Purpose
The purpose of the Tuition Grant Program is to provide financial assistance to benefits eligible Rollins employees with children of college age, who wish to attend a college other than Rollins. This policy version is effective March 1, 2010 and supersedes all previously issued versions. The College approved material changes to this policy effective April 1, 2021.
Upon completion of one (1) year of service from the employment date with the College, all full-time employees with regular, benefit eligible appointments of 1462 hours per year or more, will be eligible for the benefits outlined in this policy. New faculty and staff members who have completed one year of continuous employment in a benefit eligible appointment at another institution of higher learning immediately prior to accepting employment at Rollins shall be deemed to have met the one (1) year requirement.
An eligible dependent child is defined as one who is less than twenty-six (26) years of age, a natural child, a step-child or legally adopted before reaching the age of sixteen and who is primarily dependent on the employee for financial support. The child must be claimed as an IRS tax dependent.
An eligible dependent child may also include a child for whom a faculty/staff member has been granted guardianship before that child attained the age of sixteen (16) and who is primarily dependent on the employee for financial support. The faculty/staff member will be required to provide the Human Resource Department with a copy of the court-appointed guardianship documentation as well as the previous year's Federal Income Tax Form (1040) at the time they apply for the grant.
Both parents are eligible if each is a full-time member of the faculty or staff with over one year full-time benefits eligible service.
Rollins retirees who qualify for benefits under Rollins Retirement Policy HR7312 are not eligible for the tuition grant benefit.
Process
- Must complete the online application each semester (also available at my.Rollins.edu)
- Rollins will then inform the institution that the student qualifies for the grant
- The institution will invoice Rollins for the payment, usually after the drop/add period ends
- Rollins will send a payment directly to the institution