Benefit Highlights: 

• The School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) Program administers health insurance and other benefits for employees of Washington’s school districts. 

  • Employees can choose from more than 10 medical plans offered from Kaiser Permanente WA, Premera Blue Cross, and the Uniform Medical Plan to fit their needs for varying cost and care options.

  • Vision and Dental plan options, as well as standard Life and AD&D insurance are offered at no cost to employees.

  • The SEBB program also offers additional benefits like Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), supplemental Life and AD&D, Long-Term Disability insurance, and Medical Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA).
    

• Benefit-eligible Spokane Public Schools employees and their dependent family members have access to free, confidential counseling, consultation and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program.
  

• School District Employees participate in the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) public pension plan. Employees can choose from a lifetime retirement pension plan or a hybrid pension and investment plan that contributes between 5% and 15% of wages to retirement. When employees meet plan requirements and retire, they are guaranteed a monthly benefit for the rest of their life from the employer-funded pension. With the investment part, employees choose when to begin withdrawing funds, which can be any time after separating employment
  

• Employees can also participate in voluntary savings programs to increase retirement savings such as the DRS Deferred Compensation Program or by participating in a 403(b) retirement plan through the District’s plan manager, OMNI.