Disability
Disability coverage provides an income replacement benefit if you are ill or injured and unable to work. It is important to consider how long you would be able to pay your bills if you were unable to work. Short Term Disability replaces your income for 11 weeks, and the benefit is payable on day 15 of your disability. Should you remain disabled beyond 11 weeks, the Long Term Disability plan pays from your 91st day of disability until age 65 or Normal Social Security Retirement age should you remain disabled.
Premium Information: warecountyschoolsbenefits.com/rates
Important Documents: warecountyschoolsbenefits.com/resources
Disability Insurance is protection for one of your most important assets: your ability to earn an income. Disabling illnesses and injuries are more common than most of us realize. If you're out of work for weeks or months without an income, how would you pay your regular expenses? Disability Insurance could provide the security you need, and pays in addition to any accrued sick leave.
Please refer to the Certificate of Coverage on the Resources page at warecountyschoolsbenefits.com/resources for complete details.
Summary of Benefits
Pre-Existing Conditions Exclusion
You have a pre-existing condition if you received medical treatment, consultation, care or services including diagnostic, or took prescribed drugs in the 3 months just prior to your effective date of coverage; and the disability begins in the first 12 months after your effective date of coverage. Once you have been insured on the Short Term Disability and/or Long Term Disability plan for 12 months, no limitation applies.
Claims Instructions
To file a Short Term Disability claim, you may file electronically or by phone. Please refer to the STD Claims Intake Flyer and the STD One Call Claims Flyer located on the Resources page at warecountyschoolsbenefits.com/resources for details.
Please use the following when filing your claim:
Policy Number: STD: 10278712 / LTD: 10278711
Group ID: 1154216
Watch the STD claims submission video for instructions on how to submit a claim.
Watch the STD claims process after submission video to learn more about what happens after you submit a claim.
To file a Long Term Disability claim, please complete the LTD Claim Form found on the Resources page at warecountyschoolsbenefits.com/resources.
Sick and Personal Leave
Employees earn 1.25 days of sick leave per month, up to a maximum of 60 days, with a maximum rollover of 45 days.
Effective July 1, 2026, Georgia law allows eligible teachers and other school personnel to use up to five days of accumulated sick leave each school year for personal or professional reasons.
This is an increase from the previous limit of three days, but it does not provide additional leave. This change is simply allowing five days to be used as personal instead of three.
Employees must have sufficient accrued sick leave in order to use time as personal leave. If you do not have any sick leave, you would not have the ability to take personal days.
Employees must also obtain prior approval in accordance with district procedures and policies.
