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Benefits Bulletin: Tuition Remission Update – Summer 2006 Deadlines

Towson University?s Bursar’s Office is now accepting tuition remission requests for Towson?s 2006 summer sessions until Tuesday, May 30. Tuition remission benefits for the summer sessions are limited to a maximum of eight credits, over the entire summer, for both eligible full time employees and any eligible spouses/dependent children. Please note that 1:1 courses such as advanced studio and private lessons, self-support programs such as computer certification courses, College of Education closed contract courses and courses offered through the Center for Applied Information Technology and the Towson Learning Network are currently excluded from the tuition remission program at Towson.

Deadlines and other limitations/restrictions announced by other USM institutions are:

University of Maryland, College Park: Full time employees are eligible for a maximum of 6 credit hours taken in either session or spread out over both sessions. Eligible spouse/dependent children are entitled to a maximum of 4 credit hours, which may be taken in either session or spread out over both sessions. Deadlines for acceptance of all tuition remission forms are June 5 for summer session I and July 17 for summer session II. Certain programs offered at UMCP are excluded from the tuition remission benefit including Summer Programs for High School Students, Young Scholars, The Arts at Maryland, UMEI courses, Math 0XXX-Intermedial Math courses and Freshman Connection.

University of Maryland University College: UMUC will accept remission requests for summer 2006 up to Monday, July 10 so plan accordingly.

University of Baltimore: Tuition remission requests for their summer 2006 sessions must be received at UB no later than Friday, June 9.

Tuition remission request forms are available from both Towson?s Office of Human Resources and the Bursar’s Office as well as under the Forms section of the OHR Benefits Web site at {http://wwwnew.towson.edu/adminfinance/hr/benefits/index.asp}. All requests for tuition remission at Towson or at any of the other USM schools or other participating institutions must be returned to Towson?s OHR for certification and processing.

Questions should be directed to Dave Curtis, x46018 email: {dcurtis@towson.edu}, or Gail Price, x46017 email: {gprice@towson.edu}.

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