Benefits Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment for 2025 benefits will start on Monday, November 4, and end on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. This is your annual opportunity to review your medical and dental elections and make decisions about what might best fit your needs. Elections made during open enrollment will become effective January 1, 2025.

Retirees currently enrolled in FCPS benefits will receive their annual Retiree Benefits Briefing through the mail. You can also access the electronic version here. This newsletter contains details about changes or updates occurring to your FCPS benefits as well as how to access additional resources and materials during Open Enrollment. 

Benefit Announcements

• Medical plan benefit changes:
  • Significant increases in health plan utilization necessitate benefit plan changes for 2025 under the Cigna plan.  View a comparison chart of the 2024 and 2025 Cigna plans. 
  • No plan changes are occurring to the Kaiser Permanente plan, but both plans will experience premium increases.
• Premium rates for 2025. 
  View the 2025 Retiree Premium Rate Chart.
• Voya replaces Mission Square for VRS Hybrid Retirement Plan Members, effective January 2025.

Benefits Open Enrollment Events

The Office of Benefit Services (OBS) will be hosting open houses to discuss 2025 benefits for active employees. Chat with benefit vendors and OBS staff to get answers to your questions.
 

In-person Open House

Virtual Open Houses

To Register and Attend a Virtual Open House:

1. Click on the session link posted for the open house you would like to attend. You will be asked to create an account using your preferred email and password.
2. Complete registration for the event by entering your name and employment status. A confirmation email with the session link will be sent to the email address you provided. 
3. On the day of the event, use the session link that was emailed to you to access the virtual open house "lobby".

4. Move around the lobby and choose to enter “booths”. When you enter a booth, you have the opportunity to review posted materials and/or chat one-on-one with a representative.

    

Making Changes to Your 2025 Benefits

If you would like to make changes to your plan or covered dependents, complete the Retiree Medical and Dental Enrollment/Change Form (HR-461), and return it to the Office of Benefit Services by November 19. If you will be requesting coverage for a spouse/dependent not currently enrolled, you must submit the required documentation supporting your dependent(s) eligibility to the Office of Benefit Services prior to the end of open enrollment. View the Dependent Eligibility Chart to see the list of required documents.
 
How to Submit
•   Via FCPS StaffConnect using the "Benefits Forms/Documents Submission" drop-down menu option
•    By fax: Send to 571-423-5000
•    By mail: Send to Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Financial Services, Office of Benefit Services, Gatehouse Administrative Center, 8115 Gatehouse Road, Falls Church, VA 22042

Benefit Plan Vendors

Here's a list of vendors for the medical and dental benefits. Each vendor maintains a website designed especially for FCPS. These sites have a number of tools to help you understand your benefits and provider networks. Additionally, the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) for each health plan can be found on the medical vendors' websites. Please click on the links below for more information about each benefit plan.

Health Plans

Dental Plans

FCPS continues to offer you a choice of two dental plans: Aetna Dental Preferred Provider Organization (DPPO) or Aetna Dental Network Only (DNO).