Benefits begin on the first of the month following your hire date.

Contact your previous employer to set up COBRA benefits to bridge the non-covered time period.

Go to Oracle and sign in.  You have 31 days from your hire date to complete your benefits.

The district offers open enrollment every November. Benefits may be elected or dropped each year during this enrollment period.

Yes, you can choose to waive benefits now and elect them during open enrollment. Open enrollment benefits will be effective January 1st.

If you are a 9 or 10 month classified employee, consider requesting to be put on the payroll spread now instead of waiting until January to move to the spread.

If you already have an HSA account set up with UMB, we can combine both accounts. Email benefits at benefits@olatheschools.org to have the accounts combined.

If you have an HSA account with another bank, then you will need to set up a new HSA account with UMB. The district can only contribute to an HSA with UMB. The old account will stay open until you use up that money.

Below are instructions on how to open an HSA account with UMB.

If you enroll in the $3200 Blue Select Plus HDHP plan or $3200 Spira Care HDHP plan, the district will contribute $140 each month to an HSA account at UMB bank.  You are required to open the HSA account before we can contribute to it.  If the account is not opened within 60 days, the district will not be able to retroactively deposit the missed contributions. Instructions on how to open the account are below in the More Information Section.

District contributions to the HSA account are $70 on the 15th and the 30th of each month.

If your medical ID card doesn't arrive before your benefits begin, email benefits at benefits@olatheschools.org and a temporary card will be emailed to your school email account.