2019–20 Contract Terms and Conditions

This contract is between you and IU Dining on behalf of The Trustees of Indiana University. Your acceptance of the terms of this contract is indicated electronically below. If you are under 18 years of age, this contract will not be effective unless your parent or guardian agrees to its terms by submitting the electronic agreement.

1. "Contract Term" means August 18, 2019 – May 9, 2020. IU Dining provides food service during academic sessions with reduced hours and locations during Thanksgiving, semester, and spring breaks.
2. "Cancellation Date" means:
   1. If you are required to have a meal plan and you have cancelled your housing contract,
      • the date your housing access is removed and/or you complete Checkout, or
      • if you never occupy your unit, or if you vacate your unit and do not notify the assignment office in writing, or if you vacate and do not complete Checkout, the Cancellation Date is the day the assignment office learns that your assigned unit is vacant.
   2. If you are not required to have a meal plan, the date that you request that your meal plan be cancelled.
3. "Operational costs" means operating expenses associated with meal plans including but not limited to materials, labor, utilities, etc. and are identified on our website at dining.indiana.edu. If you cancel your meal plan,operational costs are part of the cancellation fee.

The purchase price of all meal plans includes the payment of operational costs and I‐BUCKS. The meal plans are noted below. In consideration for contracted dining services, the student agrees to pay IU Dining the rates specified for the student's selected meal plan, as announced, or as they may be adjusted by, the Indiana University Board of Trustees. Meal plan rates and costs are finalized during the spring semester. The Board of Trustees‐approved rates, to which you are hereby agreeing, will be posted at the meal plans page no later than May 1, 2019. For purposes of guidance only, specific meal plan rates and fees for 2018‐2019 (the previous academic year) are now available online at the meal plans page.

4. IU Dining offers I‐BUCKS 60 and I‐BUCKS 25 plans. Meal plan descriptions are available, and eligibility for each plan is set out below:
   1. 1st time/1st year students living on campus are required to have a meal plan. Meal plan options for anyone required to have a meal plan are:
      • I-BUCKS 60 (Max, Plus, and Standard Contribution Levels)
   2. Non 1st time/1st year students living on campus, off-campus students, staff, and on- and off-campus community members who wish to purchase a meal plan are not required to have a meal plan. The options for those not required to have a meal plan are:
      • I-BUCKS 60 (Max, Plus, Standard, and Mini Contribution Levels)
      • I-BUCKS 25

5. I-BUCKS may be used at any IU Dining location. A full list of IU Dining locations is available. I‐BUCKS 60 plans provide a sixty percent (60%) discount off retail prices. I‐BUCKS 25 plans provide a twenty‐five percent (25%) discount off retail prices.
6. You may change your meal plan to another eligible plan prior to August 1, 2019. These changes can be made online at one.iu.edu.
7. You may change your I‐BUCKS 60 contribution level for the Fall semester until August 1, 2019, and you may change your I‐BUCKS 60 contribution level for the Spring semester disbursement until December 1, 2019. These changes can be made online at one.iu.edu.
8. Any I‐BUCKS remaining on an I‐BUCKS plan at the end of the Contract Term are valid through December 19, 2020.
9. You are responsible for reporting a lost or stolen CrimsonCard storing I‐BUCKS to CrimsonCard Office. You will be responsible for all purchases made with your I‐BUCKS until the time when your CrimsonCard is reported lost or stolen.
10. Charges for meal plans are based on a declining balance, academic‐year structure, with a 50% allotment of I‐BUCKS added to your card each semester.
11. You may add additional I‐BUCKS to your meal plan during the Contract Term in increments of $5 with a minimum of $25. A ten percent (10%) operational cost will be charged to additional I‐BUCKS for I‐BUCKS 25 plans.

12. If you are required to have a meal plan per the terms of your housing contract and move out of residence halls, but remain enrolled, you may choose to keep your meal plan in force through the Contract Term.
13. If you choose to cancel, you may request to cancel this contract at one.iu.edu. If you are unable to complete this process online, contact dining services via email or call 812‐855‐1764.
14. Cancellation fees are set forth below. Before you make a decision to cancel, make sure you calculate the charges that will be assessed.
    1. If you request to cancel your meal plan prior to August 1, 2019, there is no cancellation fee.
    2. You will be charged for I‐BUCKS used, associated prorated operational costs through the Cancellation Date, and a $400 cancellation fee for the I‐BUCKS 60 plan and $50 cancellation fee for the I‐BUCKS 25 plan, if you:
       • withdraw from IUB, or
       • are suspended, expelled, or academically dismissed from the university.
    3. You will be charged for I‐BUCKS used, plus the semester’s operational costs as a cancellation fee if you:
       • were not required to have a meal plan and chose to cancel, or 
       • move into a fraternity/sorority house, or
       • move into an off‐campus residence, or
       • are suspended or expelled from university housing, but remain enrolled at IUB.

15. You may pay online with bursar billing (student) or credit card (students and staff).
16. All fees referenced in this contract will be billed to your bursar account.
17. If you elect to pay for your I‐BUCKS through bursar billing, you agree to make your payments according to the bursar's posted schedule. You agree that failure to make required payments does not relieve you of the obligations and duties of the contract. Past due balances on any part of your bursar account, including charges associated with this contract, are subject to the bursar's posted late fees.
18. Failure to pay your meal plan charges may result in the suspension of your dining privileges until the account is paid in full.
19. You agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, court filing fees, collection agency fees, etc., incurred by the university in enforcing this contract.
20. The failure of IU to exercise its options under this contract does not constitute a waiver or relieve you from your remaining obligations and duties under this contract.