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Graduate assistants who maintain at least a half-time (20 hrs. \/wk.) assistantship appointment are eligible for a waiver of the operating and building fees. Students appointed a quarter-time assistantship (10 hrs.\/wk.) are eligible for a half waiver of the operating fee. Assistantships with late starts are subject to a prorated tuition waiver.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Job Profile<\/th>FD001\/FD076\/FD080<\/th>FD043\/FD044\/FD085+<\/th>FD043\/FD044\/FD085+<\/th>Various<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
9901 - Teaching Assistant<\/td>OBW [NR]<\/td>-<\/td>-<\/td>NR
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9903 - Research Assistant<\/td>OBW [NR]<\/td>QTR-OB [NR]<\/td>ABD [NR]<\/td>NR
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9904 - Project Assistant<\/td>-<\/td>-<\/td>-<\/td>NR
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9905 - Staff Assistant<\/td>OBW [NR]<\/td>QTR-OB [NR]<\/td>-<\/td>NR
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9906 - Veterinary Assistant<\/td>OBW [NR]<\/td>QTR-OB [NR]<\/td>ABD [NR]<\/td>NR
\r\nBlank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nOBW, QTR-OB, and NR allow 1\/2 waivers. Additional waiver types can be found in the Waiver Processing Memo.<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n

Waiver Processing Memo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Qualified Tuition Reduction – Operating & Building Fee (QTR-OB)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The student receives a waiver of the operating fee and building fee portion of tuition as a fringe benefit. The employing unit pays for the operating fee and the building fee as an employer-paid benefit through the positions’ costing allocation. In financial budget reports, this expense is coded as SC000345. Tuition revenue is collected and dispersed to the college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All But Dissertation (ABD) Tuition Waiver<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ASEs assigned to a research assistantship funded by grants may claim an ABD tuition waiver<\/a>, with an approved ABD waiver application<\/a>. Eligibility consists of passing the prelim and completing all graded coursework in their Program of Study. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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Operating And Building Fee Waiver (OBW) <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Waives the operating fee and building fee portion of tuition for the student. No tuition revenue is collected or dispersed to colleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonresident Tuition Waiver<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Newly admitted students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, but not Washington State residents, are eligible to receive a nonresident tuition waiver, for up to one year, when appointed to a graduate assistantship position. To avoid nonresident tuition costs, graduate students are responsible for taking all necessary steps to establish legal residency in the state of Washington<\/a>. International students are provided a nonresident tuition waiver throughout their academic career when appointed to an assistantship position.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Graduate assistants who maintain at least a half-time (20 hrs. \/wk.) assistantship appointment are eligible for a waiver of the operating and building fees. Students appointed a quarter-time assistantship (10 hrs.\/wk.) are eligible for a half waiver of the operating fee. Assistantships with late starts are subject to a prorated tuition waiver. Waiver Processing Memo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41521,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"gsdp_degree_shortname":"","gsdp_program_handbook_url":"","gsdp_student_learning_outcome_url":"","gsdp_application_url":"","gsdp_degree_url":"","gsdp_global_URL":"","gsdp_deadlines":"","gsdp_requirements":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}