Employee Benefits
We make every effort to offer our employees the most competitive benefits package possible. We do this to ensure employees are healthy and happy and can take care of themselves and their families with as little out-of-pocket cost as possible.
Insurance Benefits
The district pays 100 percent of the cost of basic individual medical insurance benefits for full-time contracted employees. Employees may choose to upgrade coverage and/or add dependents to coverage for additional cost. The district will pick up a portion of this cost for medical and dental coverage.
Employees may participate in the following plans and/or programs on a voluntary basis:
- VSP vision insurance
- AFLAC
- Dental
- Trustmark Voluntary Benefit Solution
- Flexible spending accounts
- Tax-deferred investment plans
For more information about our medical benefits, please view our Employee Benefit Trust for our high-deductible health plan and our PPO options.
Leave Benefits
Certified Employees
- Ten days of sick leave each year (ten of which employee may use for personal leave). Unused leave balance as of June 30 will rollover.
Administrators
- Twelve days of sick leave (ten of which administrator may use for personal leave). Unused leave balance as of June 30 will rollover.
- One hundred sixty hours of annual leave. Unused leave balance as of June 30 will rollover.
Classified Employees
- Ten-month support staff – ten days of sick leave (ten of which employee may use for personal leave). Unused leave balance as of June 30 will rollover.
- Twelve-month support staff - twelve days of sick leave (ten of which employee may use for personal leave). Unused leave balance of June 30 will rollover.
- Twelve-month support staff receives vacation days. Unused leave balance as of June 30 will rollover.
- All leave accrues according to the employee contract hours.
Performance Pay
Additional compensation is available through Proposition 301 and the Classroom Site Fund Performance Based Pay Plan.
Severance Package
Contracted employees with a minimum of one day unused sick leave or personal leave may receive compensation for those days when they leave the district, at a rate of $10 to $25 per day.
The district is a member of the Arizona State Retirement System and participates in the early retirement program. This allows school employees who are younger than 70 years old to retire while receiving a benefit that recognizes their contribution to the district. Employees must meet specific requirements, including having worked in the district a minimum of 10 years.