Senior
Citizens Enrollment
The Virginia Senior Citizens Higher Education Act of 1974
and amendments give senior citizens certain rights. To claim senior
citizen benefits, a senior citizen must before the beginning of the
semester in which he/she claims entitlement, have (1) reached the
age of sixty years and (2) had legal domicile in Virginia for one
year.
A senior citizen is entitled to enroll and pay no tuition on a
space-available basis for the following types of courses, as
specified:
1. Credit courses—eligible if taxable income has not exceeded
$15,000 for the preceding year in which enrollment is sought.
2. Credit courses for audit (receive no credit)—eligible regardless of
income.
3. Non-credit courses—eligible regardless of income.
To enroll in credit courses go to the Student Services Center at
the campus most convenient to you. To enroll in non-credit courses go
to the Continuing Education and Workforce Development Office at the
campus where the course is being offered.
Notes:
· Tuition-paying students are accommodated in courses before senior
citizens participating in this program are enrolled.
· Participants in this program may register only toward the end of the
add/drop/swap period, after tuition-paying students have enrolled.
However, if you have completed seventy-five percent of your degree
requirements, you may enroll at the same time as tuition-paying
students.
· If qualified, senior citizens shall pay no tuition or fees for
courses, except fees established for the purpose of paying for course
materials, such as laboratory fees.
· The College reserves the right to cancel any class.
· Audit and non-credit enrollment is limited to three courses in one
term.
· Senior citizens may enroll in ELI courses at any time if there is
available space.
Last Edited:
July 17, 2006
Any questions on Admissions & Records email Gert
Heslin
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