Dependents

DEPENDENT ENROLLMENT LIMITATIONS

• Eligible employees may transfer their fee waiver benefit to a spouse, registered domestic partner, or dependent child. 
• MPP and Confidential employees who are eligible for the CSU fee waiver program may transfer their existing fee waiver benefit entitlement to a spouse, domestic partner, or dependent child. 
• A dependent child is defined in the same manner as the term is used for other CSU benefit programs. For employees in bargaining units 2, 5, 7 and 9, (1) your child or stepchild under the age 25 and who has never been married; (2) a child living with you in a parent-child relationship who is economically dependent upon you, under the age 25, and who has never been married; or (3) your child or stepchild, age 25 or above, who is incapable of self-support due to a disability which existed prior to age 25. For all other bargaining units, the age limit for dependent children (as identified above) is 23.
• Domestic partners are eligible for fee waiver if their partnership is registered with the California Secretary of State. For information on registering a domestic partnership, click on http://www.calstrs.com/help/faqs/DomesticPartnerfaqs.aspx#1.
• Only one dependent may benefit from the transfer regardless of whether that person is using the full entitlement of two (2) courses or six (6) units. 
• In a given semester, the Fee Waiver and Reduction benefit may be used by the employee or one of their dependents, but may not be split between the employee and his/her dependent(s).
• The spouse, registered domestic partner, or dependent child must be enrolled in either a degree program or teaching credential program at the CSU campus of attendance and may only take a maximum of two courses or six units per semester, whichever is greater. 
• If both parents are eligible employees, then two dependent children may benefit from Fee Waiver in a single semester. 
• It is also possible for both parents to transfer their benefits to one child, allowing the child to enroll in 4 courses or 12 units per semester on a fee waiver basis. 
• Dependents may enroll in additional units/courses by paying any difference in fees, which will be at the regular rate. 
• Normal academic standards must be maintained in order to continue participating in the fee waiver program.