2016 Benefit Guide Frisco ISD

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Frisco ISD Additional Employee Benefits Retirement Benefit/State & Local Days When an employee with ten or more years of service with FISD officially retires from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and is no longer employed by the District, the employee shall be reimbursed for unused, accumulated State and Local leave days at a rate of $50.00 per day not to exceed a maximum of $5,000.00.

Sick Leave Bank The purpose of the Sick Leave Bank is to provide additional sick leave to members of the Bank in the event of a serious extended illness, surgery, or a temporary disability due to an injury. Days may be requested from the Bank only after the member has exhausted all accumulated state and local sick leave days. All District employees who work a minimum of 20 hours per week and are in an allocated budgetary position are eligible for membership. Membership in the Sick Leave Bank is voluntary. To become a member of the bank, an employee must contribute three days from his/her accrued local leave. For a detailed explanation of the Sick Leave Bank, including eligibility, joining and applying for leave days, please visit www.friscoisd.org/staff and select Home Room Intranet, Internal Forms & Documents, Payroll/Time/Time Off/Leave, Voluntary District Sick Leave Bank Handbook 2014.

Frisco Athletic Center & YMCA of Frisco & McKinney Frisco ISD has partnered with the Frisco Athletic Center and the YMCA’s located in Frisco and McKinney to offer membership benefits to FISD employees. FISD will reimburse a portion of an individual membership ($17.50 per month) to employees who access the center a minimum of 10 days per calendar month. The benefit will be available to all FISD employees working in a position that guarantees 20 hours per week or more.

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Enroll as a member at one of the participating facilities. Be sure to provide the facility with your FISD employee ID # at the time of enrollment. An ID card will be issued by the facility. Scan the identification card each time the facility is used. Access the facility a minimum of 10 days per calendar month. The City of Frisco and the YMCA will monitor attendance of FISD employees per calendar month. Attendance records will be reported to FISD Benefit Department. Reimbursements for participation will be paid one month in arrears. Reimbursements will appear on checks issued on the 15th of each month.

403B/457 Voluntary Retirement Information This is to inform you that Frisco ISD offers 403B and 457 Voluntary Retirement plans to its employees. These plans allow employees to save designated amounts of their paychecks before tax and place them into a variety of mutual funds, variable annuities and fixed annuities. All funds grow tax deferred until withdrawn and are intended to supplement your TRS Pension Plan. As an FISD employee, you are eligible to participate in these plans through salary deferral. Please visit http://tcgservices.com for detailed information and enrollment instructions or contact the FISD Third Party Administrator: TCG Group Holdings 900 South Capital of Texas Hwy, Suite 350 Austin, TX 78746 800-943-9179

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