Reminder: Deadline for Benefits Enrollment is April 25

Our online benefit enrollment will be open to all full-time and 96-day employees until 4:00 p.m. on April 25. Full-time employees will be enrolling in health, dental and medical flex spending, and part- time employees (96-day) will just be enrolling in medical flex spending. We will need your enrollment selections even if you choose not to make any changes to your benefits for next year.

This enrollment period is not for enrollment in the dependent care plan, which is done in November. If you have dependents who are under 26 years of age (regardless of their student or marital status) or if they are 26 or older but are full-time students and single, they may stay on your health and dental plans. You may also turn in out-of-pocket medical, dental and vision expenses under the medical flex spending plan for your dependents up to the age of 27.

Please take five minutes to enroll in your benefits for the new plan year. You will find a new tab on your Employee Dashboard called “Benefit Enrollment,” and it will step you through the enrollment process. While enrolling you’ll find a “Save and Finish Later” button at the bottom of the page that will allow you to leave and return to the program when you’re ready. You may change your benefit selections as many times as you’d like until the close of enrollment on April 25.

If you have any questions or would like to have someone help explain the differences in plans to you, don’t hesitate to contact Kathy Martin, Benefits Specialist, at kmartin@aea11.k12.ia.us or ext. 14385.