Employee Benefits

The Anchorage School District provides access to a variety of health and other benefits to eligible employees. Employees participate in the premium expense, with employee cost varying depending upon the bargaining unit and the level of benefits selected by the employee.

This Web site is an overview meant to provide basic information on the benefits available to active, regular, full-time employees. Every attempt has been made to be accurate in the descriptions of benefits. In the event of any discrepancy between the information contained herein and the plan booklet, the plan booklet will prevail. Benefit plans are reviewed annually and may; therefore, change from time to time.

Employees should read the benefit plan booklet for a complete description of benefits, limitations, exclusions and for information on how best to use the benefit plan. Questions regarding the ASD-provided insurance plans should first be directed to the plan providers (i.e. Aetna, VSP, Symetra).

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Address changes

Periodically time-sensitive information about your benefits will be mailed to your home address; it is important to keep Human Resources updated with your current address. Use the Change in Personnel Record form to notify HR of changes to your name, home address or telephone number. (Fill this form out either by hand or on the computer, print it out, and mail it to HR.)

Family Status Change

If you have had a recent marriage, divorce, birth or adoption of a child or a dependent child who no longer meets the eligibility requirements, please contact the Benefits Department at 907-742-4200. We will be available to assist you in completing the necessary documents to update your status change or designate beneficiaries of your life insurance with ASD and/or your pension with the state of Alaska Retirement & Benefits.

Definition of Dependent Child Eligibility

• Under 25 years of age
• Unmarried
• Financially dependent upon the employee for support

 

Employee Groups

	Employee Group	Covered Employees
	ACE	Non-exempt management and technical employees
	AEA	Teachers
	APA	Principals
	Exempt	Exempt employees
	Local 71	Hourly custodians
	Non-Represented	Non-represented employees
	Teamsters Bus	Hourly bus drivers and bus attendants
	Teamsters Food Service	Hourly student nutrition employees
	Teamsters Maintenance	Hourly maintenance/warehouse employees
	TOTEM	Hourly clerical/teacher assistant employees

Benefits Eligibility

New Hires

Medical insurance and life insurance benefit eligibility, and the opportunity to participate in the Flexible Spending Account program vary based on the contractual requirements for newly hired employees in each employee group. The following table represents the benefits eligibility waiting period for newly hired employees beginning their employment with the Anchorage School District.

	Employee Group	Benefit Eligibility Waiting Period
	Exempt, ACE, APA, TOTEM, Teamsters Food Service, Non-represented	First day of the month following a 90 calendar day waiting period.
	AEA, Teamsters Maintenance, Local 71, Teamsters Bus	First day of the month or the first business day of the month coinciding with or next following your date of employment.

Current Employees

Current Anchorage School District employees who are transferring between employee groups, are changing their number of work hours, or are returning from an extended leave of absence may have different benefit eligibility waiting periods. Please contact the ASD Benefits Department for information at 907-742-4200.

COBRA Coverage

Employees and/or qualified dependents losing AETNA health insurance coverage are entitled to continue the ASD group heath care benefits for up to 36 months (depending on your qualifying event) by paying the full cost of the plan.

If you enrolled a dependent child and they no longer meet the eligibility requirements, please contact the Benefits Department for insurance rates, to request a COBRA packet or any other processing assistance.

For employees in the AEA (Teachers), Local 71 (Custodians) or Teamsters 959 (Bus) groups, please contact your respective health plan administrators for COBRA information available under your insurance plan.