• 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 employees, if applicable), and/or annual leave as directed by the employee. Employees in this classification may not take a course that requires them to be away from their regular work station during the normal workday for more than one hour and thirty minutes on any day (other than for a final examination) or when it is the judgment of their immediate supervisor that their work cannot be left unattended. • Faculty may not take a course that conflicts with their teaching schedule. • The approval authority for employee remission of tuition and fees is the employee’s immediate supervisor. • When the employee's tuition remission application is approved, the employee receives an email notifying him/her of the approval. • Temporary employees whose employment with UNA is shorter than the length of a full semester are not eligible for this benefit. Dependent Children The University provides remission for 100% of the basic tuition and mandatory fees (exclusive of course-specific fees and other related charges, i.e. books, supplies, room and board) for enrollment in the undergraduate program at UNA for eligible dependent children of eligible full-time regular employees or retirees during fall and spring terms. The University provides remission for 75% of the basic tuition and mandatory fees (exclusive of course-specific fees and other related charges, i.e. books, supplies, room and board) for enrollment in the undergraduate program at UNA for eligible dependent children of eligible full-time regular employees or retirees during summer terms.
Qualifying children are eligible for the tuition remission benefit if a parent meets the eligibility guidelines above.
Eligible children are those who meet all the following conditions: • Are the natural children, stepchildren, or legally adopted children of the eligible employee who: ▪ Are dependents of the employee as determined by eligibility for federal income tax purposes, by a qualified child support order, or by other appropriate definitions (birth certificate, certificate of adoption, marriage certificate – for stepchildren, etc.);
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