Tuition Waiver Requirement Resolution

From the Benefits and Work Environment Committee

Presented February 18, 2000; Passed February 18, 2000

1. In March of 1999 the IHL Board changed the policy concerning tuition waiver for employee dependents;
2. the new policy requires that for employee dependents to receive the 50% tuition waiver, the student must maintain a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA rather than the 2.0 GPA as stated on p. 13 of the current University of Southern Mississippi Fringe Benefits Summary;
3. a student is considered to be in "good standing" with a minimum GPA of 2.0;
4. the issue is not one of scholarship but one of employee benefits; and
5. the 2.5 requirement is an erosion of an existing employee benefit;

Therefore, the Faculty Senate resolves that:

The IHL Board should rescind the 2.5 cumulative GPA requirement and return to the former long-standing policy of extending the benefit to any employee dependent who is in academic good standing (2.0 cumulative GPA ) with the university.

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