfactory
academic progress.
These tuition remission
benefits shall not apply for the following:
- for University fees and course
related fees.
- for classes offered at any
university, college, junior college or other educational
institution other than the University.
- for tuition in excess of
an overall limit of 180 credit hours for undergraduate,
graduate and professional school tuition remission.
- for courses offered by Saint
Louis University as non-credit courses or continuing education.
- for medical school tuition.
- when any satisfactory academic
progress or admission requirement established by the Academic
Vice President's Office is not met.
- for a period of one term should
a participant withdraw from courses in two consecutive terms
or during the majority of terms for which they register
in an academic year.
Please
be aware that the IRS requires employees to pay taxes on graduate
tuition benefits that exceed $5,250 in a given calendar year.
Employees will receive a letter once the limit is exceeded,
and the appropriate taxes will be withheld from paychecks upon
receipt of the employee class enrollment report.
To request that advanced
tax deductions be withheld for Calendar Year 2009, you may fill
out the form below and submit the form to Payroll Services.
Please read the form carefully as the elections you submit will
affect your paycheck amounts for the remainder of the calendar
year.
Voluntary
Tax Election Form
