DEPENDENT TUITION WAIVER

Effective beginning with the 2004 Summer Session, the Montana University System will pilot a partial tuition waiver benefit for dependents of eligible employees. This trial program will be in place during fiscal year 2005 in order to assess the viability and financial implications of implementing such a benefit on a permanent basis.

The tuition waiver benefit for dependents will be for 50% of the residential tuition. Employees must be employed at least ¾ time for five or more consecutive years in order to be eligible for the dependent tuition waiver benefit.

This benefit applies to non-union staff and administrators and to employees included in a bargaining unit only after the Dependent Tuition Waiver has been incorporated in a ratified collective bargaining agreement.

Additional details are available in the Guidelines for Administering Dependent Tuition Waiver Policy and in the answers to the questions listed below.