TA / AI Tuition Assistance
Procedure
Process:
- The TA or AI appointment will authorize a credit to the fee bill.
- The credit amount will be 75% of the total assistance entitlement to allow
for taxes.
- Student pays remainder of tuition fee bill by published payment deadline
(September 2).
- The actual tuition benefit amount available for applying to the bill will
be determined when the first semi-monthly payroll is processed in mid-September,
even though the credit was applied at appointment approval. 75% of the benefit
will be applied to the tuition bill and the remainder (after taxes)
paid directly to the student. If the tuition bill has been paid in
full from other sources prior to payroll processing, the full tuition benefit
amount less employment taxes will be paid directly to the student.
Overall result: Student does not have to pay full tuition bill in advance. The
expected tuition assistance payment is used to offset the amount due.
Mechanics:
- ANI, ACI, and AR* documents will open on August 1.
- At a minimum, the information on Screen 1 of the appointment document must
be completed before the credit will be applied. APP action by document
creator will initiate fee credit regardless of whether "final approval" reached
or not.
- Appointment will not final approve until all other audits have been satisfied.
- The credit amount will be updated each time changes are made to the appointment
after the initial credit is applied. It is the FYA, DEL or APP actions
affecting the change that will trigger the update to the credit amount.
- Credits will no longer be applied after the close of business on the 12th
class day.
- The Payroll and SAR systems will "true up" during the first semi-monthly
payroll cycle paid September 22.
- Any unfunded credits on the SAR system will be removed after the first
payroll cycle which may result in a new fee bill notification reflecting
amounts OWED by the student.