I have a nephew for whom I have been awarded custody. I claim my nephew as a dependent on my income tax filings. Is my nephew eligible for the dependent tuition reduction program?
Yes. As long as your nephew meets the admissions and other standards of the program, he is eligible for the dependent tuition reduction program.
My daughter is a member of the National Guard. If her unit is activated in mid-semester and she has to withdraw from school, will she be eligible for the dependent tuition benefit in the semester after her unit is later deactivated even though she had to withdraw mid-semester?
Yes. Members of the Reserve and National Guard are covered by The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act. This benefit would be reinstated in full upon the dependent’s return from active duty. Your daughter would need to return to dependent status, however, and would need to meet all of the other eligibility requirements of the program.
My son is enrolled at Mines as a full-time student. I have been offered a full-time Classified job beginning October 1. When will my son be eligible for the dependent tuition reduction benefit?
Assuming that your son qualifies as a dependent, and he maintains sufficient academic progress and standing to be eligible, you and he can apply for the dependent tuition reduction benefit for the spring semester.
I have been a part-time research faculty for two years. I will begin a full time research faculty assignment in November. Can my daughter qualify for the dependent tuition reduction benefit retroactively for the fall semester?
No. In order to qualify for the benefit, the employee must be in a covered employment category on the first day of the semester. The first semester your daughter would be eligible to qualify for the benefit will be the spring semester.
My son was granted the dependent tuition reduction benefit for the fall semester. I resigned my employment at Mines to accept another job effective September 20. Will my son have to repay the dependent tuition reduction for the fall semester? If not, because we started the academic year as eligible for the dependent tuition reduction benefit, will he continue to be eligible in the spring semester?
The eligibility for the dependent tuition reduction benefit is governed by the employee’s and the dependent’s status on the first day of the semester; no repayment of the benefit for the fall semester is required. However, the benefit is granted on a semester by semester basis. Since you are no longer an eligible employee for the spring semester, your son will no longer be able to claim the dependent tuition reduction benefit for the spring.
I am on a transition retirement faculty assignment. Is my daughter eligible for the dependent tuition reduction benefit?
No. The benefit is only available to dependents of eligible employees, not retirees.
I recently began my full-time employment with Mines. My daughter graduated this past spring from high school in another state and is beginning full time at Mines in the fall semester. Is my daughter eligible for the dependent tuition reduction program?
Yes, but only to the extent her tuition would have been reduced from in-state tuition less the COF payment if she had been a Colorado resident. This would leave $4,905 of tuition eligible for the dependent tuition reduction. At 50%, the amount of the dependent tuition reduction for the fall semester would be $2,452.50. Of course, if she has scholarship money that would apply to her out of state tuition and if this were sufficient to reduce the amount of tuition owed below the $4,905, the 50% dependent tuition reduction would be applied to the remaining amount of tuition owed.