Southern Adventist University will provide the following tuition assistance for the dependent children of a deceased employee:
The surviving spouse or eligible child(ren) will receive tuition assistance to attend Southern Adventist University for all dependent children for whom the deceased employee was receiving tuition assistance
at the time of death, or would have received assistance had the child(ren) been of school age or in a qualifying school at the time. The eligibility for assistance will be in accordance with the Educational Benefits for Employees’ Children policy, and shall only apply to attendance at Southern Adventist University. The amount of the assistance shall be at the prevailing community student rate at the time assistance is given.
For dependent children attending elementary school or academy at the time of the employee’s death, the surviving spouse or eligible child(ren) shall continue to receive tuition assistance until the end of the current school year, plus the succeeding year, to the extent the deceased employee was eligible at the time of death.
In addition to a death that occurs while an employee is in active service, this policy will also apply if, due to illness, an eligible employee goes directly from active employment to Long Term Disability, then dies while
receiving Long Term Disability. This policy will not apply if the deceased employee’s children are eligible for tuition assistance through the deceased employee’s spouse or a stepparent or adoptive parent or some other family relationship at the time the assistance is requested.