Unit Members Hired After June 30, 2006. The District shall fully fund on 17 behalf of the unit members hired on July 1, 2006, or thereafter, the lowest cost 18 HMO and dental plans offered. If the unit member chooses to participate in a 19 more expensive hospitalization / medical or dental plan offered by the District, the 20 unit member shall pay the additional cost through monthly payroll deduction. 21 Such unit members employed for less than seven hours per day shall be entitled 22 to prorated benefits as set forth in Section 8.2 below.
Unit Members Hired After June 30, 2006. The employee must be at least sixty (60) years old or older at date of retirement. Certificated management employees must be currently employed in the district in a full-time certificated management position. They must have a minimum of ten (10) years of cumulative service with the Sunnyvale School District. A year of service is defined as actual service for not less than 75% of the days of service required each school year by the management employee’s contract of employment. Years of service are not considered interrupted by a district-approved leave of absence; however, the time spent on such a leave shall not count toward meeting the ten (10) year service requirement specified above.
