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A. ELIGIBILITY

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A GSRGraduate student researcher: Academic worker position for graduate students who do paid research for the university. Until 2025, GSRs have a separate contract from ASE's, but their contracts will be merged in the next baraining cycle. who is a registered graduate student with a GSR appointment(s) or a combination of a GSR and ASEAcademic Student Employee: Academic Student Workers at the UC include graduate students who work as teaching assistants, instructors, readers, and tutors. appointment(s) totaling 25% or more of full-time for an entire given quarter/semester is eligible to participate in the University's Partial Fee RemissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees. Program for Tuition and Fees and remission of Nonresident Supplemental TuitionNonresident Supplemental Tuition: Additional tution fees charged to students from outside CA. PhD students who have advanced to candidacy are not charged the NRST for three years. See Article 11 of ASE contract and article 10 of the GSR contract. ("NRST") as provided in this Article.

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A GSRGraduate student researcher: Academic worker position for graduate students who do paid research for the university. Until 2025, GSRs have a separate contract from ASE's, but their contracts will be merged in the next baraining cycle. is eligible to receive only one Partial Fee RemissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees. per quarter/semester.

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Trainees and Fellows shall be eligible for the University's Partial Fee RemissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees. Program for Tuition and Fees and remission of NRSTNonresident Supplemental Tuition: Additional tution fees charged to students from outside CA. PhD students who have advanced to candidacy are not charged the NRST for three years. See Article 11 of ASE contract and article 10 of the GSR contract. as provided in this Article if the external granting agency requires that the University cover the tuition and fees rather than the external granting agency.

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A GSRGraduate student researcher: Academic worker position for graduate students who do paid research for the university. Until 2025, GSRs have a separate contract from ASE's, but their contracts will be merged in the next baraining cycle. who is eligible to receive a tuition or fee remissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees. through an ASEAcademic Student Employee: Academic Student Workers at the UC include graduate students who work as teaching assistants, instructors, readers, and tutors. appointment or through a combination of a GSR and ASE appointment is eligible to receive up to a maximum of one full tuition and fee remission for the given quarter/semester. The amount of the tuition and fee remission may not exceed the amount of tuition and fees charged by the University.

B. PARTIAL FEE REMISSION

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For those GSRsGraduate student researcher: Academic worker position for graduate students who do paid research for the university. Until 2025, GSRs have a separate contract from ASE's, but their contracts will be merged in the next baraining cycle. eligible for a Partial Fee RemissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees., the University will provide:
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A Partial Fee RemissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees. of 100% of Tuition and the Student Services FeeStudent Services Fee: The Student Services Fee covers services that benefit the student and that are complementary to, but not part of, instructional programs. The fee supports operating and capital expenses for services related to the physical and psychological health and well-being of students, social and cultural activities and programs, services related to campus life and campus community, and educational and career support services.;
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Partial Fee RemissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees. of $\$100$ per quarter or $\$150$ per semester to partially cover campus fees.

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Commencing Academic Year 2023-2024, the University shall provide a Partial Fee RemissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees. to cover 100% of campus fees, not to exceed the maximum campus fees for each campus.

C. FEE EQUIVALENCY FOR GSRs ENROLLED IN SELF-SUPPORTING PROGRAMS

A GSRGraduate student researcher: Academic worker position for graduate students who do paid research for the university. Until 2025, GSRs have a separate contract from ASE's, but their contracts will be merged in the next baraining cycle. who is a registered graduate student with a GSR appointment(s) or a combination of a GSR and ASEAcademic Student Employee: Academic Student Workers at the UC include graduate students who work as teaching assistants, instructors, readers, and tutors. appointment(s) totaling 25% or more of full-time for an entire given quarter/semester, who is enrolled in a self-supporting graduate degree programSelf-supporting graduate professional degree program: Self-supporting graduate professional degree programs (SSGPDPs) are programs in which all program costs, both direct and indirect, are covered by revenues generated by the program such as student charges or alternative revenues that are not disallowed funds (e.g., state general funds or student tuition and fees). As of 2024, there are no SSGPDPs at UCSC (https://www.ucop.edu/operating-budget/_files/ssgpdp/attachment_a_description_and_summary_table.pdf) and is employed by either a UC self-supporting program or a UC state-supported graduate program, shall be eligible to receive a partial fee remissionPartial Fee Remission: The ASE and GSR contracts guarantee "partial fee remission" when workers work 50% or more. The "partial" part of the name is a misnomer, since it covers all campus fees. equivalent in dollar amount to what an eligible GSR enrolled in a UC state-supported program would receive for tuition and student services feeStudent Services Fee: The Student Services Fee covers services that benefit the student and that are complementary to, but not part of, instructional programs. The fee supports operating and capital expenses for services related to the physical and psychological health and well-being of students, social and cultural activities and programs, services related to campus life and campus community, and educational and career support services., as a result of the qualifying appointment. In no case will that remission exceed the total charges paid by the GSR to the self-supporting program. Self-supporting graduate degree programs that are subject to this provision are only those programs which have an approved self-supporting fee or charge approved in writing by the UC President.

D. CURRENT PRACTICE FOR NRST

Pursuant to University policy, the annual NRSTNonresident Supplemental Tuition: Additional tution fees charged to students from outside CA. PhD students who have advanced to candidacy are not charged the NRST for three years. See Article 11 of ASE contract and article 10 of the GSR contract. charge for graduate doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy is reduced by 100%. A graduate doctoral student may receive the reduced NRST rate for a maximum of three (3) years. Any such student who continues to be enrolled or who re-enrolls after receiving the reduced charge for three years will be charged the full NRST rate that is in effect at the time.