412.3 - Classified Employee Group Insurance Benefits

Classified Employees may be eligible for group benefits as determined by the board and required by law.  The board will select the group benefit program(s) and the insurance company or third party administrator which will provide or administer the program.

In accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the board will offer classified employees, who are expected to work an average of at least thirty (30) hours per week or one hundred (130) hours per month, based on the measurement adopted by the board, with minimum essential coverage that is both affordable and provides minimum value. The board will utilize the applicable measurement period to determine whether variable hourly employees qualify for an offer of insurance coverage under the district's group plan.  The board will have the authority and right to change or eliminate group benefit programs, other than the group health plan, for its classified employees.

Classified employees who work thirty (30) hours per week are eligible to participate in the group health plan. Full-time classified employees who wish to purchase coverage for their spouse or dependents may do so by meeting the requirements of the applicable plan.  Employers should maintain documents regarding eligible employees acceptance and rejection of coverage.

The requirements stated in the Master Contract between employees in certified collective bargaining units and the board regarding group insurance benefits of such employees will be followed.

Classified employees and their spouse and dependents may be allowed to continue coverage of the school district's group health insurance program if they cease employment with the school district by meaning the requirement of the insurer.

 

 

Legal Reference:              
(Code of Iowa) 20.9; 85; 85B, 279.12; 509; 509A; 509B
(2013) Internal Revenue Code 4980H(c)(4); Treas. Reg.
54.4980H-1(a)(21)(ii).
Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health
Coverage, 26 CFR Parts 1, 54 and 301, 78 Fed. Reg.
217, (Jan. 2, 2013).
Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health
Coverage, 26 CFR Parts 1, 54 and 301, 79 Fed. Reg.
8543 (Feb. 12, 2014).

Date of Adoption:   
August 11, 1975

Date of Review:      
August 9, 2021