Some part-time faculty (those who teach 0.400 load or more in an academic year) will be eligible for district-subsidized health benefits under Article 22A. The Foothill-De Anza Community College District contracts with CalPERS for the purposes of providing health benefits. There are a variety of medical plans to choose from. Enrollment for eligible part-time faculty occurs in August following the academic year, and the plan coverage runs September through August of the following year. Links to all of the plans and the current year’s costs are available on the District benefits website.
In addition, part-time faculty who did not work at least 0.400 load in the academic year, but did work a combined load of 40% of full-time by working at multiple community college districts are eligible for some reimbursement for a self-purchased plan.
Details can be found on the District Part-time benefits site.
Under Article 22A, part-time faculty who worked 40% or more of full-time load will make the same contribution to each plan as full-time faculty. Costs by plan are on the part-time faculty benefits page on the District website.
To be eligible to enroll in the district-subsidized health benefit plan, a part-time faculty member must have load of at least 0.400 prior to the enrollment period in August. In addition, the part-time faculty member must also fill out an affidavit (Appendix K) that they have no access to medical insurance as either a primary insured or a dependent, where all or part of the premium, or cash in lieu of the premium, is paid through some other source. (Article 22A.1)
Part-time faculty can determine their load for each quarter by reviewing their employment contract for each class they teach. Each contract includes a load factor.
The employee’s share of the cost is deducted pre-tax from paychecks. In any month without a regular paycheck, or without a paycheck that covers the employee’s share of cost, the part-time faculty employee needs to pay for benefits through the District Benefits Unit using the tile for benefits payments available in myportal.