Third Party Vouchers
Common third party forms of payment include, but are not limited to:
- MI Works!
- Michigan Education Trust (MET)
- Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS)
- TEACH
- Tuition Assistance Vouchers (Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, Air Force, etc.)
If you plan to use third party funding for a semester, make sure you send any vouchers or documents from your funding provider, authorizing payment of tuition, fees, and/or books/supplies, to billing@baker.edu, as soon as you receive them.
It’s your responsibility to make sure all required documents are submitted for each semester you’re using third party funding. Once your voucher is received, you’ll be able to see the anticipated funds on your Account Statement on the Student Billing page on MyBaker.
Third Party Release of Information
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) prohibits an educational institution from releasing confidential, non-directory information about you without your consent.
In order for Baker College to release all relevant information to a third party organization, for the purposes of invoicing for approved charges, we must collect a Third Party Release of Information Form.
By completing this form you are authorizing the release of academic information, financial aid award details, and student billing account details to an authorized third party organization.
The Third Party Release of Information Form is required for each third party organization for which you have a third party agreement. However, the form is only required once per third party organization and will remain in effect until you rescind the authorization.
For additional details regarding this process visit the Third Party page on MyBaker.
Specific Third Party Program Details
Employer Tuition Assistance Program
If your employer offers tuition assistance, they’ll provide a voucher or letter of credit so Baker College can bill them directly for approved costs. Be sure to email these documents to billing@baker.edu as soon as you receive them.
Check that all details are correct, such as the course names, course numbers, and start dates, before submitting the documents. Baker College will use this information to invoice your employer, and your employer will send payment directly to the College.
Keep in mind, your are responsible for getting and submitting the voucher or letter of credit. The College won’t bill your employer until the documents are received, and any remaining balance not covered by your employer is your responsibility.
Michigan Education Trust (MET):
MET is a 529 prepaid tuition savings program and is administered through the State of Michigan. MET is specific to tuition, it does not pay for room and board or books. Once enrolled at Baker College you may choose to apply your MET funds toward the full cost of tuition, regardless of other funding sources (up to the final dollar of your contracted funds) or you may choose to extend your funds further by requesting that your MET dollars be applied after other funding sources (excluding loans).
Upon Baker College receiving notification of your MET contract the default approach to billing the tuition to MET is to invoice for the full tuition cost before applying other funding sources (scholarships and grants).
If you wish to opt to extend your MET funding by having Baker College invoice MET for your tuition costs after applying other funding sources you may request that option by emailing a formal request to billing@baker.edu or through the submission of a ticket by selecting the Submit a Ticket button. Any request received for invoicing MET after other funding sources will remain in effect for each semester you attend, unless the request is retracted by you through a subsequent email or ticket.