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Course Fee Waiver Program Excerpt from: University of Delaware Policies and Procedures Manual, Section: Personnel Eligible full-time and part-time employees may register for two courses each semester or session. The maximum fee waivers per calendar year is six requests for full-time employees and three for part-time employees. Eligible employees may transfer this benefit to a spouse, same-sex domestic partner or dependent child. The spouse must be legally married to the employee at the end of the late registration period, and the dependent child must be a natural or legally adopted child of the employee or spouse who has been claimed by the employee as an exemption for Federal Income Tax purposes on the employee's most recent tax return. Same-sex domestic partners must have an executed Affidavit of Domestic Partnership on file with HR-Benefits. Limitation of Fee Waiver: One course with a unique number up to four credits; or one course and its related laboratory (whether or not it carries a separate course number) not exceeding four credit hours; or one non-credit course not exceeding an amount equal to the cost of four undergraduate credit hours for Delaware students. Acceptance in a particular course without payment of course fees: Must not displace an advance registered, paying student and Must not cause the need for a second course section or precipitate other action that would add appreciable costs to the University. Other provisions: The General Fee for Summer Session is not waived. For this purpose, Continuing Education courses are associated with the semester or session during which most of the class sessions are held. The eligible employee must be on the active payroll as of the end of the late registration and free drop/add period for the semester/session in which the fee waiver is requested. Release time from work may be granted provided that: the absence does not interfere with University duties and the time lost is made up, the course is not offered in Continuing Education or during non-working hours, and The course is of direct benefit to the work of the individual The fact that a course may meet degree requirements may not in itself be sufficient reason for approval. Under no circumstances may more than one course be taken during working hours. Employees do not qualify for fee waivers if they terminate, go on leave without pay, or are placed on layoff before the end of the late registration period. Graduate Level Courses as Taxable Income Federal legislation allows eligible employees to receive up to $5,250 in tax free educational assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses. Fee waiver benefits used by a spouse, same-sex domestic partner and/or dependent children for graduate level courses are reported as taxable income to the employee.

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