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Graduate Tuition Benefit Program Guidelines
The University of Utah's Graduate Tuition Benefit Program (TBP) is described as follows. Major program components are: (1) eligible categories of supported graduate students, (2) registration requirements, (3) financial support requirements, (4) service requirements, (5) residency/meritorious status, (6) restrictions, and (7) administration of the TBP.

1. CATEGORIES OF SUPPORTED GRADUATE STUDENTS. The four eligible classifications qualifying a student for TBP participation are:
a. Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA), (PAN job code 9416, Exempt): A graduate student with instructional responsibilities as instructor of record, assistant to the instructor of record or tutor. Duties may include lecturing, holding discussion or problem sessions, conducting laboratory sections, conducting studio or performance work, online instruction, grading, tutoring and holding office hours. International students must be cleared through the International Teaching Assistant Program (http://www.utah.edu/ita) before being placed in jobs coded 9416.
b. Graduate Research Assistant (RA), (PAN job code 9314, Exempt): A graduate student assigned directly to an externally funded research grant (5000 fund only) and doing research for that project.
c. Graduate Assistant (GA), (PAN job code 9330, Exempt; 9331, Hourly): A graduate student assigned work related to his/her degree program and not covered in the previous two categories. A GA must be funded by his/her department and not supported by external 5000 funding. Exceptions, if a student wishes to work as a GA outside his/her home department, prior approval must be granted by the Dean of the Graduate School.
d. Graduate Fellow (GF): A graduate student on a fellowship receiving a monthly stipend and whose tuition is not paid by the award. No employer-employee relationship exists in a fellowship. The University administers the award and a service expectation may or may not accompany it. The five-digit account 66900 must be entered in the chartfield on the stipend form. TBP has right of first reversal if other sources of tuition funding are available.

These four specific job codes satisfy current federal policies and regulations for graduate students working toward post-baccalaureate degrees at the University of Utah. Graduate students should be classified as exempt whenever feasible and not hourly. Students on stipends should receive prorated monthly payments. Non-matriculated students, part-time students, and students on probationary status are ineligible for the TBP.

PeopleSoft fund codes 1000, 2000, 5000 and 6000 satisfying TBP payroll eligibility. Note: Graduate RAs (9314) must be paid from research grants with a 5000 fund and 8-digit project number. To be eligible for TBP participation, no other job code than 9314 (RA) can be used on a PAN with a 5000 fund.