EmployEE Handbook - Marymount University

take a maximum of eighteen (18) credit hours in a 12-month academic year. Employees
who are on an extended non-medical leave are not eligible for enrollment under Tuition
Remission. In cases involving medical leave, a physician’s release is required prior to
enrollment under tuition remission. If several employees in a work area wish to enroll
but enrollments must be limited because of work demands, the following priority is to
be followed by the authorizing supervisor: undergraduate degree, first master’s degree,
additional master’s degree, non-degree course.
Spouse and Dependent Children
Spouses and dependent children of full-time employees are eligible for tax free
undergraduate tuition remission(subject to current federal statutes) for not more than
eighteen (18) credits in the fall semester and eighteen (18) credits in the spring semester
and twelve (12) credits during all the summer terms. This assistance is available to spouses
and dependent children after the employee has completed one year of continuous full-time
employment at Marymount. Tuition benefits under this program will never be more than
100%. If financial aid is available, tuition remission will be reduced by the amount of
the aid provided. NOTE: It is the responsibility of the sponsoring employee to apply
for all appropriate financial aid through the regular Financial Aid procedures and
observe appropriate deadlines. Failure to apply for financial aid will result in the
withholding of tuition remission assistance.
Spouses and dependent children of full-time employees are eligible for taxable graduate
tuition remission (subject to current federal statutes) of 25% after the sponsoring employee
has completed one year of continuous full-time employment and 100% after five calendar
years of full-time employment at Marymount, after crediting applicable financial aid.
Tuition remission benefits will cover no more than twelve (12) credits in the fall and
spring semesters and nine (9) credits during all the summer terms. If financial aid is
available, tuition remission will be reduced by the amount of the aid provided. NOTE: It
is the responsibility of the sponsoring employee to apply for all appropriate financial
aid through the regular Financial Aid procedures and observe appropriate deadlines.
Failure to apply for financial aid will result in the withholding of tuition assistance.
Employees must apply for admission for themselves, their spouses and/or dependent
children. The application fee is waived for employees. Only classes that are regularly
scheduled on a Marymount campus in Virginia are eligible. Consortium classes are not
covered by Tuition Remission.
Employees must complete the appropriate Tuition Remission Authorization Form at the
same time as enrollment in any class or program. Forms are available from the Office of
Human Resource Services, or are downloadable from the MU Portal at http://archive.
marymount.edu/hr/benefits/TuitionRemission_Form.pdf.
Tuition Exchange
Tuition Exchange enables the dependent children of full-time Marymount faculty, staff,
and administrators to choose from those participating colleges and universities that agree
to remit tuition for eligible and approved participants from other member institutions. The
student must meet all eligible admissions requirements and be admitted to the participating
member institution. The number of students “exported” each year by Marymount varies
and the availability of “slots” in any particular year are not guaranteed. This program
is defined as a scholarship and not a benefit. Employees may obtain Tuition Exchange
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