Employees attend class on their own time. When completed and signed by the department head, this form is submitted to the Registrar's Office. Employee follows normal registration procedure. The foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, sponsors a tuition waiver program for the summer sessions. There are a limited number of awards, which are made on a competitive basis and are announced in April of each year.
Courses are limited to one per summer session.
The procedures for applying for summer tuition waiver are the same as the regular procedures during the spring and fall above, with the exception that the employee must also complete a special application which is available in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Tax Status Generally, a course completed under the Tuition Waiver program is not taxable if the course is classified as an undergraduate level course, nor will it be added to the employee's gross income. If an employee considers the graduate level education assistance as excludable under section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code, then he or she can elect to include it as a deductible expense when preparing an annual income tax return. The Application for Educational Assistance must be approved by the supervisor and the department head prior to enrolling in the course. The approved course should be taken in the employee's own time.