The Federal Work Study Program (FWS) provides students the opportunity to work in various departments throughout TOUROCOM to earn money to help cover educational costs, particularly for those with a demonstrated financial need. Selection and placement for FWS recipients is determined by student's eligibility, institutional funding and job availability. Federal regulation requires that students maintain a 2.0 GPA to keep FWS. Students are allowed to work up to a maximum of 25 hours/week while the college is open and 30 hours/week while the college is closed at a rate of $10/hour. Hours must be documented on a time sheet and submitted to the Financial Aid Administrator during the appropriate pay period. Students receive FWS funds in the form of a bi-weekly paycheck for hours worked. All FWS documents and forms can be found under Financial Aid Forms.

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1. Eligibility
   • Students must complete a FAFSA to receive Federal Work-Study.
   • Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA to receive Federal Work-Study.
   • Students must immediately discontinue Federal Work-Study once notified of their unsatisfactory academic standing.
   • Students may not exceed their academic year Federal Work-Study.
   • Students must notify their direct supervisor and the financial aid office if he/she cannot report for work as instructed, or no longer wishes employment. Failure to do so will jeopardize the student's future Federal Work-Study eligibility.
2. Location
   • Students may only work for their assigned department.
   • Students may not work from home.
3. Work Days & Hours
   • Please complete timesheets with blue ink.
   • Students may not work on Saturdays and during times when the college is closed, including intersession and holidays.
   • Students may not work during their scheduled class time.
   • Students may work up to the last day of their individual finals for each semester.
   • Students may not work more than twenty-five (25) hour per week.
   • All days and hours must be accurately documented. (Falsification may result in the loss of FWS funds.)
4. Pay Period, Due Date & Payroll Date
   • Each pay period, due date and payroll date can be found on the back of the timesheet.
   • Timesheets should be handed in by 5:00pm on the appropriate day.
   • Late timesheets will be put with the following pay period.
5. Time In & Time Out
   • Compute all hours to the lowest half hour. (Ex. 9:15am should be documented as 9:00am)
   • No military time.
   • Compute all hours for each day and for the total pay period at the bottom of the timesheet.
6. Breaks
   • One half hour (1/2) break after five (5) hours of work.
   • One (1) hour break after seven (7) hours or work.
   • You must show a break.
7. Signatures
   • Students and supervisors must sign for every day worked.
   • Supervisors must sign at the bottom of the timesheet at the end of the pay period.
   • Full signatures are required, no initials.
8. Corrections
   • Do not use white out on timesheets.
   • Do not scratch out, or mark over written information on these forms.

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