Employees who are not represented by a union or
covered by an agreement that provides contrary language regarding tuition
remission, as well as their spouses, domestic partners, and dependents are
entitled to tuition remission as set forth in this rule. The president or the
president's designee shall have the authority to interpret and to issue
policies implementing this rule.
(A) Employees
Employees are eligible for tuition remission for
credit or audit hours at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the
university as follows:
(1) Full-time employees
are eligible for tuition remission for unlimited regular undergraduate or
graduate credit or audit hours per academic term.
(2) Part-time and
postdoctoral fellow employees who receive regular compensation for services are
eligible for remission up to four credit hours per full academic
term.
(3) Retired employees as
defined by rule 3361:30-28-01 of the Administrative Code are eligible for the
same tuition remission benefits on the same basis as active employees based
upon their classification at the time of retirement.
(B) Spouses, domestic partners, and
dependents of full-time, benefits-eligible university employees
The following individuals are eligible for full
tuition remission of the instructional fee portion of their bill:
(1) Spouses of
employees;
(2) Unmarried dependents
of employees, defined for purposes of this rule as naturally born sons and
daughters, stepsons or stepdaughters of the employee, and individuals for whom
the employee has been appointed the legal guardian pursuant to court action or
by the terms of a valid will, who are federal income tax dependents of the
employee;
(3) Domestic partners of
employees, defined for purposes of this rule as a partner of the same or
opposite sex who meets specific criteria established by the central human
resources department;
(4) Spouses, domestic
partners, and unmarried dependents of former employees who retired from the
university or became completely disabled and eligible for disability benefits
from the university's disability carrier or the Ohio state pension system
while in the service of the university; and
(5) Spouses, domestic
partners, and unmarried dependents of former employees who died while in the
active service of the university.
(C) Limitations on benefits
(1) Tuition remission is
only available for graded courses for the spouses, domestic partners, and
dependents of employees.
(2) Tuition remission
benefits for specific programs for the colleges of law (jd), medicine (md and
ms in physiology), and pharmacy (pharmd) are not available for the spouses,
domestic partners, and dependents of employees. However, effective fall term
2020, tuition remission benefits for specific programs in the college of law
(jd) will be eligible for tuition remission for the spouses, domestic partners,
and dependents of employees.
(D) Loss of tuition remission
benefits
Continued eligibility for any of the tuition
remission benefits conferred by this rule is contingent upon continued
eligibility for the benefit as well as the recipient maintaining satisfactory
academic progress, based on criteria established by the student financial aid
office. Eligibility for tuition remission shall be suspended for individuals
who fail to maintain satisfactory academic progress until such time as this
requirement has been met.
