Eligibility & Restrictions

Full-Time Regular Employees, subject to certain restrictions, may have up to eight credits per semester of tuition remitted at any institution in the System or reciprocal institution and receive tuition remission for spouses and dependent children.

Part-Time Regular Employees working 50% or more, and subject to certain restrictions, may:

• receive tuition remission for credits proportional to percentage of service (full-time equivalent status), at any institution in the System.
• have tuition remitted for spouses and dependent children proportional to percentage of service (full-time equivalent status).

Spouses and Dependent Children of Regular Employees hired before 01/01/90, subject to certain restrictions, may:

• receive 100% tuition remission for courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level;
• register for courses at any of the institutions of the University System of Maryland.

Spouses and Dependent Children of Regular Employees hired on or after 01/01/90, subject to certain restrictions, may:

• receive 100 percent tuition remission on courses taken at Coppin or receive 50 percent benefit at another USM or reciprocal institution towards their FIRST undergraduate degree

University System of Maryland Retirees must be receiving State of Maryland retirement checks and/or an approved optional retirement program check, and have earned at least five years of University System of Maryland service inclusive of the former University of Maryland and Board Trustees of State Universities and Colleges institutions, and subject to certain restrictions, may:

• provided that the retiree has retired from a permanent full-time position, have up to eight credits per semester of tuition remitted at any institution in the System, or
• provided that the retiree has retired from a permanent part-time position fifty percent or more, receive tuition remission for credits proportional to percentage of service (full-time equivalent) status, at any institution in the System.

Spouses and Dependent Children of Retirees hired before 01/01/90, subject to certain restrictions, may:

• provided that the retiree has retired from a permanent full-time position, receive 100 percent tuition remission for courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and register for courses at any of the institutions of the University System of Maryland, or
• provided that the retiree has retired from a permanent part-time position of fifty percent or more, have tuition remitted proportional to the percentage of service (full-time equivalent) status, at any institution in the System.

Employees and/or their dependents, taking courses at Coppin, Bowie, Frostburg, Salisbury, Towson, UB, UMB, UMBC, UMCP, UMES, UMGC, and USM must electronically submit a tuition remission application. Click the link below to log into the portal using your Coppin Faculty/Staff Single Sign-On.

USM Tuition Remission System

Quick Reference Guide

Employees/Retirees, and/or their dependents, taking courses at Morgan, BCCC, or St. Mary’s College of Maryland must submit a paper tuition remission application. 

• Complete and sign the tuition remission request form and Affidavit for each semester you are seeking tuition remission.
• Obtain your Department Head or Supervisor's signature, on the tuition remission form.
• Send the completed forms to the Office of Human Resources for approval and processing. 

Each semester, CSU establishes a deadline for the submission of request forms. These deadlines are communicated regularly though various campus communication means. Late request forms are not accepted.

Tax Liability

The value of tuition remitted for graduate-level education becomes taxable for faculty and staff once the value exceeds the current IRS statutory limit of $5,250 per calendar year. The total tuition value of an employee's dependent or spouse received within the calendar year is considered taxable income. Please view the tax liability chart or contact the Office of Human Resources at 410-951-3666 for more information.

Policy

• Policy on Tuition Remission for Faculty and Staff (VII-4.10)
• Policy on Tuition Remission for Spouses and Dependent Children of Faculty and Staff (VII-4.20)

Please see the sections below to review information on paid leave. For information about leave related to FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act), please visit Family Medical Leave Act.

Holiday Leave

Employees are eligible to earn 11 holidays per year, or 12 holidays during a year of general or congressional elections, and any other special observance as required by the legislature and Governor. Part-time employees who are employed on at least a 50% full-time basis shall earn holiday leave on a pro-rated basis. All employees must be in a paid employment status on the calendar date that the holiday is earned in order to be eligible for holiday pay when the holiday is observed. Holiday leave is used according to the annual calendar published by the University. Contingent II employees are eligible for the same holiday leave as regular employees.

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Annual Leave

Annual leave with pay shall be available only to the extent earned, provided that the dates of such leave have been approved in advance by the employee's department head. A maximum of 50 work days of annual leave may be carried into a new calendar year by all regular full-time employees; this maximum will be pro-rated for part-time employees working 50% or more.

1. Regular full-time Exempt employees and 12 month faculty earn 22 days of annual leave for each full year during the 1st through the end of the 20th year of service. Beginning with the 21st year of service annual leave shall be earned at the rate of 25 days per year. Regular part-time administrative personnel working 50% or more will earn annual leave on a pro-rated basis.

2. Regular Non-Exempt Employees earn leave according to the following schedule. (Regular part-time non-exempt employees working 50% or more will earn annual leave on a pro-rated basis.)

1. Beginning with the Date of Employment through completion of the 1st year: 11 days
2. Beginning with the 2nd year through completion of the 2nd year: 12 days
3. Beginning with the 3rd year through completion of the 3rd year: 13 days
4. Beginning with the 4th year through completion of the 4th year: 14 days
5. Beginning with the 5th year through completion of the 10th year: 15 days
6. Beginning with the 11th year through completion of the 20th year: 20 days
7. Beginning with the 21st year and thereafter: 25 days

3. Contingent II employees receive 5 days of annual leave if employment begins at the beginning of the fiscal year. Otherwise, annual leave is prorated. Unused annual leave may not carry over to a new contract.

Personal Leave

All full-time regular exempt, regular 12 month faculty and nonexempt employees shall receive three days (not to exceed 24 hours) of personal leave in each calendar year. Part-time regular employees working 50% or more shall receive personal leave on a pro-rated basis. Personal leave must be used by the first pay period following the calendar year in which it was granted. Contingent employees do not receive personal leave.

Sick Leave

Full-time regular employees earn 15 days of sick leave per calendar year. Part-time regular employees who are employed on at least a 50% full-time basis shall earn sick leave on a pro-rated basis. Sick leave is accumulated and carried forward from year to year without limit. Contingent II employees receive 3 days of sick leave per contract. If employment begins after the beginning of the fiscal year, sick leave is prorated. Unused sick leave may carry over to a new contract, up to a maximum of 72 hours.

Coppin State University requires all regular employees to enroll in one of the retirement programs offered through the State of Maryland at the time employment.

All regular non-exempt employees must enroll in the defined benefit plan offered by the Maryland State Pension System (MSPS) at the time of employment.

All regular faculty and exempt employees can elect to enroll in either the Maryland State Pension System or an Optional Retirement Plan (ORP). ORP carriers currently include TIAA/CREF and Fidelity. All regular faculty and exempt employees are encouraged to review the booklet Choosing a Retirement Program and the ORP Program Performance Report before selecting a retirement plan.

The pension plan offered by the Maryland State Retirement System is a defined benefit program. A defined benefit pension uses a mathematical formula at the time of retirement to determine your monthly pension amount. This formula takes into consideration such factors as the length of time you are employed, your age at the time of retirement and the average of the three highest years of salary.

In order to be eligible for a pension under a defined benefit plan, an employee must work full-time for the employer a specific number of years. This process is called vesting. You are vested (entitled to a pension benefit) in the Maryland State Retirement System after 10 years of service.

The employee contribution is 7% and the state's contribution is based on an actuarial formula. The plan provides early retirement, disability and death benefits, as applicable. Other plan features include the conversion of unused sick leave to additional creditable service at the time of retirement, full subsidized health insurance benefits (including spouse/dependent children for those employees who have completed 16 years of service, and an annual cost of living adjustment during retirement.

The Optional Retirement Plan (ORP) is a defined contribution plan. Under this type of pension, the employer deposits a defined percentage of your salary into the investment program designated by the employee, on an annual basis. This money accumulates, with interest, until the time of retirement. At the time of retirement, depending on investment methods, the employee may either receive a lump sum or monthly payments.

The State contributes a defined percentage of the employee's salary (currently 7.25 percent) each year to the employee's ORP account. These contributions are spread over 20 pay periods. There are no employee contributions to these plans. Early retirement, disability and death benefits are based upon the employee's ORP account balance, though a federal penalty tax may apply. Employees are always fully vested in their total account balance. Employees who retire with 16 years of service are entitled to fully subsidized health insurance benefits (25 years are required for this benefit to include spouse/dependent child).

Public Safety is Our #1 Priority

Welcome to the Coppin State University Police Department! We are responsible for keeping our campus secure, and protecting everyone who lives, learns, works, and visits our campus.

Courtesy, Professionalism, and Respect

As part of our priorities to keep you and our campus safe, we must work collaboratively with everyone who is part of our Coppin community. We hold our Officers, operational, and administrative staff to the highest standards of professionalism, and expect them to engage in ways that make our community feel respected and safe.

Technology

We are always upgrading our information technology to make sure our campus is connected. Our Officers use electric vehicles and bicycles to travel through campus. Our Emergency Blue Lights are a quick way for anyone to connect with Campus Police in an emergency. We are always looking for new ways to modernize our readiness to keep our campus prepared for emergency situations.

Emergency Preparedness

To respond to an emergency, you must first be prepared. We take emergency preparedness very seriously. We continuously update our Campus Emergency Operations Plan and Procedure, maintain Emergency Blue Light Phones and Evacuation Routes, as well as share resources on what to do in an active shooter scenario.

Statistics and Recordkeeping

Per federal and state guidelines, we maintain up-to-date records of any crime statistics on campus and in surrounding areas.

Forms and Downloads

Browse all forms and downloads

Run, Hide, Fight, Surviving an Active Shooter Event

Run

• Have an escape plan in mind
• Evacuate regardless of whether others agree to follow
• Leave your belongings behind
• Help others escape, if possible
• Prevent individuals from entering an area where the active shooter may be
• Keep your hands visible
• Follow the instructions of any police officers
• Do not attempt to move wounded people
• Call 911 when you are safe

Hide

• Be out of the active shooter’s view
• Provide protection if shots are fired in your direction (i.e., an office with a closed and locked door)
• Should not trap you or restrict your options for movement
• Lock the door
• Barricade the door with heavy furniture

Fight

• Acting as aggressively as possible against the shooter
• Throwing items and improvising weapons
• Yelling
• Committing to your actions

Remember ... RUN, HIDE, FIGHT

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act. It requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.

Because the law is tied to participation in federal student financial aid programs it applies to most institutions of higher education both public and private. It is enforced by the U.S. Department of Education.

The "Clery Act" is named in memory of 19 year old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery who was raped and murdered while asleep in her residence hall room on April 5, 1986.

Jeanne's parents, Connie and Howard, discovered that students hadn't been told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the 3 years before her murder. They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact this law, which was originally known as the "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990."

The law was amended in 1992 to add a requirement that schools afford the victims of campus sexual assault certain basic rights, and was amended again in 1998 to expand the reporting requirements. The 1998 amendments also formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery.

The law was most recently amended in 2000 to require schools beginning in 2003 to notify the campus community about where public "Megan's Law" information about registered sex offenders on campus could be obtained.

Crime and Fire Logs

Coppin State University's Police Department maintains a daily crime log that records all criminal and alleged criminal incidents on campus within the last 90 days. The logs are archived and open to the public for inspection.

A hard copy of the Crime Log is available at the department headquarters in the Physical Education Complex, office 272, during normal business hours.

Daily Reports and Incident Map

Evacuation Routes

Administration Building

• 1 South exit (front doors)
• 1 Northeast exit (near motor pool)
• 1 Northwest exit (near Loop road)

Tawes Center Basement Level

• 1 East exit (facing Coppin Center)
• 1 North exit (facing Administration)

Tawes Center 1st Floor

• 2 Southwest and Southeast exits (front doors)
• 1 Northwest exit (rear door)
• 1 Northwest exit (inside of Student Activities Office)
• 1 West exit (inside of the janitor’s closet, in the canteen area)

Auditorium

• 8 East exits (front doors, 6 on northeast end and 2 on southeast end)
• 1 Southside basement level (southeast corner)
• 1 Southside basement level (southwest corner)
• 1 West exit (stage area but that door has a lock on it)

Health and Human Services Building

(elevator lobby point of view as if exiting the elevators)

1st floor (elevator lobby)

• To the left stair #2
• To the right main entrance/exit
• 1st floor north (elevator lobby)
• Hallway rooms 124 to 133 North Ave entrance/exit
• 1st floor south (elevator lobby)
• (To the left)
• hallway rooms 102 to 118 left go straight then left then right to the right stair #1
• (To the right)
• hallway rooms 102 to 118 straight then to the right exit stair #1

2nd floor (elevator lobby)

• To the left stair #2
• 2nd floor north(elevator lobby)
• Hallway rooms 201 to 215 make left keep straight bare right to exit door to take steps to North Ave entrance/exit or keep straight onto the bridge exit
• 2nd floor south(elevator lobby)
• (To the left)
• hallway 201 to 211 straight then a right and stair #1
• (To the right)
• hallway 201 to 211 straight and to the right is stair #1

3rd floor (elevator lobby)

• To left stair #2
• 3rd floor north(elevator lobby)
• North of elevator hallway straight onto the left is exit stair #3
• 3rd floor south(elevator lobby)
• (To the left)
• hallway 312 to 318 make a left straight on then a right and exit stair #1
• (To the right)
• hallway 302 to 310; 324 straight onto stair #1

4th floor (elevator lobby)

• To the left of elevator lobby stair #2
• 4th floor north(elevator lobby)
• 425 To 435 hallway straight unto exit stair #3 to the left
• 4th floor south(elevator lobby)
• 401 to 419, to the left go straight down hallway, make a right onto stair #1 to the right

5th floor (elevator lobby)

• To the left exit stair #2
• 5th floor north(elevator lobby)
• 510 to 541 hallway keep straight onto the left is exit stair #3
• 5th floor south(elevator lobby)
• No south entry way

Physical Education Complex

Building A (Facilities, Maintenance)

• 1st floor (Near room 194 and 197)

Building B (Procurement, Human Resources, Campus Police, Mail room, Auxiliary Services)

• 1st floor (main doors, near mail and print services door)
• 2nd floor (campus police exit doors near room 222)

Building C (Main Arena, Sporting Events)

• Ground Level (Near room 135, both ends of Arena)

Building D (Main Arena 2nd floor)

• 3rd floor stairwell 5, stairwell 7 main arena 2nd floor near room 223 section 4-6

Building E (Pool, Locker Room)

• Near Room 135 and Stairwell 6

Building F (Auxiliary Gym)

• Across from room 102, both exits located in the auxiliary gyms and Warwick Ave exit

 Building G (Classrooms)

• 2nd floor near room 228

Building H (Fitness Center) Lot E
 

Daley Hall

• 1 Northeast exit (near meeting room)
• 2 Northwest exits (front door and service entry area)
• 3 North exits (stairwell #1 facing Dining Hall and two are located in Mr. Bailey’s Office
• 1 Northeast exit (inside Nurse’s Office)

Dedmond Hall

• 1 Northwest exit (front doors)
• 1 Northeast exit (inside Laundry Room)
• 1 North exit (in stairwell near Restrooms)

Dining / Meeting Hall

• 1 Southwest exit (front door)
• 2 East exits (in lobby and school store eastside of building)
• 1 West exit (in Dining room area 1st floor)
• 1 Northeast exit (in rear)
• 1 Northwest exit (in rear)

Grace Hill

• 1 East exit (front doors)
• 1 East exit (basement level by new elevators)
• 1 South exit (basement level by new elevators)
• 2 North exits (facing Lot D, one closed at basement level due to construction)
• 1 West exit (closed due to construction, basement level)

Library

• 1 Southwest exit (southside basement level near Parren J. Mitchell room)
• 1 South exit (on loading dock)
• 1 West exit (front doors)
• 1 North exit (front doors)

Research Center

• 2 South exits (front doors and southeast corner)
• 1 Northwest exit (near 2nd floor vending machine)
• 2 West exits (Capital Planning hallway and automatic doors 2nd floor)
• 1 North exit (new classrooms facing construction)
• 1 Southwest exit (new classrooms)
• 1 Northeast exit (by locker rooms)

Science Center

• 3 West exits (front door, front south corner and 1st floor north stairwell)
• 1 Northeast exit (1st floor north stairwell)
• 1 South exit (but that leads to a chained in area outside)
• 2 East exits (this leads to the same chained in area outside)

Campus Blue Light Phones

Coppin State University has installed blue light phones throughout campus. Any person on campus can walk up, use a phone, and be immediately connected to Campus Police. 

Each blue light phone has 2 buttons:

• Red button to press for emergencies
• Black button for getting campus information

How to Use in an Emergency

1. Press the red emergency button to turn on the blue light and connect to a Campus Police dispatcher
2. Listen for the recording that states your location
3. Wait 5 seconds for the dispatcher's voice
4. Tell your emergency to the dispatcher

At the same time you talk with the dispatcher, a Campus Police Officer comes to your location. The dispatcher stays on the line with you until the Campus Police Officer arrives. 

How to Request Information

1. Press the black button (note: the blue light will not turn on)
2. Once you connect with the dispatcher, tell them your desired information and/or assistance

Frequently Asked Questions

Benefits

• What Health Benefits am I entitled to as a CSU Employee?
• What retirement plans are available for CSU Employees?
• Where can I find the University’s Holiday Schedule?
• What leave is available to me as a CSU Employee?
• What is Tuition Remission and am I eligible?

Classification and Compensation

• Where can I find job descriptions for non-exempt positions?

Compliance and Fair Practices

• How do I make a report regarding sexual misconduct and discrimination and to whom should I report?

Employee and Labor Relations

• Where can I view CSU’s Memorandums of Understanding?
• What is the University's Employee of the Quarter program?
• Where can I learn more about policies and procedures related to CSU?

Employment Verification

• How do I verify my employment and/or income?

Payroll

Recruitment

• How do I view and apply to an open position at CSU?
• What documents am I required to complete as a newly hired employee?
• As a manager, how do I request a temporary employee for my department?
• As a newly hired employee, what will I learn in orientation and where/when does it take place?

Training and Development

• What training and professional development is available?

How it works

When you apply for credit or other services and proof of employment and/or income is required, you provide written consent to the organization, or "verifier", to verify the information you provided to them. Verifiers will be carefully screened and credentialed before gaining access to The Work Number. Verifiers must provide a valid reason or permissible purpose for requesting the information, as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

In addition to providing your written consent, you will need to provide the verifier with the following information.

• The Work Number Access Methods - www.theworknumber.com or 1-800-367-5690
• The Coppin State University Employer Code: 18270
• Your Social Security Number (SSN)
• You may be requested to provide a Salary Key to verify income
  • Visit https://employees.theworknumber.com or call 1-800-367-2884
  • Enter the Coppin State University Employer Code (18270)
  • Enter your Employee ID
  • Enter your PIN # (last 6 digits of SSN)
  • First-time users will be asked to provide additional personal contact information to obtain a One-Time Passcode (OTP) to verify your identity
  • Follow the instructions to create a salary key

Features and Benefits

• Accessible -  Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• Fast - Verifiers have the information within minutes
• Easy to Use - Fully automated
• Secure - The Work Number is part of Equifax and uses stringent physical and electronic security standards and protocols to ensure your data is secure
• Trackable - A record of all requests is maintained so you know who views your information
• Self-Service - You can access the system at any time to request your Annual Employment Data Report