For 2025, the initial enrollment period for part-time faculty teaching or serving a 40% load in Spring 2025 began on December 10, 2024 to January 14, 2025 with medical benefits taking effect February 1, 2025:  

• Part-Time Faculty Open Enrollment Form
• Part-Time Faculty Healthcare Certification Form 

Eligibility

• Workload:
  • Minimum of 40% full-time (0.40 FTE) for Spring 2025.
    • 6 units LHE for credit faculty.
    • 13 hours per week or 237.6 hours worked for counselors, librarians and SAS specialists
    • 12 hours per week or 216 hours worked for non-credit and Success Center faculty. 
    • Part-time faculty with both credit (LHE), non-credit, Success Center part-time faculty, and CLI (hourly) assignments may meet eligibility provided that the sum of assignments meets or exceeds 40%.
      
      
• Exclusions:
  • Faculty or their dependents whose premiums for health insurance are paid by an employer other than a community college district are not eligible to participate in the program.
  • Retired full-time faculty with CalPERS retiree medical benefits that have returned to part-time employment are not eligible.

Eligible Dependents

• Spouse or domestic partner
• Unmarried children up to 26
• Disabled children of any age

 

Plans Available

• 10 plans available to choose from
• 2 PPO plans and 8 HMO plans

Plan Benefit Coverage Summaries

1. Anthem Blue Cross Select HMO: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
2. Anthem Blue Cross Traditional HMO: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
3. Blue Shield Access+ HMO: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
4. Blue Shield Trio HMO: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
5. Health Net Salud y Más: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
6. Kaiser Permanente: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
7. PERS PPO Gold: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
8. PERS PPO Platinum: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
9. UnitedHealthcare SignatureValue Alliance: Summary of Benefits and Coverage
10. UnitedHealthcare SignatureValue Harmony: Summary of Benefits and Coverage

Employee Cost and Premium Amounts

The District's maximum annual contribution to the medical premiums for eligibility part-time faculty is $34,500 a year.

• Any plan selected over the current maximum will have a Payroll deduction.

The District's maximum contribution does not apply to Kaiser Permanente HMO and PERS Gold PPO plans, which will be fully covered by the District, regardless of the cost of the premiums.

To view CalPERS' current health premium rates, please refer to the "Public Agency & School Members" rates as listed on CalPERS' website.  

Other Qualifying Opportunities

New Part Time Faculty
As a new hire, you can enroll in medical benefits during your initial enrollment window (ends 31 days after your initial hire date). If you’re not able to enroll during the 31-day window, you can still enroll in medical benefits, however, you will incur a 90-day wait period before your benefits begin. You will also have the opportunity to enroll during the annual open enrollment period Fall each year (September – October).Late Start/Accelerated 

Part-Time Faculty with Multiple Start Dates
Enrollment forms will be accepted on a continuous basis for part-time faculty teaching a late-start course or an accelerated course that does not begin at the start of the Spring 2025 (January 13, 2025) semester. Forms need to be received within 31 days of the class start date or you will incur a 90-day waiting period. Those wishing to participate can submit enrollment forms once their FTE for the semester is confirmed.

 

Multi-District Part-Time Faculty

Multi-district part-time faculty and their dependents are eligible to participate in this program. To be eligible for reimbursement, you must have a teaching load of 40% FTE or more during each semester at Cerritos College and at least one more California community college. The Multi-District Assignment Verification section on the Part-Time Faculty Certification form will need to be completed. Once eligibility is determined, the participant will pay for medical coverage out of pocket, then submit request for reimbursement which will be disbursed evenly amongst the colleges taught at based on FTE. 

Changes to Your Enrollment

Open Enrollment
You can enroll in or make changes to your benefits each year during open enrollment (usually during the months of September - October). Changes become effective the following year on January 1.

Qualifying Life Event
Part-time faculty with a qualifying event that impacts their health benefit enrollment can make changes outside of the open enrollment period. Below is a list of qualifying events that warrant a change in your health benefits enrollment:

• Adding a spouse due to marriage
• Adding a child due to birth, custody, or a parent-child relationship
• Deleting a spouse due to divorce
• Deleting a dependent who vacates the household
• Enrolling in a district medical plan due to loss of other coverage

*As a reminder, Human Resources must receive the change request within 60 days of your qualifying event or you may experience a 90-day waiting period for your change in coverage to take effect.* For more information on life events, please visit the CalPERS website to learn how certain events can impact your coverage or benefits in CalPERS programs.

 

Part-Time Faculty Insurance Certification Form

The Part-Time Community College Faculty Health Insurance Program provides health insurance to part-time faculty who teach at least 40% of a full-time load, at Cerritos College. If you are a multi-district part-time faculty member with a combined teaching load of 40% or more across multiple California Community College Districts, you may be eligible for the Multi-District Part-Time Faculty Health Insurance Reimbursement Program, which can provide reimbursement for a portion of your health insurance premiums. The program covers medical insurance, but not dental or vision. Please use the "Part-Time Faculty Healthcare Certification" form linked at the top of this page. 

Other Important Information

Once your health benefits enrollment has been processed, eligible employees are encouraged to create a myCalPERS account, regardless of their retirement agency, to access helpful resources and tools related to their health plan enrollment.

If you have any questions about CalPERS health plans, please contact Bode Majekodunmi in the Human Resources Department at bmajekodunmi@cerritos.edu  or (562) 860-2451 Ext. 2096.