Employee Benefits
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Annual Leave
- Full-time twelve-month employees earn annual leave in
accordance with the following schedule of VRS (Virginia Retirement
System) service:
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Years
of Service |
Annual
Leave Earned in a Year |
Day(s)
Per Month |
Maximum
Carryover June 30 |
| 0-4 |
12 working days |
1.0 |
24 working days |
| 5-9 |
15 working days |
1.25 |
30 working days |
| 10-14 |
18 working days |
1.5 |
30 working days |
| 15-19 |
21 working days |
1.75 |
36 working days |
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20+ |
24 working days |
2.0 |
36 working days |
403(b) Deferred
Compensation
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- The 403(b) program for RCPS is administered by
Lincoln Financial Group.
- For additional information, you may access the
details below:
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Cafeteria Plan
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- Rockingham County Public Schools offers a Cafeteria Plan. This is an employee benefit arrangement allowed by IRS Code Section 125, under which employees are allowed to pay for certain employee benefits on a pre-tax rather than an after-tax basis.
- For additional information, you may access the
details below:
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Dental Insurance
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- Dental insurance is offered to individuals who
are employed under a contract or salary agreement. The
employee must be employed on at least a .50 full-time equivalent (FTE)
basis in order to participate.
- United Concordia Insurance Co. is the current
provider. The plan year runs from October 1 through September
30. You may access their webpage at http://www.ucci.com/was/ucciweb/home.jsp
- For additional information, you may access the
details below:
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Flexible Spending
Account
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- The Flexible Spending Account option is
administered by Layman, Diener & Borntrager
Insurance. This optional benefit allows employees to pre-tax
dependent care expenses and unreimbursed medical expenses.
- Plan year runs from October 1 through September
30.
- For additional information, you may access the
details below:
- The recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has changed the rules for the purchase of over the counter (OTC) products using your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) effective January 1, 2011.
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Health Insurance
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Summary Plan Document: Anthem Health Plan and SPD Wrap Document.docx
- Health insurance is offered to individuals who
are employed under a contract or salary agreement. The
employee must be employed on at least a .50 full-time equivalent (FTE)
basis in order to participate.
- Anthem is the
provider effective October 1, 2011. The plan year runs from October 1 through September
30. You may access their webpage at: http://www.anthem.com/
- For additional information, you may access the
details below:
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Holiday Pay
- The School Board observes the following holidays for
twelve-month employees:
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Fourth of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Day
Memorial Day
Two Days during Spring Break to be designated by the Superintendent |
- For additional information, you may access the
following:
Life Insurance
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- Group life insurance is provided to full-time
employees who are employed under a contract or salary agreement.
- The policy amount is equal to twice the VRS
(Virginia Retirement System) annual salary rounded up to the next
$1,000.
- Active VRS members may purchase optional life
insurance in the amount equal to one, two, three, or four times annual
salary. In addition, optional life insurance is available for
spouse and dependent children.
- For additional information, you may access the
following:
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Long Term Care Insurance
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- Long Term Care insurance is offered to individuals who are employed under a contract or salary agreement. The employee must be employed on at least a .50 full-time equivalent (FTE) basis in order to participate.
- Genworth Life Insurance Company is the provider. For additional information, including plan details and rates, visit Genworth Life at www.genworth.com/cov or contact Customer Service at 1-866-859-6060.
- Eligible family members between the ages of 18 and 79 may also apply for this coverage, even if the employee does not choose to sign up. Eligible family members include an employee’s spouse, adult children, parents, parents-in-law, step parents, step parents-in-law, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, step grandparents and step grandparents-in-law. Eligible family members, and actively at work employees aged 80 and over, must provide evidence of good health and be approved for this coverage.
- View an informational brochure: Genworth Brochure.pdf
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Medical Leave
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- For information regarding medical leave,
contact Marcy Shirkey in Human Resources at 540-564-3252.
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New Teacher Benefits
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- New Teacher Orientation Program
- Teachers, new to the profession, are assigned a
mentor within their building.
- Training is provided to teachers who are new to
the division.
- Staff development and professional growth
opportunities.
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Personal Leave
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- Employees who have contracts or salary
agreements equal to at least .50 FTE will earn personal leave.
- Full-time employees earn three days and
part-time employees earn two days.
- Refer to policy GCBD-2 at: http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/PolicyManual/GCBD-2.htm
regarding accumulation of personal leave and
carryover allowance.
- For completion of the required form, you may
access the following:
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Sick Leave
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- Employees who have contracts or salary
agreements equal to at least .50 FTE will earn sick leave.
- Sick leave is earned at the rate of one day per
month for each full month of employment. Leave earnings for
less than full-time employment shall be prorated accordingly.
Clarification can be found by accessing the following link:
School Board policy GCBD-1 http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/PolicyManual/GCBD-1.htm
- For completion of the required form, you may
access the following:
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Sick Leave Bank
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- Individuals employed on a full-time basis under
contract or salary agreement are eligible to enroll in the Sick Leave
Bank plan.
- For additional information, you may access the
following:
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Supplemental Insurance
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- AFLAC offers a variety of optional insurance
policies, which include short-term disability, cancer, etc.
- For information, contact Suzanne Hall at
540-943-0766 or 540-256-2555.
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Tuition Assistance
Program
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- Tuition reimbursement is available for full-time professional personnel required to hold a VDOE license and to full-time teacher assistants as they seek license renewal and is subject to budgetary restrictions.
- For additional information, please see:
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Virginia Credit Union
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- Membership in the Virginia Credit Union is
offered to all employees.
- For additional information, you may access the
following:
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Virginia Retirement
System (VRS)
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- Full-time employees are covered under VRS. VRS has two benefit structures for members, Plan 1 and Plan 2.
- Plan 1 — You are covered under the provisions of the VRS Plan 1 if your membership date is before July 1, 2010. You may be an active or deferred member. You are an active member if you are currently working in a covered position. You are a deferred member if you are not currently working in a covered position but have not withdrawn your funds and have service credit in VRS or an account balance in an optional retirement plan as of June 30, 2010. If you are a deferred member and return to covered employment, you will be rehired under Plan 1.
- Plan 2 — You are covered under the provisions of the VRS Plan 2 if your membership date is July 1, 2010 or later. If you were previously employed in a covered position and withdrew your funds, you will be rehired under Plan 2 if you return to covered employment with no service credit in VRS or no account balance in a Virginia optional retirement plan.
- For account information and other pertinent
data, you may access the following:
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Wellness
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- Payroll deduction for membership fees and/or
monthly dues is available to employees who are members of the RMH Wellness Center.
- For membership contact information, see below:
- RMH Wellness Center 540-564-5611
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It is the policy of
the Rockingham County
School
Board to comply with all applicable state and federal laws regarding
non-discrimination in employment and educational programs and services.
It is an equal opportunity employer and educational agency.
The Rockingham County
School Board will not
discriminate in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job
training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment or
in educational programs and services on the basis of race, color,
national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender, marital
or economic status, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status and
prohibits retaliation against anyone who files a complaint of
discrimination, participates in such a proceeding, or otherwise opposes
discrimination.
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