Tuition Waiver Types

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Students selected to participate in a program offered through the
Academic Common Market

Required Documentation:
Acceptance letter in the program; LPV
documentation

Expiration:
Contingent upon continuous
enrollment in the approved ACM
program

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Selected by the president or authorized representative not to exceed
2% of full time students enrolled in the fall term immediately preceding
the term for which the waiver has been granted. 3 main categories:
Academic, Athletic, and International

Required Documentation:
See Presidential waiver criteria and programs who award waivers in this category for documents required

Expiration:
Determined by the President or authorized representative

Granted By:
President or authorized representative; Managed by Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Full-time employees of USG, their spouses and dependent children.

Required Documentation:
Letter from home institution; marriage certificate; relationship documentation; LPV documentation

Expiration:
Twelve Months fromIssuance

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Full-time employees of GA Public Schools or Technical College
System of Georgia and their spouse and dependent children.

Required Documentation:
Copy of contract or letter from HR; relationship documentation; LPV documentation

Expiration: Twelve Months from Issuance

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Full-time teachers employed on a military bases in Georgia. Not eligible for spouse or dependents.

Required Documentation:
Copy of contract or letter from HR; relationship documentation; LPV documentation

Expiration:
Twelve Months from Issuance

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Career consular officers, their spouses, and the dependent children who are citizens of the foreign nation that their consular office represents and who are stationed and living in GA under orders oftheir government.

Required Documentation:
Copy of the consular official's A visa; letter from consulate verifying employment;documentation of relationship(spouse or child); housing; student's immigration documents

Expiration:
Twelve Months from Issuance

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:

1. the military sponsor is currently stationed in or assigned to Georgia;
   or,
2. the military sponsor previously stationed in or assigned to
   Georgia is reassigned outside of Georgia, and the student(s) remain(s) continuously enrolled in a Georgia high school, Technical
   College System of Georgia institution, and/or a University System of
   Georgia institution; or,
3. the military sponsor is reassigned outside of
   Georgia and the spouse and/or dependent children remain in
   Georgia; or,
4. the military sponsor is stationed in a state contiguous
   to the Georgia border and resides in Georgia; or,
5. dependent children of a military sponsor, previously stationed in or assigned to
   Georgia within the previous five years or the child completed at least
   one year of high school in Georgia; or,
6. any student utilizing VA education benefits transferred from a currently serving member is also eligible, even if the student is no longer a dependent of the transferor.

Required Documentation:
Based upon which option of eligibility the student qualifies for. Documentation may include any of the following: Military orders and military ID; documentation of relationship (spouse/child); documentation of previous orders in Georgia; documentation of Georgia high school attendance; VA Certificate of Eligibility

Expiration:
Contingent upon continuous enrollment

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Active members of GA National Guard, stationed or assigned to GA or active members of U.S. Military reserves based in GA, their spouse and dependent children.

Required Documentation:
Orders; military ID; marriage certificate; documentation of relationship (spouse/child); housing; LPVdocumentation

Expiration:
Contingent upon continuous enrollment

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Students certified by Commissioner of the GA Department of Economic Development as being part of a competitive economic development project.

Required Documentation:
Letter from the GA Department of Economic Development; LPV documentation

Expiration:
Contingent upon continuous enrollment

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Students who are employees of GA based corporations that have contracted with the Board of Regents through University System institutions to provide out-of-state tuition waiver.

Required Documentation:
List of eligible Employees from the contracting company; LPV documentation

Expiration:
The period of time specified on the contract.

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Any student who enrolls in a University System institution as a participant in an international or domestic direct exchange program that provides reciprocal benefits to University System students.

Required Documentation:
List of students and enrolled program from Institute for Global Initiatives

Expiration:
End of Term

Granted By:
Global Education 

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Granted if the student or student's parent, spouse or US Court- Appointed legal guardian relocated to GA to accept full time job offer in the state of Georgia. Job offer must have been accepted prior to moving to Georgia and not for the purposes of attending a higher education institution. If the employee is a Non-Resident of the U.S., their employer must actively be sponsoring the employee to obtain Permanent Residency in the United States.

Required Documentation:
Letter from Employer; housing information; relationship documentation; LPV documentation; If a Non-Resident of the US, USCIS documentation of green card process, sponsor letter from employer, and GA tax return for most recent tax year

Expiration:
Twelve Months fromIssuance

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Any student who enrolls a Study Abroad program may have their out-of-state tuition waived and in some cases student fees waived. Determined by registration of full schedule for the term.

Required Documentation:
Situational based upon registration

Expiration:
End of Term

Granted By:
Global Education 

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Members of a uniformed military service of the U.S., their spouse/dependents, who has separated from active duty service within the last 36 months and residing in Georgia; Or any individual using VA educational benefits to pay for school and residing in Georgia; Or any individual as described in 38 U.S.C. 3679(c). 

Required Documentation:
DD214; housing information; Relationship documentation (spouse/child); LPV documentation; Certificate of Eligibility from the VA if a covered individual

Expiration:
Contigent upon continous enrollment

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Granted if the parent, US Court-Appointed Legal Guardian, or spouse of the student has maintained domicile in the state of GA for at least 12 consecutive months.

Required Documentation:
12 months of housing information or most recent tax return; GA resident's GA driver’s license; relationship documentation; LPV documentation for student

Expiration:
Contigent upon continous enrollment

Granted By:
Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Students enrolled in USG institution based on a referral by the Vocational Rehabilitation Program of the GA Department of Labor or Department of Veterans Affairs.

Required Documentation:
Housing information; GA driver’s license;
referral letter from the GA Vocational
Rehabilitation Program or Department of
Veteran Affairs; LPV documentation

Expiration:
Contingent upon duration specified
on the Vocational Rehabilitation
referral paperwork

Granted By: Enrollment Customer Service Center

Primary Eligibility Requirements:
Enrolled in a Graduate program and meets the eligibility requirements specified by the Graduate College

Required Documentation:
See Graduate College; LPV documentation

Expiration:
As specified by the Graduate College

Granted By:
Graduate College