Summary of Benefits

Health Insurance

Health insurance is available to full-time employees only. Full time is equal to an eight hour work day, five days a week for a classified employee.  Employees may choose between the Big Sky Select point of service plan or a Catastrophic Plan.  Both the District and the employee contribute to the premium amount.

Sick Leave
Employees accrue sick leave in a qualified position. Substitute positions are not qualified to accrue sick leave. Sick leave will accrue beginning first day of employment at a rate of 4.6154 percent times the total hours worked in a pay period. Eligible employees are not entitled to use sick leave until being employed three consecutive months with the school system.

Vacation
Employees accrue vacation time if in a qualified position. Substitute positions are not qualified to accrue vacation time. Vacation hours will accrue beginning first day of employment at a rate of 5.7692 percent times the total hours worked in a pay period. Eligible employees are not entitled to use your vacation hours until you have been employed with the school system for six consecutive months.

Retirement plan
The position determines the retirement system employees will contribute to. All persons that are employed with the school system will contribute to either Public Employees’ (PERS) or Teachers’ (TRS) Retirement system, either from the first day of employment or after a certain number of hours or days. The position determines at what point contribution to the retirement plan will begin.

Probationary Period
All employees are considered probationary until they have worked a set number of months or days, typically 120 work days.. The individual union Collective Bargaining Agreements define this specifically. Employees will be evaluated by the supervisors either before or upon completion of the probationary period.

If you have any further questions regarding employee benefits,
please contact the Human Resources Office at, 406.268.6010