Tuition Payment Program. A. The University and the UFF-USF-GAU will continue to seek legislative funding to meet the costs associated with the matriculation and tuition payment program. A graduate assistant appointment shall result in eligibility for the tuition payment program. Tuition payment shall be for at least the minimum number of credit hours necessary to maintain the graduate assistantship. If sufficient funds are not available to provide all graduate assistants with such tuition payment, first consideration for receipt of these payments shall be given to graduate assistants who are employed for .25 FTE or more for at least one semester during the prior academic year and who are students in good standing. B. In order to supplement the funding provided by the Legislature for this program and following the practice of other major research institutions throughout the country, the University shall encourage those individuals who make application for contracts or grants to incorporate the costs of the matriculation and tuition charges which are associated with graduate assistants who are to be supported by such contract or grant into the contract or grant proposal.
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Tuition Payment Program. A. The University and the UFF-USF-GAU will continue to seek legislative funding to meet the costs associated with the matriculation and tuition payment program. A graduate assistant appointment shall result in eligibility for the tuition payment program. Tuition To the extent funding is available, tuition payment shall be for at least the minimum number of credit hours necessary to maintain hold the graduate assistantshipassistant appointment. If sufficient funds are not available to provide all graduate assistants with such tuition payment, first consideration for receipt of these payments shall be given to graduate assistants who are employed for .25 FTE or more for at least one (1) semester during the prior academic year and who are students in good standing.
B. In order to supplement the funding provided by the Legislature for this program and following the practice of other major research institutions throughout the country, the University university shall encourage those individuals who make application for contracts or grants to incorporate the costs of the matriculation and tuition charges which are associated with graduate assistants who are to be supported by such contract or grant into the contract or grant proposal.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement