BUFFALO

HEALTH INSURANCE AND BENEFITS FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ARE OPTIONAL. 

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To establish your health insurance benefits, you must complete and submit the Health Insurance Enrollment forms with supporting documents (if applicable) to the Benefits Office within 30 days of your hire date.

1. Health Insurance Enrollment Form 

• You must enroll within 30 days of your start date.

• If you do not enroll within this window, you must wait until Open Enrollment (November) or experience a Qualifying Life Event (QLE) to enroll.

• Important: Plan changes are only allowed during Open Enrollment.

2. Non-Payment Acknowledgement

• Required form

3. Employee Notification Acknowledgement

• Required form

Optional Benefits

• Pre-Tax Retirement Savings - 403(b) and/or 457(b) Deferred Compensation

• Employee Assistance Program

Failure to return all required forms, completed in their entirety, will result in a processing delay.

For more information on Tax-Shelter Annuity Accounts and how to enroll, please click below

The District provides an EAP service that provides free & confidential services to our employees and their family members who may be experiencing personal &/or work-related issues. 

For more information regarding our EAP, please click below

In June 2017, the Buffalo Board of Education approved the District Wellness Policy.  The District recognizes that in order to achieve student wellness, well-being and academic success employee wellness must also be stressed, emphasizing the importance of creating a District-wide workplace culture that supports employee health and wellness.