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BENEFITS
For more information,
please email Human Resources Department at fcscott@nps.k12.va.us
| Health
Insurance and Dental Insurance |
For more
information, contact Norfolk Public Schools Payroll Department at
757-628-3853
The medical plans available through Norfolk Public Schools
are as follows: Point
of Service Plan
Optima Point of Service (POS) Plan is owned by Sentara
Health System, a regional, not for-profit health care system. Sentara
has provided care to Hampton Road area residents for over 100 years
and is committed to improving the health status of our communities
through an integrated network of health care services and health
coverage plans. Optima POS is a health plan featuring both managed
care (in network) and indemnity insurance (out of network) benefit
options. This means members have the freedom to choose whether to
receive health care in one of two ways:
1. You can choose
to stay in-network and receive care through your primary care physician
(PCP), or
2. You can go
out-of-network and choose to receive care from any provider you
choose.
Dental
Plans
Dominion Dental Service, Inc., is a new plan available
to employees this school year. The open enrollment for this plan
began in October. The plan provides the employee with comprehensive
coverage, quality dental care at predetermined fees, your choice
of convenient private offices, treatment that emphasizes prevention
and early detection of dental problems. The plans includes no charge
for oral examinations, no charge for routine semiannual clearning,
no charge for x-rays, and no charge for silver fillings.
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Virginia Retirement
System (VRS) exists to provide its members and their beneficiaries
with benefits at retirement, or upon disability or death (death in
service benefits or survivors benefits). VRS is funded by contributions
from employers and members. The member contribution is 5 percent of
your creditable compensation is paid by Norfolk Public Schools. Creditable
compensation is your annual salary not including any overtime pay,
payments of a temporary nature or payments for extra duties, such
as pay to teachers for coaching an advising special activities. Norfolk
Public Schools pays an additional amount (called the employer contribution)
based on their total payroll for active members at a rate established
every two years by VRS. If
you have a question, contact the Human Resources Department and
speak to one of the coordinators, or write or call:
Virginia
Retirement System
P.O. Box 2500
Richmond, VA 23218-2500
(804) 649-8059 (Richmond Area)
Toll free: 1-888-827-3847 (VA-RETIR)
Home page: http://www.state.va.us/vrs./htm
Email: vrs@state.va.us
FAX: (804) 786-1541
Tax-Sheltered
Annuities (TSA)
You can not start planning for retirement too early. Norfolk
Public Schools encourages you to supplement your VRS retirement
benefits by allowing you to make contributions to accounts qualified
under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. You choose the
vendor and the type of savings plan, the vendor makes all the arrangements
with Norfolk Public Schools, and you enjoy the benefits when you
retire.
There are two
types of products available: 403(b) annuities through an insurance
carrier and 403(b)7 investment products (mutual funds, for example)
available through a brokerage or a mutual fund family. All contributions
to either type of product are taken on a pre-tax basis.
Norfolk Public
Schools List of Vendors for 403(b) and 457(b) Defined Benefit
Retirement Plans
Contact the Norfolk Public Schools Payroll office, (757) 628-3853
for additional information.
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Licensed/Certificated
personnel may be reimbursed for the cost of tuition for a total of
six (6) semester hours per school year at an amount not to exceed
the prevailing rates at Old Dominion/Norfolk State Universities. Applications
are available at school sites. Classified
personnel may be reimbursed for the cost of tuition for a total
of six (6) semester hours per school year at an amount not to exceed
the prevailing rates at Old Dominion/Norfolk State Universities
for courses in the employee's general field or to improve job skills.
One must have been employed for two (2) full contract years to qualify
for reimbursement for a course taken at a two-year institution;
and four (4) full contract years to qualify for reimbursement for
a course taken at a four-year institution. Applications are available
at school sites.
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Employees are covered
under the Virginia Retirement System's group life insurance plan at
no cost to them. The state of Virginia and the local school board
share the cost of the premium. This is a group term life insurance
policy. Features of the insurance are:
- Your coverage
is equal to twice your annual salary rounded to the next higher
$1,000.
- If you should
die accidentally, your benefit would generally be twice what it
would be if you died of natural causes.
- If you injured
in an accident, you will receive benefits according to the loss
experienced (such as loss of an arm or leg).
Optional
Group Life Insurance
The
Virginia Retirement System (VRS) offers all covered employees the
option to purchase additional group life insurance for themselves,
their spouses and/or dependent children through payroll deductions.
The cost of this additional life insurance is the responsibility
of the employee. This plan has the following features:
- You may purchase
up to four times your salary for yourself.
- You may purchase
up to two times your salary for your spouse.
- You may purchase
$15,000 of coverage for each of your children.
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| Flexible
Spending Accounts (FSA) |
FSA lets you payroll
deduct up to $3,600 on a pre-tax basis per school year for qualifying
health and dental care expenditures and up to $5,000 ($2,500 for married
taxpayers filing separately) per school year for child care expenses.
For more information
on any of these benefits contact the Payroll Office, 757-628-3853.
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Employee
Assistance Program (EAP)
at Norfolk Public Schools |
The goal of EAP
is to promote mental and physical health through confidential, individual
help for employees with personal and/or family problems. Norfolk Public
Schools is committed to serving people and solving problems.
For more information,
please contact the Employee Assistance Program at 757-398-2374
or Toll free number 1--800-327-3257.
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