June is Child Scholarship Application Month
Applications for the Scholarship for Sons and Daughters of the Faculty and Staff of Yale University should be submitted to the Yale Benefits Office during the month of June for the 2009/2010 academic year.
To qualify for the College Scholarship benefit, the following criteria must be met:
The employee/parent of the student must be a regular full-time member of the faculty or staff who has completed six years of continuous full-time employment before the student’s first day of class for the semester. Full-time employment for faculty is 100% appointment and for staff is 35 or more hours per week.
An employee who has experienced a break in service can take advantage of another formula: he or she may receive credit for 48 months of previous full-time employment and must also complete an additional four years of current, continuous full-time employment, for a total of eight years. The formula qualifying the employee sooner rather than later will be used.
An employee who has had a reduction in hours between February 1, 2009 and October 1, 2009, shall be treated as continuing in full-time employment if their employment is reduced by the University to no less than 80% of the full-time (that is, to no less than 30 hours per week) or to 10 or 11 months per year (at 35 hours per week).
The student must be under age 25, enrolled full-time at an accredited four-year or two-year undergraduate college and be a candidate for either a bachelor’s or associate’s degree.
For new students to the program, a copy of the student’s birth certificate or passport must accompany the initial application.
For returning students, applications must be renewed every year.
Scholarship Applications for new and returning students may be printed from the Benefits web site at http://www.yale.edu/hronline/benefits/benforms_enroll.html. Both the student and employee sections of the applications, including signatures, must be completed and forwarded to the Benefits Office (with the appropriate supporting documentation). Follow the additional instructions listed with each application.
Adopted or step children may qualify if certain legal conditions are met as outlined on the Adopted/Step Children form found at the above-mentioned site. Be sure to include this form with the regular scholarship application along with the supporting legal documents.
An itemized full-time tuition bill must be sent to the Benefits Office each term for payment. The scholarship award will be paid directly to the child’s college for one-half of the tuition and general fees (excluding room & board) up to the academic year maximum not to exceed total tuition obligation, whichever amount is less. The maximum benefit for the 2009/10 academic year is $15,200.
Additional information may be found in the Scholarship Plan policy document at http://www.yale.edu/hronline/benefits/plan_docs.html
If you have any questions, please contact the Benefits Office via e-mail at benefits.office@yale.edu or by calling the Scholarship Hotline at (203) 432-5550.
This is a brief summary of benefits. The actual programs are governed by Plan Documents, Policies, and Collective Bargaining Agreements. If there is a discrepancy the appropriate Plan, Policy or CBA will govern.
