Educational Assistance

Employees

Educational Assistance is a benefit that assists employees in furthering their education. The objective is to enable regular faculty & staff to perform their present duties and to assist them in preparing for future opportunities by providing a plan of educational assistance.

Full-time regular faculty and staff may enroll in any UT or Tennessee Board of Regents college, university, or vocational-technical school without payment of maintenance fees for up to a maximum of nine undergraduate or graduate credit hours per term/semester. Part-time regular faculty and staff working 50 percent time or more may enroll without payment of maintenance fees based upon their percent of effort as follows:

Employee Effort	Fee Waiver
50-74%	up to 4 credit hours of maintenance fees per semester/term
75-99%	up to 6 credit hours of maintenance fees per semester/term
100%	up to 9 credit hours of maintenance fees per semester/term

 

Spouse/Dependent(s)

The objective of UTHSC is to assist regular employees by providing a student fee discount for their spouse and dependent children who are classified as undergraduate students at approved state of Tennessee schools.

• Regular Full-time employees: UT will pay 50% towards in-state maintenance fee.
• Regular Part-time employees: UT will pay pro-rata share of the 50% in-state maintenance fee, depending on your percent of effort. Part-Time (50-99%) employee must be employed for at least 1 year to receive a pro rated discount based on percent of effort.

How to Use Educational Assistance

Steps on how to utilize the educational assistance benefit:

• Must be accepted at an eligible institution.
• Register for course(s) for the current semester.
• Complete the appropriate educational assistance form(s). 
• Obtain departmental signatures, account number(s) and dates.
• Submit to the Benefits Office as early as:
  • Fall Semester - July 1st
  • Spring Semester - Dec. 1st
  • Summer Semester - April 1st
• Forward approved form(s) to the school you are attending. 
• Review the Tax Withholding Schedule information to determine if your qualify. 

Note: Any changes made to the educational assistance forms after HR approval, the employee must update the Human Resources Office and the school in which they are attending.

For additional help and information review our FAQs and Form Overview or visit your K@TE portal for upcoming Educational Assistance Overview training classes.