It depends on when they are hired.

• In September each year, new school employees who are anticipated to work 630 hours during the school year and whose first day of work is from September 1 through the first day of school,  start coverage on their first day of work.
• In general, for school employees anticipated to work 630 hours during the school year whose first day of work is at any other time during the school year, the effective date of coverage is the first day of the month following the day they begin work.
• School employees hired late in the school year but anticipated to work 630 hours or more the following year enter into two categories.
  • Employees hired on a nine- to 10-month basis will be eligible for SEBB benefits on their first day of work if they are anticipated to work at least 17.5 compensated hours a week in six of the last eight full or partial weeks before summer break. Their benefits would begin the first of the month after they begin work.
  • Employees hired on a 12-month basis will be eligible for SEBB benefits on their first day of work if they are anticipated to work at least 17.5 compensated hours a week in six of the last eight full or partial weeks before the end of the school year (August 31). Their benefits would begin the first of the month after they begin work.