Coverage Provided/Eligibility. The Board shall purchase from a carrier licensed by the State of Ohio basic hospital/surgical coverage for each bargaining unit member and his/her family which meets or exceeds the specifications listed below. Benefits will be paid according to this Agreement to secretaries, custodians and food service personnel and for those bargaining unit members other than bus drivers who regularly work either seven (7) or eight (8) hours a day, and bus drivers who regularly drive a double route. For other bargaining unit members regularly performing their duties and taking less time than the above stated, the District will pay that share of the negotiated benefits proportionate to the amount of time for which the employee has been contracted proportional to an eight (8) hour day. That is, an employee contracted for a four (4) hour day shall receive fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the District would pay for a full-time employee. Bargaining unit members hired prior to the 1987-1988 school year are grandfathered with the coverage they had in their classification under previous arrangements. A bargaining unit member who changes from full time to a part time position due to reduction in force action will continue full time benefit even if a change of classification takes place. A full time bargaining unit member, who changes from a full-time position to a part time position by choice, will receive benefits proportionate to the amount of time worked in an eight (8) hour day.
