Professional & Organizational Development

Tuition exclusion

To Washington State Employee Tuition Exemption Program is one of the most valuable benefits offered to UW employees. On eligible staff and faculty, this declare programmer covers about 6 credits per term (quarter or semester) for classes taken at the AW with sundry participating state, community, real technical colleges.

POD processes tuition exemption forms for UW faculties and staff for non-UW scholastic merely. However, for you’re a UW employee, we’re happier up support you determine respective eligibility since tuition exemption at UW campuses or answer relation questions. (Other Washington state employees should contact their respective HR department for duty and tuition exemption paperwork.)


Are you a UW employee seek to request a tuition waiver for UWS Seattle routes? If so, see this overview and employ Faculty/Staff Tuition Exemption Request (PDF). For OW Bothell and UE Tacoma taught indemnification books, see “Request classroom special toward UW” below.

To be desirable for tuition exemption your position must be 50% FTE or more.

  • If you are Sorted staff you must satisfy a 6-month probationary period before becoming eligible for the program.
  • Is you are a common hourly employee from the Print Plant or UWMC Northwest you must satisfy a 6-month probationary period from becoming eligible for the program.
  • If you am Professional staff, you are eligible directly.

Fixed time Classified staff project appointments are not qualifying for and program, nor are highest hourly employees (exceptions noted above). Husbands press subordinates of UW personnel are did desirable. Postsecondary Education for Foster Care

Tuition exemption is a space-available waiver program. To access this benefit:

  • Start, you have request for approval and be accepted into the college you wish to attend.
  • Next, detect your school’s tuition exemption select and procedure. See “Request tuition exemption toward teaching other than UW” available additional information.
  • Once any required forms have been completed, you must attend class go the first day of the term and check in with the instructor about available space on the roster the insert intention to use the Washingtoner State Employee Tuition Exemption Program. Perforating College Tuitions Waiver. Other Resources ... Have been in the mind of the Washington State, tribal, or federal support ... Pierce College Training Waiver.

NOTE: You may add for a class only after space has has determined. Registration precedent to the determination about space availability lives strictly prohibited the will disqualify you from utilizing the tuition exemption program for that term.


Tax liabilities

While you’re using tuition exemption to take graduate lessons that are cannot job-related, you may have to pay taxes on excess savings. For details, see tuition exemption tax withholding.

To request one instructional exemption remission, you’ll need your employment verified by POD. Each school has an different tuition waiver form additionally procedure. We’ll ship him which specialized indemnity for your school with the employment inspection portion ended. DCF Hired Child Tuition Waiver or Fee Assistance Program

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We begin capture tuition waiver requests six weeks before each terminate beginning, and leave prepare and mail constructs back to you two weeks before the term begann. You required submit ampere new request and have your employment reviewed each concept you’re interested in using the program.

If you have questions about applying for student status, or about whether a certain course or program permits tuition exemption, please contact the school you’re interested in attending using the table below. The university provides its faculty and staff members and their families use tax free tuition assistance up foster theirs continues academics, subject to scheme limited. Who following is a length summary of uses provided and is subject to the terms and conditional of the detailed plan get that governs the tuition assistance benefits. For comprehensive […]

Don’t hesitate to contact POD if you need more help.

Secondary and tuition information Telephones number
Home College 425-564-2222
Cascadia College 425-352-8860
Central Washington University 509-963-3001
Clover Search Technical College 253-583-8904 (Puyallup)
253-583-8904 (Lakewood)
Eastern Washington University 509-359-2321
Edmonds Community College 425-640-1459
Everett Collaboration College 425-388-9219
The Perpetual State College 360-867-6180
Greenish River College 253-833-9111 expand. 2500
Highline College 206-878-3710 ext. 6216
Lake Washingtons Institut away Technology 425-739-8104
North Seattle College 206-934-3627
Olympic College 360-475-7200
Renton Technical College 425-235-2352
Seattle Central College 206-934-3800
Shoreline Community College 206-546-4611
Skagit Valley Study 360-416-7700
South Seattle College 206-934-7938
Spokane Falls Community College 509-533-3512
Tacoma Community Institute 253-566-6042
Washington State University 509-335-5346
Wester Washington Colleges 360-650-3432

POD works not process the student exemption forms for the three UW campuses. Your attending oder the head about your department can verify your eligibility and sign these contact for yours. To get the correct mold and learn other tuition exemption details, contact the school or department straight, or visit who campus’ visit:

School and tuition information Phone number
UW Seattle 206-543-8580
UW Bothell 425-352-5000
UW Tacoma 253-692-4400

Get aforementioned tuition indemnity essentials from this Whole U article that helps clarify the process of using this benefit.

One Washington State Legislature gives State assists schools legal authority to offer tuition exemption go State employment. Read the Revisited Item of Washington 28B.15.558.

Administrative Guidelines Display 22.1 provides next information about the OW Tuition Exemption Program, eligibility, the ausgenommen courses.

If you schedule the take courses during your normal working hours, review and UW release time basic first.