TAP schools can be found on the Board of Regents website.

STRAP does not have a “formal” list of schools, but generally, any private, accredited school that is not part of the University System of Georgia (i.e. Board of Regents) will be covered by STRAP.

No. You must apply and be accepted to the school you wish to attend prior to applying for employee tuition assistance. This includes Georgia Tech employees wishing to attend Georgia Tech.

Yes.

No. TAP/STRAP education assistance is only available for current, full-time, benefits-eligible employees.

Yes, online degree programs offered by USG institutions are covered by TAP. However, check with the TAP Coordinator at the institution of your choice to be sure.

If your supervisor approves, you may register for more than nine credits. However, TAP only applies to the first nine credits. Please refer to the Board of Regents website.

You must earn a grade of “C” or higher to continue participating in TAP. Dropping a class before the withdrawal deadline does not disqualify you. However, withdrawing from a class after the deadline and receiving a “W” will make you ineligible for TAP for one semester. Please refer to the Board of Regents website.

Please refer to the Board of Regents website.

Please refer to the Board of Regents website.

Yes, STRAP participants must send an e-mail to our office notifying us of the change when the change occurs, prior to submitting reimbursement documents. TAP participants attending Georgia Tech do not need to notify us. TAP participants attending other USG institutions may need to notify their teaching TAP Coordinator if enrolling in classes not listed on TAP application.

Waivers are applied by the school you are attending and generally do not appear instantly on your account. Those attending Georgia Tech should see their TAP waivers shortly after finalizing their schedule. If you’ve made changes to your class schedule, please allow up to 24 hours for the system to update. If your waivers have not been applied by the first day of class, please contact our office. Those attending other USG institutions may or may not see their waivers applied before classes have begun, or as late as after the drop/add date. Please contact your teaching institution to better understand their specific timeline.

A partial balance showing after a waiver has been applied generally means that other fees are owed. Some programs of study that are considered “premium programs” may not be fully covered by TAP. Please contact the TAP Coordinator at your teaching institution to verify. Other unpaid obligations such as lab fees, parking tickets, transcript requests, etc., will also appear as charges on your account and are not covered by TAP. Please review an itemized summary of your account to determine exactly what the fees are. If after reviewing, you still cannot determine the cause of the balance, please contact our office.

The Office of the Registrar handles residency status. Any employee whose resident status is classified as out-of-state must have this resolved prior to enrollment to be eligible for in-state tuition rates. University System employees are eligible for an out-of-state waiver via application submitted to the Office of the Registrar.

No, our office is only staffed to handle the administrative aspects of tuition assistance. Although we cannot offer advice on specific programs, please review our presentation on Going Back to School which offers guidance on factors to consider when starting or returning to school.