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Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for UAW-represented Chrysler employees has been suspended due to severe financial constraints faced by the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center.

The decision to suspend TAP benefits for active and laid-off employees is effective Oct. 28, 2008. All applications for tuition assistance received after that date will be denied – regardless of when a class starts. Applications for classes in 2009 will be denied even if they were submitted prior to Oct. 28, 2008.

The decision affecting TAP was made by the UAW-Chrysler Joint Activities Board, which oversees NTC programs and has a fiduciary responsibility to preserve the NTC’s financial stability.

The suspension of benefits for active and laid-off Chrysler employees follows a decision in June to temporarily suspend the Scholarship Program for Dependent Children and Retiree Tuition Assistance Program.

The Joint Activities Board will review NTC revenues and program spending on a quarterly basis to determine if funding levels are sufficient to consider TAP benefits for reinstatement.

If or when TAP benefits are reinstated employees will be notified by their LEPCs and training facilitators at their locations.

To learn more about the decision to suspend TAP benefits and its impact, click the Q&A link in the box at right. A pdf copy of the letter to employees regarding the decision, as well as a copy of the NTC Co-Directors' letter to Local Employee Participation Council (LEPC) co-chairs at all UAW-represented Chrysler facilities, can also be accessed by clicking the appropriate links in the box.

Effective Dec. 22, 2008, the TAP office toll-free number will be disconnected. All employee calls concerning tuition assistance should go to Patrick Byers or Colleen McBrady at the NTC, 313.567.3300.

If you represent a school, queries about invoices, vouchers or payment of employee tuition should be directed to Phil James at 313.567.4944.