联邦勤工俭学计划

这本指南是给学生的. Employers interested in learning more should refer to the 联邦半工半读的 Employers Guide.

简单地说, if you qualify for the 联邦勤工俭学计划 and get a job at a business that qualifies for the program, the federal government provides the business with money to pay a portion of your wages.

The government offers this program for three basic reasons:

• To help students afford post-secondary education.
• 鼓励企业雇佣学生.
• To encourage students to work with community service organizations.

This government program is administered on campus by the student employment manager who helps eligible businesses find student employees who meet the business's employment qualifications and the government's 勤工助学 Program qualifications.

Your Qualifications for the 联邦勤工俭学计划

In order to be considered for the 联邦勤工俭学计划, you must complete a 免费申请联邦学生资助 (有时被称为FAFSA)和一个 世界大学财政援助申请. You may complete these forms online or request them by calling 财政援助办公室.

如果你是单身, undergraduate student and you apply for financial aid, your eligibility for 勤工助学 will automatically be considered. 如果你有资格参加这个项目, your award letter from 学生财务服务 will tell you how much 勤工助学 money you are eligible to earn.

If you are a married student and/or a graduate student, contact the student employment manager to find out whether you are eligible for 勤工助学.

After you have been notified of your eligibility for 勤工助学, begin looking for a job with a qualified business.  工作现场 -- the 学生就业 Office's listing of available jobs -- can help you get started. 学生 enrolled less than half time are not eligible for this program.

工作规范

The federal government requires that a position funded by 勤工助学 money:

• 补充你的学术或职业目标.
• 不涉及构造, 操作, or maintaining any part of a building used for religious worship or sectarian instruction. Nor may it involve preparing or grading papers used for sectarian instruction.
• Not involve partisan or nonpartisan political activity.
• Serve the public interest rather than the interests of a particular group.

找一份勤工俭学的工作

• 联系 the 学生就业 manager to find out whether a 勤工助学 position that suits your interests and abilities is available.
• Obtain a letter of eligibility from the 勤工助学 manager to take to a prospective employer. (Only one letter of eligibility will be given at a time)
• Submit your letter of eligibility and go through the business's hiring process.
• 当你找到工作的时候, have your employer complete the bottom portion of your letter of eligibility and return in to the 勤工助学 manager. This must be done before you may begin working.
• Also upon being hired, fill out I-9 and W-4 forms with your employer's Human Resources department.
• 用于审计目的, your employment records of the period during which you received funding from the 联邦勤工俭学计划 should be retained for seven years.

勤工俭学项目工资

学生 participating in the 勤工助学 Program are paid by the business that employs them. 工资数额, 付款方式, and the timing of pay periods is determined by the business and not by WWU.

保持勤工俭学的状态

In order to maintain your eligibility for the 勤工助学 Program, you must:

• Be enrolled at least halftime as an undergraduate or graduate student. (在某些情况下, students may participate in the 勤工助学 Program during summer vacation even though they are not attending classes. 在这种情况下, students must use their net summer earnings -- gross earnings minus taxes and job-related expenses -- to pay their tuition and other expenses fall quarter.)
• Steadily move toward the completion of a degree. (See the WWU Student Finance Bulletin for the Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy.)
• Meet all scheduled work appointments and perform your assigned duties satisfactorily.
• Accurately complete our 联邦勤工俭学计划 time sheets and submit them promptly according to scheduled pay periods.
• Sign your time sheets before leaving for vacation breaks or for the end of the school year.
• Make sure your gross earnings do not exceed the limit specified in your letter of eligibility. If you are close to reaching your award limit, see the student employment manager.

You are responsible for reporting any changes in your Work-study eligibility, 招生, or financial situation to the student employment manager, 财政援助办公室, 还有你的雇主.