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Full-Time
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS OVERVIEW
BENEFIT DESCRIPTION
Eligible employees, after one year, can receive reimbursement of up to $2,200 per
academic/fiscal year for college level courses that will prepare them to further the
Employee Tuition Reimbursement Program
Alamo Colleges District mission. This includes the employee’s first associates, bachelors,
masters, doctoral degree or an approved professional certification course.
Allows eligible employees to save for Health (up to $2650) and Day Care/Elderly Care
TexFlex Flexible Spending Accounts
Expenses (up to $5000) tax-free.
Commuter Spending Account (CSA) Pretax reimbursement of mass transit and parking fees. Monthly administration fee $3.
*Only available for the CDHP. Contribution – EE - $45/Fam - $90 per month. Has to be
Health Savings Account (HSA)* used for “qualified medical expenses”. May add additional funds up to $3,500/ Fam -
$7,000 a year. All unused funds carryover to following year.
*Only available for the CDHP. Additional plan for $180 - $2,650 max. Used in conjunction
Limited Flexible Spending Account (LFSA)*
with the HSA. For Dental and Vision expenses.
Leave - Bereavement Up to 3 days paid leave when a death occurs in immediate family of employee.
Time off to eligible employees without loss of pay or other benefits to fulfill civic duties
Leave - Civic
such as jury duty or compliance with subpoenas for court appearances.
Time off to eligible employees for purposes of study, research, writing, skill upgrading,
Leave - Developmental
or other appropriate endeavors, including faculty exchanges.
Leave - Holiday Up to 22 paid holidays for eligible employees, except faculty.
Time off for personal illness or parent, child, spouse accrues to eligible employees at a
Leave - Sick
rate of 4.33 (staff) or 4.44 (faculty) hours per pay period.
Eligible employees accrue vacation time off each pay period. The amount of vacation time
Leave - Vacation accrued is dependent on service years or employee classification. Minimum is 3.33 hours per
pay period, except faculty.
Eligible employees may take short or long term time off for active duty status. Short-
Leave - Military term military leave may be eligible for continuation of regular salary and benefit accrual
at the regular rate while on leave.
Leave - Personal Eligible employees earn 16 hours of personal leave each fiscal year.
Federally mandated program provides up to 12 weeks of job protected time off to
eligible employees in a 12 month “rolling period” for:
Leave - Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Non • birth of a child or/and care for newborn child
Military • placement of child adoption or foster care
• care for employee’s spouse, son, daughter, parent with serious health condition
• serious health condition of employee
Federally mandated program that provides job protected time off to eligible employees
Leave - Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Military in a 12 month “rolling period” for:
Provisions • Up to 12 weeks military qualifying exigency
• Up to 26 weeks military caregiver
Worker Compensation Program compensates employees for employment related illness or injury.
Eligible employees who have exhausted all paid leave and meet the applicable criteria
Emergency Sick Leave Pool may apply for additional sick leave to prevent loss of salary caused by a catastrophic
illness or injury.
Employees, retirees and their immediate families can take advantage of discounts
Employee Discounts
available to Alamo Colleges District from a variety of different companies.
Disclaimer: This outline provides a general list and general description of benefits offered by Alamo College District to full time
employees. This is not an exhaustive list and it does not imply that benefits are available to all positions. Some benefits may be available
to part-time employees on a pro-rata basis. The description of the benefit provides a very general overview of the benefit provisions.
There may be additional specific details and/or restrictions applicable to each benefit. For further information, contact Human Resources
– Employee Benefits. Alamo Colleges District reserves the right to change these benefits at any time with or without employee notification.
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