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2024-25 Open Enrollment

Our 2024-25 open enrollment will begin Thursday, July 17th and end Friday, August 16th.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to changing several plans, 24-25 open enrollment is MANDATORY therefore you MUST complete your enrollment, even if you are declining or do not plan to make changes. If you fail to complete your enrollment, you risk dropping your current coverage.

24-25 Major Plan Changes:

  • Critical Illness – Change to Aetna.
  • Hospital Indemnity – Change to Aetna. You also have the options between a pre-tax deduction or post-tax deduction.
  • Accident – Change to Aetna. You also have the options between a pre-tax deduction or post-tax deduction. Make sure to enroll each dependent to ensure they are covered by the new plan!
  • Long Term Disability – Change from employer paid to voluntary.
  • Disability (Short/Long Term) – Change from BCBS to American Fidelity. In addition, short term and long term are now combined to one plan with 4 elimination periods (waiting period) to choose from. (7-day; 14-day; 30-day and 60-day)
 

Current DPISD Employee: Open Enrollment information and links will be provided to you through Frontline on July 18th. You will also receive open enrollment communication from FFGA prior to the first day of open enrollment.

New Hires: You have a special enrollment period that starts from your hire date (first day on duty) and lasts for 31 days. You will receive a New Employee – Benefits Packet during your onboarding process or soon after.

2024 - 25 Benefits Guide

Please follow the link below to access a presentation of the benefits plans available. https://ffga.wistia.com/medias/n3zjtmb8qa

Pre- and Post- Tax Benefits

Pre and Post Tax Benefits - What is the difference?
When enrolling in supplemental benefit plans, you may be asked whether you want the premiums to be deducted pre-tax or post-tax. Learn more about the differences between these two options so you can choose what works better for you.

Employee Benefit Center
Employee Benefits Center - Visit the Employee Benefits Center using the link below to see current benefit options, as well as find claim forms, important phone numbers, and enrollment information.

TRS – ActiveCare Digital Resources

From A to Z: Your TRS-ActiveCare Plan – Choose from a variety of webinars as TRS covers details about TRS -ActiveCare to get you ready to choose a plan this open enrollment. Each webinar will hold a 30-minute presentation and then 15 minutes for Q&A.

Health Care Versus – Know the difference between Primary plans and the HD plan.

Learn the Terms: Health Care Edition - A video that goes through common health insurance terms you see when choosing and using health care. The video is broken into chapters so employees can skip around to different terms.

Annual Enrollment Videos - This series of short “how to” video cover topics like how to choose a plan, how to compare benefits, and how to figure out insurance costs.

For additional benefits questions, contact Cristal Soliz at (832)668-7026 or by email at [email protected].