Eligibility

• Faculty and Staff

  Regular full-time and regular part-time faculty and staff and full-time casuals with limited benefits are eligible to participate in two (2) regularly scheduled courses per semester under the tuition remission program, with no waiting period. Faculty and staff must have approval from their supervisor to participate in courses taken during their regularly scheduled working hours.

  This tuition benefit is tax-exempt for undergraduate coursework. Since the tax-exempt status of the cost of graduate tuition is subject to change, faculty and staff should consult the Finance Office to determine whether graduate tuition for faculty and staff is currently subject to federal income tax.

   

• Spouse and Spousal Equivalent

  Spouses and spousal equivalents of regular full-time faculty and staff are eligible to participate in two (2) regularly scheduled courses per semester under the tuition remission program, with no waiting period.

  This tuition benefit is tax-exempt for undergraduate coursework for spouses. Since the tax-exempt status of the cost of graduate tuition is subject to change, faculty and staff members should consult the Finance Office to determine whether graduate tuition for spouses is currently subject to federal income tax.

  The value of tuition remission for graduate coursework for spouses is considered taxable compensation and is subject to withholding at the time the courses are taken.

  The value of tuition remission for a spousal equivalent's coursework (both undergraduate and graduate) is considered taxable compensation and is subject to withholding at the time the courses are taken.

   

• Dependent Children

  Dependent children of regular full-time faculty and staff who have completed five (5) years of full-time benefits-eligible University service are eligible to participate in the tuition remission program. This program is available for up to four (4) academic years, or eight (8) regular semesters of full-time undergraduate study per child. Eligible children are required to meet the regular admissions requirements and be accepted to Bucknell University in order to utilize tuition remission.

  Children for whom you were responsible as of their 14th birthday are eligible for tuition benefits.

  Children are limited to four (4) years of tuition benefits through the semester in which they turn 24, or until they have obtained their first bachelor's degree, whichever comes first.

  Children serving on active duty in the military can extend the benefit for one (1) additional year for each year of military service, not to exceed age 28. For example, a child who enlists at 18 and serves four (4) years of active duty, then begins college at the age of 22, will be eligible to utilize the tuition benefit through the semester in which they turn 26. Proof of active duty service is required to be eligible for this extension.