The Governing Board shall provide the opportunity for part and full time professional employees to elect individual or family membership in a group hospitalization, major medical, and surgical health plan and pay 80% of the total cost of the premium and a dental plan and pay 100% of the total cost of the premium.

"Part or full time" professional employees shall be defined, for the purposes of this policy, as persons who are employed to work at least 20 hours per week.  Substitute employees are not eligible for Insurance Benefits.

The Governing Board shall provide the opportunity for professional employees to elect individual or family membership in a group hospitalization, major medical, and surgical health plan and pay 90% of the total cost of the premium for single coverage or 72% of the total cost of the premium for family coverage and a dental plan and pay 84% of the total cost of the premium for single coverage or 65% of the total cost of the premium for family coverage.

"Full time" professional employees shall be defined, for the purposes of this policy, as persons who are employed to work at least .6 FTE for certificated staff, and six (6) hours per day for non-certificated staff – based upon at least 184 work days per year.  Certificated employees working less than the required minimums (184 work days/year and .6 FTE) will receive a Governing Board paid share of insurance premiums based upon the time worked as compared to those minimums.  For example, a teacher working .4 FTE would receive a 40% Governing Board paid share of the health insurance benefit.  Non-certificated staff employed at less than 6 hours/day are not eligible for health insurance benefits.

For those eligible employees not electing D/UESC Governing Board paid group health insurance prior to January 1, 2009 and who previously received the "Benefits in lieu of" fringe benefit, the Governing Board of the ESCCO will contribute annually a fringe benefit amount equal to 10% of their salary up to $3,000 into a Governing Board sponsored Section 125 plan.

The Governing Board shall provide the opportunity for part and full time professional employees to elect individual or family membership in a group hospitalization, major medical, surgical, and dental plan (see coverage amounts in table below).

"Full time" professional employees shall be defined, for the purposes of this policy, as persons who are employed to work at least 30 hours per week. "Part time" professional employees shall be defined, for the purposes of this policy, as persons who are employed to work least 20 hours per week. Insurance benefits for "part time" employees shall be paid on a prorated basis (see coverage amounts in table below).