• An employee’s benefits under this policy cannot be combined with the Early College Program. • Employees, their spouse, and dependent children seeking to use this benefit with summer and interim courses must employ late registration and will only be permitted to enroll in courses that have already reached sufficient enrollment numbers to be offered as per university policy. • An employee or retiree cannot combine his or her benefit under this policy with that of a spouse as listed above. • A retiree employed by the University in an adjunct or temporary capacity cannot combine his/her benefits as an employee and a retiree. Employees There is a full remission of tuition and fees for both graduate and undergraduate level courses taken at UNA by any eligible employees of the University. • A leave of absence, other than that for illness, disability, faculty development leave, or active military service, classifies an employee as inactive. • Failure to teach in any summer term does not affect this benefit, provided that the employee has an employment letter for the subsequent fall term. • Individuals wishing to apply for remission of tuition and fees must be admitted to UNA prior to the initial registration and must be eligible to register for each term in which a course is to be taken. • Courses for employees under this benefit are available only on a space available basis. • Courses must be registered for during late registration. The late registration fee is waived. If employees register prior to late registration, their registration will be voided, and they will have an opportunity to re-enroll during late registration on a space-available basis. • Eligible employees may receive this benefit for no more than six credit hours during any fall, spring, or summer term. There is no limit to the number of terms an eligible employee may receive this benefit. • The maximum amount UNA will pay on behalf of a qualifying employee for remission of tuition and fees per semester shall not exceed the cost for six credit hours of undergraduate or graduate classes. The employee will be responsible for all costs incurred in excess of this allocation. • Remission of tuition and fees for special programs of study scheduled outside the regular fall and spring terms will be limited to: (1) 1.5 course hours per four weeks; or, (2) six graduate course hours per each four months (16 weeks); or, (3) two graduate or two undergraduate courses (three hours each) during each of the fall, spring, and summer terms. Course hours taken with the remission benefit shall not exceed 18 hours per calendar year. The maximum amount paid for a course hour for special programs of study (undergraduate or graduate) will be the standard amount for a regular graduate course hour. • An eligible employee may audit a class if approved by the supervisor or department head. • Audited courses do not count towards the six hour per semester limit. • Upon the recommendation of the supervisor and/or department head, an employee may be given special permission to take two continuing education courses each semester in lieu of two regular graduate or undergraduate courses. Tuition and fee remission for any continuing education class will not exceed the standard amount for a regular graduate course. The total number of continuing education courses cannot exceed two per term. With the approval of his or her supervisor, a staff employee may be permitted to take a course under this benefit during the normal workday or during the one-hour lunch break. When a course is taken during the normal workday, the time spent for class, laboratory, or other required attendance, in excess of the lunch hour, will be charged against the employee's accrued personal leave, compensatory time (for non-exempt
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