Education Benefits
Tuition Remission
- For more detailed information, please go to http://louisville.edu/hr/policies/PER702.html
- Tuition Remission Form
- Tuition Remission Payment Schedule (PDF)
Employees
All regular/provisional 80% or greater full-time employees are eligible to take up to eight credit hours of tuition free each semester. These hours may not be accumulated. The individual must be a regular or provision 80% or greater FTE employee of the university on the first day of class for the semester to be eligible. Tuition remission does not apply to special courses that are not listed in the university catalog. It also does not cover special costs, such as laboratory or art supply fees.
Regular status employees working at least 40% FTE may receive up to four credit hours of tuition remission each semester while currently employed by the university.
Temporary lecturers working at least 40% FTE may received up to four credit hours of tuition remission each semester while employed at the university.
Employee Tuition Remission Transfer to Spouse
Effective Fall 2008 this benefit will no longer be available.
Employee Children
Tuition remission is available for dependent children of regular status employees at 80% F.T.E or above for courses counting toward a first undergraduate degree. The employee must be claiming the child for tax purposes or must certify that the employee is providing more than 50% of the child's support. For employees hired on or after 7/1/11, there is a waiting period of 12 months of continuous service.
If an employee becomes permanently disabled, retires or dies, his or her children continue to be eligible for tuition remission on the same basis as before. If an employee hired on or after 7/1/11 and has five years of continuous service and becomes permanently disabled, retires or dies, his or her children shall continue to be eligible for tuition remission benefits.
