Sponsored Students

Isothermal Community College will accept sponsorship agreements in lieu of payment, however, you will be responsible for all amounts owed if your sponsoring agency does not remit payment in full.

A sponsorship letter of authorization must be on company letterhead and include the student’s name, Student ID number or Social Security Number, the sponsor’s billing address, contact person, phone number, what charges are covered, any limits on amounts allowed, copies of the student’s 2 most current pay stubs, and a copy of the company’s W-9.

You must submit a new letter of authorization each semester.

Employers/sponsors may fax this information directly to the Business Office (828) 286-1120 or email it to lblankenship@isothermal.edu. NC Employers are invoiced at the in-state tuition rate. In order to receive the in-state rate, the sponsor must be the student’s employer.Sponsors are generally invoiced within four (4) weeks after the census date.

Sponsored curriculum student procedures

1. Ask your Sponsor to e-mail (lblankenship@isothermal.edu) or fax (828-286-1120) a “Letter of Authorization” along with a W-9. We cannot process your sponsorship without this information from your sponsor. It is the student’s responsibility to make sure the Business Office receives the information by the payment deadline.
2. Pay any amount due that is not covered by your sponsor when you register.
3. All sponsorships must be secured and received by the stated payment due date for each semester. Sponsored students should plan accordingly by obtaining the information needed by the Business office and ensure the Business Office receives it. Any student whose sponsorship is not secured by the payment due date maybe deregistered from class.
4. Sponsored Students may need to sign a FERPA (Family Educational and Rights Privacy Act) Sponsorship waiver authorization allowing ICC to submit billing information to their sponsor.
5. Any balance for tuition and fees that is not covered by the sponsorship is due on the payment due date.

Sponsored Continuing Education student procedures

1. It is the Sponsor’s responsibility to make sure a “Letter of Authorization” along with a W-9 is either sent with the student, emailed (sbrackett@isothermal.edu or lvarela@isothermal.edu ) or faxed (828-286-8434) when the student is registering for a Continuing Education class. If these documents are not received at the time the student registers, then a student will not be on a sponsorship and the payment will be processed on the student’s account. Without an official sponsorship any refund due will be sent to the student not the sponsor.
2. Pay any amount due that is not covered by your sponsor when you register.
3. All sponsorships must be secured and received at the time the student (s) registers. Sponsored students should plan accordingly by having all the sponsorship documents ready when they register.
4. Sponsored Students may need to sign a FERPA (Family Education and Rights Privacy Act) Sponsorship waiver authorization allowing ICC to submit billing information to their sponsor.
5. Any balance for tuition and fees that is not covered by the sponsorship is due at the time of registration.