Request for Exception to Tuition Grant Eligibility Criteria on Basis of Dependent’s Disability JHU’s Office of Benefits Services considers requests to the age and/or credit hour tuition grant eligibility criteria when an otherwise eligible dependent cannot meet the criteria due to a disability. Employees requesting an exception must submit documentation of the dependent’s disability to Disability Services in the Office of Institutional Equity. OIE reviews the documentation and provides a recommendation to Benefits Services as to whether it is sufficient to establish the need for an exception on the basis of a disability. Documentation is maintained confidentially in OIE and is not shared with Benefits Services. If an exception is granted, tuition grant eligibility is still limited to eight semesters of undergraduate study