2020 Bonar Street, Room 234, Berkeley, CA 94702
Tel: 510.644.6666
Hours: Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Email: benefits@berkeley.net
Kimberle Sanders, Risk Management and Benefits Supervisor
Effective January 1, 2017 BUSD have medical plans available through CalPers Health. Open Enrollment materials were mailed out on August 29, 2017. Open Enrollment begins September 11, 2017 through October 6, 2017. Please refer to your Open Enrollment materials for hours and locations.
Health Fair for the Actives will be located in the BUSD Board Room on September 12th from 12noon – 5pm.
Health Fair for Retirees will be located in the BUSD Board Room on September 19th from 10am – 1pm.
This website contains details regarding medical benefits for all active employees.
Please note: If you are adding dependents, you will need the following documents: Marriage license, birth certificates for all children, court documentation, domestic partnership certificate, or an affidavit located on the Universal Benefits Ancillary Enrollment Form.
Retiree Workshops 2018
For those of you planning to retiree this year, please consider attending one of the workshop given by B Stuckey in Health Benefits. No RSVP’s are needed.
Next set of workshops TBD.
Lincoln Life Insurance Certificates due for Basic and Voluntary Insurance UPDATE
Below is an update on the status of distributing the certificates for Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance to Employees.
Unfortunately, the process was lengthy, since certificates had to be approved by our Health Broker prior to distribution. This step has now been completed and we are now duplicating the policy and cover letter distribution to employees via US mail.
Our goal is to have these certificates mailed out on or before August 15, 2018.
Thank you in advance for your patience.
Kimberle Sanders – Supervisor of Risk Management and Health Benefits.
Documents for 2018 Open Enrollment:
Health Benefit Summary (2018)
The 2018 Health Benefit Summary provides valuable information to help you make an informed choice about your health plan and health care providers. This publication compares covered services, co-payments, and benefits for each CalPERS health plan. It also provides information about plan availability by county and a chart summarizing important differences among health plan types.
BUSD Active Employee Guide to District Health Benefits (2018)
The guide to the new health plan and enrollment procedures specifically aimed at Berkeley Unified employees.
BUSD Retiree Guide to District Health Benefits (2018)
The guide to the new health plan and enrollment procedures specifically aimed at Berkeley Unified employees.
Rates Sheets 2018
- Local 21
- Adult School
- Retiree
- Non-Represented Classified (Bay Area)
- Non-Represented Classified (Sac Area)
- BCCE Contribution (Bay Area)
- BCCE Contribution (Sac Area)
- BFT
- Independent Study
- Non Represented Certificated
- UBA
Forms Regarding 2017/2018 Plans:
- Health Benefit Plan Enrollment Form (2018)
- Universal Benefits Ancillary Enrollment Form: 2017 | 2018
For continuing employees to change or enroll in medical, dental, vision and 125 plans. - Benefits Guide for Active Employees (2017)
- Health Benefit Summary (2017)
- MyBenefits Site for Active Employees
- CalPERS Kaiser Comparison with district’s current Kaiser Plan (2017)
A four-page chart comparing CalPERS Kaiser Comparison with district’s current Kaiser Plan. - Benefits Guide for Retirees (2017)
- MyBenefits Site for Retirees
- Certificated Rate Sheets (2017)
- Classified Rate Sheets (2017)
- Flexible Spending Benefits
Employee Assistance Program
With Claremont EAP, employees can confidentially address and resolve their day-to-day personal and workplace challenges. Click here to learn more.
Debit Cards for FSA & Transit Accounts
Each Parking & Transit participant may receive a debit card. Debit cards will be mailed separately to the participant’s address of record. They should receive their cards about two weeks after we receive their enrollment. Please note, CBA provides one debit card that will work for the Medical FSA, Parking, and Transit accounts (the debit card cannot be used for the day care account). If an employee has a debit card already and signs up for the transit or parking account, they will not receive a new card. Instead, their existing card will be enhanced to accept parking and transit transactions.
Please know that contributions are added to each participant’s Parking and/or Transit account on each payday (just like a bank account). So if an employee elects $100 per pay day to be contributed for Transit expenses, the funds will not be available until the actual pay day. This is quite different from the Medical FSA, which allows employees to be reimbursed up to their “annual election” at any time during the year, regardless of the amount they have actually contributed. If you have any problems accessing your account please contact CBA customer service for assistance.