Regular staff and benefits eligible faculty

Regular staff and benefits eligible faculty (hereby referred to as employees) and their spouse, domestic partner, and dependent children are eligible to take regular CCA academic courses free of charge, and CCA Youth Programs & Continuing Education either free of charge or at a reduced rate. For the step-by-step guide on how to request Tuition Remission in Workday, please click here.

This policy neither extends to courses taken on a by-arrangement or on a special-tutoring basis, or both, nor does it extend to any graduate programs or courses.

Staff members may not take courses that conflict with their work schedules unless specific arrangements are approved in advance by their supervisors and by Human Resources.

Eligible employees are entitled to tuition-free undergraduate studies on a space-available basis after priority registration, with the permission of the course instructor, at the convenience of the college, and at the discretion of the appropriate administrator.

With the exception of employees who are affected by a reduction in CCA workforce, end of employment occurring while an employee is enrolled in a course for which the employee is receiving tuition remission will result in the forfeiture of all tuition remission benefits from the start of that semester, and the tuition is fully due and payable.

Any balance due to Student Accounts will be determined by proration. A hold will be placed on the student record until all remaining balances are paid in full.

REGULAR SEMESTER COURSES (fall, spring, and summer)

Eligible employees may take undergraduate courses on a tuition-free basis as follows:

• Regular full-time employees may take 12 units per academic year on a tuition-free basis. This is limited to 6 units per semester.
• Regular part-time employees may take 6 units per academic year on a tuition-free basis. This is limited to 3 units per semester.
• An eligible employee's spouse, domestic partner, or dependent children may take tuition-free courses on the same basis as the employee. This benefit is limited to 12 units per family (including the employee) for full-time employees and 6 units per family (including the staff or faculty member) for part-time employees.

Employees and their family members may only enroll in courses for which they have completed the prerequisites and/or have appropriate experience (documentation of relevant professional and educational experience may be required). For any academic year, the combination of tuition remission and CCA scholarship/grant cannot exceed the student's total cumulative tuition for that academic year.

SPECIAL DEPENDENT BENEFIT

Spouses, domestic partners, and dependent children of full-time, regular employees may be admitted as regular, full-time undergraduate students, 100 percent tuition free, provided that the employee has been a full-time regular staff or faculty member for a minimum of five continuous years and the student meets regular CCA admissions standards. This benefit is limited to one dependent per family (including the employee) at any one time. For any academic year, the combination of tuition remission and CCA scholarship and grant monies cannot exceed the student’s total cumulative tuition.

CCA EXTENSION

cca.edu/extension

Non-credit classes for adults, usually scheduled in the evenings and on weekends.

Regular full-time employees may take up to seven CCA Extension courses per year, not to exceed two in the fall, two in the spring, and three in the summer.

Regular part-time employees may take up to three CCA Extension courses per year, limited to one in the fall, one in the spring, and one in the summer.

There are two registration options:

1) At the start of registration, eligible employees may guarantee their seat in a CCA Extension course by paying for the course with a 20% discount. If you are an educator at an institution outside of CCA, you may be eligible for an additional discount - learn more here.

2) Alternatively, employees may wait until the weekday before the start of the CCA Extension course to register with a 100 percent tuition remission, but only if there are empty seats available (as determined by the Office of Special Programs).

On occasion, a seat may not be available until just before the second class meeting, in which case the employee will not know until then that they are authorized to join the course. If there are multiple 100 percent tuition-remission applicants for the same course, enrollment will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

An eligible employee’s spouse, domestic partner, or dependent children may take tuition-free CCA Extension courses on the same basis as the employee. This benefit is limited to seven courses per family (including the employee) for full-time employees and three courses per family (including the employee) for part-time employee.

“Tuition remission” applies only to tuition costs and registration fees; participants are responsible for material and lab fees when applicable. They are also responsible for any extra expenses and special charges.

SUMMER STUDY-ABROAD

Summer study-abroad programs are not eligible for tuition remission.

PRE-COLLEGE

cca.edu/precollege

Regular employees may register their child for CCA’s Pre-College program (open to high school students who have just completed the 10th, 11th, or 12th grade). There are two registration options:

1) Register with a 30% discount (program fee) early in the registration process to be guaranteed that your student is in a specific studio.

2) Wait until one week before the Pre-College program begins, choose from the studios in which there is still space available, pay $350. (Covers CCA for the cost of art supplies provided, etc.)

In both cases, students must go through the regular application process.

If there are multiple tuition remission applicants, admission will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis, with preference given to first-time enrollees. There are other guidelines as well.

SUMMER ATELIER

cca.edu/atelier

Regular employees may register their child for CCA's Summer Atelier program (open to high school students who have just completed the 9th or 10th grade). There are two registration options:

1) Register with a discount of $125 for any Summer Atelier class, regardless of program length.

2) Wait until one week before a particular Summer Atelier class begins, enroll if there is space available, pay $350.

In both cases, students must go through the regular application process.

If there are multiple tuition-remission applicants, admission will be determined on a first- come, first-served basis, with preference given to first-time enrollees. There are other guidelines as well.

YOUNG ARTIST STUDIO PROGRAM (YASP)

cca.edu/yasp

Regular employees may register one child per summer in CCA's Young Artist Studio Program (YASP), with a discount of $100 for the one-week YASP or $125 for the two-week YASP.

YASP is open to middle-school students who have just completed the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade.

HOW TO REQUEST TUITION REMISSION

REGULAR SEMESTER COURSE (fall, spring, and summer)

SPECIAL DEPENDENT BENEFIT

CCA EXTENSION / PRE-COLLEGE / SUMMER ATELIER / YOUNG ARTIST STUDIO PROGRAM (YASP)

To apply for tuition remission for any of these benefits or programs, please follow these directions (you can also reference the step-by-step guide here):

1) Log into Workday

2) In the search bar at the top of the page, type in "create request"

3) In the drop down menu, type "tuition" and hit enter

4) Complete and submit the form in Workday

• Tuition Remission requests are processed starting at the beginning of the add/drop period
• Employees are sent an email by the Student Records Office about whether the registration was successful or unsuccessful

Questions? Please email hr@cca.edu.