Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) The employer contribution toward school
employees benefits board (SEBB) benefits ends the last day of the month in
which the school year ends. The employer contribution toward SEBB benefits will
end earlier than the end of the school year if one of the following occurs:
(a) The SEBB organization terminates the
employment relationship. In this case, eligibility for the employer
contribution ends the last day of the month in which the employer-initiated
termination notice is effective;
(b) The school employee terminates the
employment relationship. In this case, eligibility for the employer
contribution ends the last day of the month in which the school employee's
resignation is effective;
(c) The
school employee's work pattern is revised such that the school employee is no
longer anticipated to work six hundred thirty hours during the school year. In
this case, eligibility for the employer contribution ends as of the last day of
the month in which the change is effective ;
(d) The school employee who returns from
approved leave without pay, who maintained or established eligibility as
described in WAC
182-31-040(4)(d),
and who subsequently has a change in work pattern that, had the work pattern
been in effect at the start of the school year, would not have resulted in the
school employee being anticipated to work the minimum hours to meet SEBB
eligibility for the employer contribution in the school year. In this case,
eligibility for the employer contribution ends as of the last day of the month
in which the change is effective;
(e) The nine to ten month school employee
hired late in the year and eligible for the employer contribution as described
in WAC
182-31-040(4)(c)(i),
who subsequently has a change in work pattern such that the school employee is
no longer eligible under the criteria described in WAC 18231-040 (4)(c)(i). In
this case, eligibility for the employer contribution ends as of the last day of
the month in which the change is effective;
(f) The twelve month school employee hired
late in the year and eligible for the employer contribution as described in WAC
182-31-040(4)(c)(ii),
who subsequently has a change in work pattern such that the school employee is
no longer eligible under the criteria described in WAC 182-31040 (4)(c)(ii). In
this case, eligibility for the employer contribution ends as of the last day of
the month in which the change is effective; or
(g) The school employee hired later in the
year and eligible for the employer contribution as described in WAC 18231-040
(4)(c), who is no longer anticipated to work six hundred thirty hours the next
school year. In this case, eligibility for the employer contribution ends as of
the last day of the month in which the change in the anticipation
occurs.
(2) If the SEBB
organization deducted the school employee's portion of the premium for SEBB
insurance coverage from their pay after the school employee was no longer
eligible for the employer contribution, SEBB benefits end the last day of the
month for which school employee premiums were deducted to prevent a rescission
of SEBB benefits. The SEBB organization must refund any premiums deducted for
the school employee's portion of the premium that were deducted in advance of
any month's coverage for which the school employee is no longer eligible for
the employer contribution.
