Waukegan Public School District 60 offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Some of the benefits include:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Cafeteria Plan (Section 125)
• Retirement Plan – with voluntary contributions to 403(b)
• Paid Sick and Personal Leave

Medical Insurance:

The Waukegan Public School District offers three health insurance plans. The district will pay the single premium for the employee for the plan that is chosen. Dependent coverage may be purchased at various costs.

PPO Plan

The PPO Plan (http://www.bcbsil.com) is a self-insured plan administered by Blue Cross. Please see the Summary of Benefits and Coverage for more details.

• PPO - 2013 Summary of Benefits and Coverage
• PPO - 2013 Benefit Highlights
• Health Insurance Claim Form

HMO Illinois

The district also offers HMO Illinois (http://www.bcbsil.com) as an alternate to the PPO. Please refer to the Summary of Benefits and Coverage for more details.

• HMO Illinois - 2013 Summary of Benefits and Coverage
• HMO Illinois - 2013 Description of Coverage

BlueEdge HSA

The district now offers a High Deductible Health Plan as another alternative to the traditional PPO. Please see the Summary of Benefits and Coverage for more details.

• BlueEdge HSA - 2013 Summary of Benefits and Coverage
• BlueEdge HSA - 2013 Benefit Highlights

Dental Coverage:

Waukegan School District offers one dental PPO Plan. It is a self-insured plan administered by Blue Cross/Blue Shield. For details, please visit the Dental Benefit Highlights sheet.

• PPO - 2013 Dental Benefit Highlights
• Dental Claim Form - Attending Dentist's Statement

Cafeteria Plan (Section 125 Flexible Spending Program):

An added benefit is the district’s Flexible Spending Program.  An employee may take advantage of the pre-tax benefits by using it for:

• Dependent Care
• Unreimbursed medical and dental expenses
• Pre-taxing dependent premiums

The Cafeteria Plan’s open enrollment is in November, and the benefit period is January 1 - December 31.

• Health/Dependent Care - Flexible Spending Accoutns Claim Instructions
• Health/Dependent Care - Flexible Spending Accounts Claim Form

Employee Assistance Program

The District offers an EAP program through National Insurance Services. The EAP covers a wide range of issues that an employee may be experiencing.

EAP Services are available to you two ways:

• Call toll-free: 866-451-5465
• Online: http://www.bdaeap-online.com/?s_username=nisenhanced

For additional information EAP services, please see the 2013 program brochure.

Retirement Plan:

• IMRF (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund) http://www.imrf.org/ for non-certified employees.
• TRS (Teachers Retirement System) for all certified personnel.

If you have additional questions regarding Employee Benefits, contact Debra Alley (dalley@wps60.org) or Jason Feldman (jfeldman@wps60.org), or you may call 847-360-5412.