Benefit Information

Link to HCa Dental Plans

SEBB offers three dental plans:

DeltaCare and Willamette, which are managed care plans, which require you to choose a primary care dentist within their network.  The third plan offered is Uniform Dental Plan, which is a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), which lets you choose any dental provider, however if you see an in-network (participating) dentist, your out-of-pocket expenses are generally less.   

DeltaCare, Group #09601

Administered by Delta Dental of WA.  For information on using Delta Care go to:  https://www.deltadentalwa.com/sebb/using-deltacare or contact them at 1-800-650-1583

Uniform Dental Plan

Administered by Delta Dental of WA.  For information on using Uniform Dental Plan go to: https://www.deltadentalwa.com/sebb/using-udp  
1-800-537-3406

Willamette Dental
For information on using Willamette Dental Plan go to: https://willamettedental.com/sebb/ or call 1-855-433-6825

LINK TO HCA LTD

Newly eligible employees will be automatically enrolled in employee-paid LTD insurance that covers 60 percent of predisability earnings, with a 90-day benefit waiting period.  At any time, you can reduce to a lower-cost 50-percent coverage level or decline the coverage via your SEBB My Account. If you later decide to enroll in or increase coverage, you will have to provide evidence of insurability and be approved by the insurer.

Starting January 1, 2022, you will also be automatically enrolled in employee-paid LTD insurance coverage. Note: Your SEBB long-term disability benefit is different from the state’s new long-term care benefit, which is called The WA Cares Fund

For claim forms please contact the Payroll Office.

To reach LTD directly:
The Standard Insurance Company, 1-833-229-4177.

For detailed information on the vision plans offered via SEBB visit: https://www.hca.wa.gov/employee-retiree-benefits/school-employees/vision-plans-and-benefits

To contact the vision plans directly:
Davis Vision: 1-877-377-9353.
EyeMed Vision Care: 1-800-699-0993
MetLife Vision Plan: 1-855-638-3931

Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) - (1-800-547-6657)

• DRS Plan Choice Guide
• DRS Beneficiary Designation - (Required upon hire for all retirement eligible employees)
• DRS Retirement Status - (Required upon hire for all retirement eligible employees)
• DRS Member Information Form - (Required within 90 days of hire date for all retirement eligible employees)
• Plan 3 Change of Investment Program Form 
• Member Transfer Form - (Plan 2 members may transfer to Plan 3.  This option is only available in January) For more information, please go to the Plan 3 January Transfer Opportunity page on the DRS website..

For New Retirement Members Only
As a new employee you have 90 days to make a plan choice. The information in this booklet will help you in making your retirement decision. You can view a video from DRS for new hires by selecting the following link: Choosing a Plan Video.  You can also visit the New Member webpage. 

Thinking of Retiring?

Are you in mid-career and thinking about what you need to do for retirement? Or are you getting ready to retire? The information found at the link above may answer many of your questions.

• PEBB offers retirees of school districts and educational services districts comprehensive insurance packages. But there are restrictions around when you are eligible to sign up for these insurance packages. This Preparing For Retirement Guide can help you with the process and make sure you are acting within the required time frame for making your insurance decisions.
• DRS puts out webinars on a regular basis which includes topics about benefits, when are you eligible to retire, and what you can do to increase your retirement. You can subscribe to this page alerting you to upcoming webinars. 
• DRS Retirement Planning Checklist
• PEBB Health Insurance Options Checklist (When leaving employment and your employer coverage is ending).  You may be eligible for PEBB retiree health insurance.  Contact PEBB at 1-800-200-1004 or online at www.hca.wa.gov/employee-retiree-benefits/retirees for more information.
• If You Work for a School, When's the Best Time to Retire?

Retirement Seminars

Retirement Planning Seminar schedule is now available from the Department of Retirement System. This link gives you direction on how to register, or if you are unable to attend one of these seminars, how to view a recorded seminar.  

Retirees Returning to Work

Restrictions apply.  Return to work rules vary by retirement plan.  Be sure to view the link above or contact DRS at 1-800-547-6657 or use the Contact Us tool via your DRS Online Account to verify if you may return to work without impacting your pension payments.

Wondering how Medicare works? Click here to view the Medicare and You Booklet

For the most current newsletter of  Retirement  OUTLOOK , please click here.

Eligible employees may elect to participate in the following voluntary benefits:

• VEBA offered through VEBA Trust
• • Participation is determined by Union or group vote each year.
  • If eligible deductions are pre-tax.
  • Depending on your Union or group vote your:
    • Sick Leave annual buyback may go to VEBA, pre-tax.
    • Sick Leave at retirement or separation may go to VEBA, pre-tax.
    • Vacation cash out at retirement or separation may go to VEBA, pre-tax.
    • Monthly deduction amount sent to VEBA, pre-tax.
  • VEBA contributions can be use for out of pocket expenses for such things as:
    • Vision.
    • Dental.
    • Medical.
    • Prescriptions.
    • Medical Premiums, including Medical and Medicare Supplement plans, and tax-qualified long-term care insurance premiums (subject to IRS limits) .
    • To enroll please complete the VEBA enrollment form found in the back of the enrollment packet.
• Voluntary Benefit Groups - Annuities/DCP/Short Term Disability/etc.

Please Click on the links for plan details and enrollment information.

Below are links to the District voluntary programs for which the District has agreed to provide salary reductions for. Contact Payroll at 360-874-7025 for specific agreements.

ANNUITIES

Our third party administrator for TSA's, and Annuities is Omni you or your agent can contact them at www.omni403b.com or by phone at (877)544-6664. All salary reduction forms, withdrawals, etc, must go through Omni first prior to coming to the school district.

• Universal Availability Notice
• Employee FAQs

OTHER VOLUNTARY BENEFITS

• Deferred Compensation (DCP)
  • DCP Enrollment Form
  • DCP Beneficiary Form

• Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP)\
• FAQs for DCAP:

• GET Program
  • GET Plan for Education
  • GET at Work
  • GET Enrollment Guide
  • GET Deduction Information

• Legal Shield

• Medical Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA)
• FAQs for FSA

• Supplemental Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance 

• Supplemental Long Term Disability

HURT ON THE JOB?!

Inform your supervisor immediately and call:

Olympic ESD 114 Workers' Compensation: 1-800-643-4369

or visit: www.oesd114.org/report-an-incident

Life threatening? CALL 911

In 2019, Washington State signed into law Substitute House Bill 1323, creating the Washington State Long Term Care Trust Act (LTCA), which is now being referred to as the WA Cares Fund.  Eligible individuals will be able to apply for benefits beginning in January of 2025. This program will be funded by a NEW, EMPLOYEE PAID, payroll tax of 0.58% or .0058 times your gross earnings.  Tax collections will begin by payroll deduction beginning with your first payroll in January 2022.  For example, a district employee earning $50,000 per year will see a payroll deduction of $24.17 per month or $290 per year.

Benefits of the LTCA:  Qualifying individuals can access services and supports costing up to $36,500 in a lifetime.

To qualify for benefits, an individual must be age 18 or older, a current Washington state resident, and you must have paid into the trust for 10 years without a break of 5 or more years, or 3 of the last 6 years and have a need for assistance with at least three activities of daily living such as eating, medication management or bathing.

Learn more about the new benefit at wacaresfund.wa.gov.

Employees have a onetime opportunity to Opt-Out of the LTCA tax permanently.  Any employee who has an individual long-term care insurance policy in place prior to 11/1/2021, may apply directly to WA State Employment Security Department (WA ESD) for a lifetime exemption from the new payroll tax.  Applications for exemption must be submitted directly to the WA ESD between October 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022.  The applications are not available yet but will be available by October 1, 2021 on the WA ESD website.

Please note:  The WA ESD is still formulating the rules for this new program.  The district will provide more information as it becomes available.

Important Dates:

November 1, 2021: Individuals wishing to opt-out of the LTCA payroll tax must have an individual long-term care policy in effect PRIOR to November 1, 2021.

October 1, 2021: Employees with private long-term care insurance may start applying for exemption from the payroll tax directly through the WA ESD.

January 1, 2022: Employers must begin collecting premiums from employees’ paychecks (unless an employee has submitted a copy of an approved exemption notice from the WA ESD).

December 31, 2022: Deadline for Eligible individuals to apply for an exemption from the payroll tax from the ESD (for employees who had an individual long-term care policy in place prior to November 1, 2021.

January 1, 2025: First time individual may apply for benefits from the LTCA.