Benefits

Harrisonburg City Public Schools offers the following benefits to staff (please click on each benefit title for more information):

AFLAC

AFLAC offers a variety of insurance policies as a convenience to HCPS staff. Staff receive group discount rates when premiums are payroll deducted.
Contact Twila Showalter, Larry Showalter or Curtis Steele: 2515 East Market Street - Suite E, Harrisonburg VA 22801 at 434-2398 or 1-800-648-1932.

Assurant Dental Insurance

Type A - Preventive (100% coverage)
Type B - Basic Restorative (80% coverage)
Type C - Major Restorative (50% coverage)
$1,000 Annual Maximum Benefits (per person)
Dental Insurance Rates for 2012-13 (PDF format)
The school division contributes $10 per month towards your monthly dental insurance premium.

Flexible spending accounts, currently provided by Layman, Diener & Borntrager Insurance, enable employees to pay, on a pre-tax basis, for health care and/or child care not covered by other benefit plans.
Flexible Spending plan year runs from October 1st - September 30th.
LD & B's Flexible Spending On-Line System
LD & B QuickStart Guide
Flexible Spending Services Update - July 2012
Durbin Amendment/Benny Card FAQ

The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act of 2010 has changed the rules for the purchase of Over-The-Counter (OTC) products using a Flexible Spending Account
- The changes are effective as of January 1, 2011
- Guidelines for the purchase of OTC products (PDF format)
- Listing of Ineligible and Eligible OTC products (PDF format)

Anthem KeyCare 20 Plan
- $20 Co-pay for Primary Care Physician
- $40 Co-pay for Specialty Care Providers
- $150 plus 20% of Anthem's allowable charge

Health Insurance Provider Rates for 2013-2014 (PDF format)
Information regarding our health insurance plan can be obtained by contacting our Anthem representative, Sandy Bogen, in the Municipal Building from 11:30AM to 1:30PM on the second Wednesday of each month or by contacting Anthem Customer Service at 800-552-2103.
Health Care Reform Change:
- The removal of lifetime dollar limits on benefits and adding dependents under the age of 26 (PDF format).
  - Members whose children were taken off of their health plan because they reached the previous age limit, can add those children back on to their plan on the plan's renewal date if they are younger than 26.

Minnesota Life Insurance Company / VRS

The school division pays the premiums for your Basic Life Insurance.
Basic Life Insurance is equal to your retirement salary, rounded to the next highest thousand, and then doubled.
Active members of VRS may purchase Optional Life Insurance in the amount equal to one, two, three or four times your annual salary.
You may also purchase Optional Life Insurance for your spouse and dependent children.

Genworth Financial / VRS

For more information about Long Term Care Insurance:
- View an interactive presentation
- View an Informational Brochure (PDF format)
- Checkout www.genworth.com/cov for a quote
- Or contact Customer Service at 1-866-859-6060
On-line Open Enrollment Process for new hires only
- Visit www.genworth.com/cov to complete the on-line enrollment process
Deadline for on-line open enrollment has passed for all current staff members

Sick leave days may be used for maternity, paternity or adoption leave. Staff should consult their principal/supervisor to coordinate requested leave dates.
Please refer to School Board Policy #631 for further information.

The Superintendent may, if it is in the best interest of the school division, grant professional leave to teachers or administrators to attend conferences, meeting, or other activities.
Professional leave may be granted with or without reimbursement of expenses.
No classroom teacher may be absent from teaching for more than five days per year due to conference attendance.
Professional leave is not granted to a teacher/parent accompanying his/her child on a field trip.
Please refer to School Board Policy #660 for more information.

All full-time staff accrue one sick leave day for each month worked. (Part-time staff accrue a proportional number of days).
Your supervisor should be notified as early as possible and lesson plans should be prepared in advance for a substitute.
Please refer to School Board Policy #634 for more information.

The school division offers its staff a sick leave bank wherby all contributors to the bank may benefit in case of a catastrophic ailment or injury.
To be eligible to join the sick leave bank, staff must have been employed by HCPS for at least one year.
Sick leave bank members may draw up to 60 days from the bank once their sick leave has been exhausted and a 30-day waiting period has expired.
Please refer to School Board Policy #627 for more information.

The school division provides tuition reimbursement for Teachers and Administrators of up to $900 for college level course(s) per school calendar year.
The school division provides tuition reimbursement for Classified Staff of up to $900 for college level course(s) per school calendar year (must lead to a teaching license or will improve skills in the current responsibilities/assignment).

Required Forms
- Class Registration (This form must be submitted for approval of tuition reimbursement prior to the start date of the class/course. Reimbursement may not be available without prior approval.)
- Request for Reimbursement (Submit this form no later than 10 days after completing your course.)

Only full-time 250-day staff receive vacation (annual) leave, which is earned based on years of HCPS service:

To use vacation days, a Request for Leave form must be submitted to and approved by your principal/supervisor.
Please refer to School Board Policy #628 for further infromation.

Payroll deduction for membership into the Virginia Credit Union is available.
For membership information and benefits please call (800) 285-6609 or www.vacu.org

PLAN 2
- Staff members whose membership date is July 1, 2010 or later are covered under the provisions of the VRS Plan 2
- Staff who were previously employed in a covered position and withdrew their funds will be rehired under Plan 2 if they return to covered employment with no service credit in VRS or no ORP balance.
- Plan 2 - Member FAQ's
- The Harrisonburg City School Board has elected to pay 100% of the contribution premium for staff under Plan 2.