Non-resident waiver & TRB Non-Resident Waiver Please complete the following if you are a graduate student employee who: Does not have Texas-resident status Are appointed for at least 20 hours/week in one of the following job titles Teaching Assistant Assistant Instructor *Graduate Research Assistant Prior to the start of EVERY SEMESTER of employment in a qualifying job title, the student employee must complete and submit the online Resident Tuition Entitlement form. When the form is submitted, the tuition bill will recalculate to the Texas-resident rate. *The benefit is not always available to GRAs. Check with your hiring department for more information. Select the correct semester of employment from the drop down menu! Tuition Reduction Benefit The most updated information on the Tuition Reduction Benefit (TRB) and TRB supplements can always be found here: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/finances/student-employment/academic-employment/tuition-reduction-benefit. Refer to this site for current rates and processing dates. Students employed as teaching assistants (TAs), assistant instructors (AIs), and some graduate research assistants (GRAs)* are eligible for a tax-exempt Tuition Reduction Benefit related to their student academic employment. The amount is based on the number of hours of the appointment and the availability of funding. Please note: the Tuition Reduction Benefit REDUCES your tuition bill; it does not pay this amount to you. If you paid your tuition before the Tuition Reduction Benefit was applied to your bill, you will receive the TRB amount approximately 1 to 2 weeks after the 12th class day via your current method of deposit. If you have a zero balance tuition bill after all waivers and exemptions (and before a TRB has been applied), you will not receive a tuition reduction benefit. Paying Tuition Bills To receive your scholarship, you must be enrolled full time (with some limited exceptions) and complete all required action items in LASSO. These steps must be finished before funds can be disbursed and be able to use to confirm attendance. The College of Fine Arts usually releases scholarship funds about five (5) days before the first day of class. If you have other charges on your account—such as health fees or parking citations—your scholarship funds will be applied to those first. Any remaining amount will then be refunded to you. To receive your funds as quickly and securely as possible, we strongly encourage all scholarship recipients to set up direct deposit in UT Direct.
