{"id":75,"date":"2022-01-24T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2023-09-20T10:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:11:22","slug":"tuition-waiver-types","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/tuition-waivers\/tuition-waiver-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuition Waiver Types"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-tabs-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-tabs  \">\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Senior Citizen <\/h1>\n\n<p>Rhode Island residents that are at least 60 years of age may be eligible for a waiver of tuition. All other required fees are the responsibility of the student and should be submitted with the waiver forms. The student may be matriculated or non-matriculated (non-degree seeking).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Proof of age must be submitted.<\/li><li>A \u201cSenior Citizen Means Test\u201d must be submitted for eligibility determination. Appropriate Federal Tax forms and W-2 forms must accompany the Means Test.<\/li><li>Matriculated students are required to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before submitting a waiver. The FAFSA, and any verification documentation requested by Enrollment Services, will be used to determine financial aid eligibility.\u00a0 Scholarship and grant funds received will be used to defray the cost of tuition and will reduce the amount of the waiver award. (The FAFSA can be completed online at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fafsa.ed.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.fafsa.ed.gov<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit our<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/forms\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;forms<\/a>&nbsp;page under General Student to access the Tuition Waiver for Senior Citizens form.<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Disabled Veteran <\/h1>\n\n<p>Rhode Island residents with a Department of Veteran\u2019s Affairs service-related disability of at least 10 percent may be eligible for a waiver of tuition. All other required fees are the responsibility of the student and should be submitted with the waiver forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Recently-dated evidence of Veteran status with a minimum 10 percent disability must be submitted.<\/li><li>Matriculated students are required to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before submitting a waiver. The FAFSA, and any verification documentation requested by Enrollment Services, will be used to determine financial aid eligibility.&nbsp; Scholarship and grant funds received will be used to defray the cost of tuition and will reduce the amount of the waiver award. (The FAFSA can be completed online at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fafsa.ed.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.fafsa.ed.gov<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit our forms&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/forms\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">page<\/a>&nbsp;under General Students to access the Tuition Waiver for Disabled Veterans form.<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>RI National Guard <\/h1>\n\n<p>Members of the Rhode Island Army National Guard may be eligible for a<a href=\"https:\/\/ri.ng.mil\/Education\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ri.ng.mil\/Education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> tuition waiver<\/a>. For details, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/stap-waiver\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/stap-waiver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI RI National Guard website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Unemployment<\/h1>\n\n<p>If you are receiving&nbsp;unemployment benefits from the State of Rhode Island you may be eligible for a waiver of tuition and the registration fee. All other required fees should be submitted with the waiver forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An original copy of&nbsp;<strong>Form DET-467 \u201cCertificate of UI Eligibility\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;must be submitted to the Office of Enrollment Services. The form must be dated within 60 days prior to the 1st day of the semester for which it is being submitted.<\/li><li>An \u201cUnemployment Means Test\u201d must be submitted for eligibility determination. Appropriate Federal Tax forms and W-2 forms must accompany the Means Test.<\/li><li>Matriculated students are required to file the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fafsa.ed.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)<\/a>&nbsp;before submitting a waiver. The FAFSA, and any verification documentation requested by Enrollment Services, will be used to determine financial aid eligibility. Scholarship and grant funds received will be used to defray the cost of tuition and will reduce the amount of the waiver award.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enrollment\/forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forms<\/a>&nbsp;page under General Student to access the Unemployment Tuition Waiver form.<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"parent":529,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/1034"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}