EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

SEBB (School Employees Benefit Board)

School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) offers healthcare and other benefits (including medical, dental vision, life insurance and long term disability) for eligible WA State school employees. 

Please note all benefit eligible employees (those anticipated to work 630 hours between Sep 1 and Aug 31 or who during the course of the school year reach 630 hours worked) are required to enroll in SEBB benefits. 

A variety of medical plans are available dependent on your county of residence.  Additional benefits are available for you to elect (employee-paid benefits) including supplemental life, AD&D and long-term disability insurance, medical flexible spending arrangement (FSA) and Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP).

Things You Need to Know

If you do not take action during your enrollment window, you will be defaulted into the following plans and incur a $58 monthly payroll deduction:

• Medical: UMP Achieve 1, with a $33 monthly premium
• Dental: Uniform Dental (no premium)
• Vision: MetLife Vision (no premium)
• Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D): MetLife (no premium)
• You will be charged the $25 tobacco use premium

You might pay premium surcharges:

• Tobacco use premium surcharge - If you or any dependent age 13 or over enrolled on your SEBB medical plan use tobacco products, you will be charged a monthly $25- per-account premium surcharge in addition to your monthly medical premiums.
• Spouse or state-registered domestic partner coverage premium surcharge - If your spouse or state-registered domestic partner is enrolled on your SEBB medical plan instead of an employer-based group medical plan that is comparable to PEBB’s UMP Classic, you will be charged a monthly $50 premium surcharge in addition to your monthly medical premiums.
  

Need to make a change outside of Open Enrollment? 

• If you experience a qualifying event outside of open enrollment you can make a special open enrollment change within 60 days of the event. Qualifying event information can be found here.

• The following are eligible dependents: Lawful Spouse, State Registered Domestic Partner, Children up to age 26 (natural, adopted, step, or court appointed), Children over the age of 26 who are incapable of self-support (subject to approval). 

Quick Links

• Eligibility and Enrollment
• SEBB My Account Login Page
• 2022 School Employee Enrollment Guide (SEBB).pdf
• SEBB Virtual Benefits Fair (Includes link to Ask Alex. an interactive online benefits advisor)
• SEBB My Account User Guide
• Medical Premium Rates
• 2022 SEBB Medical Plan Comparison.pdf Note: Be sure to look at only the plans offered within your county of residence or county when making plan comparisons.
• 2022 SEBB Vision Benefits Comparison.pdf
• SEBB Supplemental Benefits (Life Ins, Long-Term Disability, Medical Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA),  Dep Care Assistance Program (DCAP)
• Medicare and SEBB Benefits
• SEBB - WA Apple Health Fact Sheet.pdf
• Contact the Plans (Contact info for all SEBB benefit plans)
• 2022 SEBB Dental Benefits Comparison.pdf
• 2022 SEBB School Employee Monthly Premiums,.pdf
• MetLife Beneficiary Form.pdf

For any questions regarding benefits please contact:

Tami Ford: 360-426-1687 x10021 - tford@sheltonschools.org

or

Krystal Moore: 360-426-1687 x10025 - kmoore@sheltonschools.org