Tuition Waivers for Children of Faculty & Staff
Children of Illinois State faculty and staff may be eligible to receive a tuition waiver. For information on eligibility and limitations of the waiver, please review:
- Employee Tuition Waiver Benefits University Policy 3.1.17
Applications
Students at Illinois State University whose parent, step-parent, or parent's registered domestic partner is employed at or retired from Illinois State University:
Students at Illinois State University whose parent or step-parent is employed at an Illinois public university other than Illinois State:
Students at an Illinois public university other than Illinois State University whose parent or step-parent is employed at Illinois State University:
- Tuition Waiver – Child of ISU Employee – Attending an Illinois Public University other than ISU
- Tuition Waiver – Child of ISU Employee – Attending SIUE
- Tuition Waiver – Child of ISU Employee – Attending NIU
*In accordance with Internal Revenue Service regulations, graduate level tuition waivers provided by an educational institution to its employees are excludable in an amount of up to $5,250 per calendar year if the tuition waivers are provided as part of an educational assistance program described in I.R.C. § 127(b). Any tuition waiver or reduction provided in excess of this amount is a taxable fringe benefit for income tax purposes. A tuition waiver for graduate level courses offered to employees of an educational institution, as described in I.R.C. § 170(b)(1)(A)(ii), is excludable as a qualified tuition reduction only if the recipient of the waiver is a graduate student engaged in teaching or research activities for the institution.