Employee Benefits

• Medical Insurance: Full-Time Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage, participating in Kish’s self-insurance, PPO or HDHP health plans.
• Vision Insurance: Full-Time Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s vision insurance plan.
• Dental Insurance: Full-Time Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s dental insurance plan.
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account: Full-time staff can set aside pre-tax dollars to cover eligible medical or dependent care expenses.
• Term Life Insurance: The College provides Term Life Insurance equal to $50,000 or 1.5 times the annual base salary. Employees electing 1.5 times base salary are liable for tax implications. Optional life insurance for employees, spouses and dependents is available.
• Retirement: State law requires Full-Time Staff to join the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). For more information, visit https://surs.org/. 
• Deferred Compensation Plans: The College offers 403(b) and 457 tax-deferred annuity plans.
• Tuition Waivers: The College will waive tuition for an unlimited amount of Kishwaukee College credit courses for employees, spouses and children under 25.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Reimbursement for course tuition at other educational institutions is available as outlined in the Board Policy Manual.
• Four-Day Summer Work Week: The College adopts a four-day summer work week beginning on the Monday following Spring Commencement and continuing for 12 weeks.
• Sick: Full-Time Staff receive 15 sick days per academic year. Up to five sick days may be used for personal business.
• Vacation: SLT Administrators (24 days); Non-SLT Administrators (21 days); Professional Staff and Grant-Funded Professional Staff (21 days); Confidential Staff (See Board Policy Section 2.07.01 — based on years of service).

Upon ratification of the 2023–2027 KCSS Collective Bargaining Agreement, the College agreed to publish job descriptions for all support staff positions on the Human Resources webpage. View the list of current unit positions below or contact Human Resources for more information.

• Medical Insurance: KCSS Support Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage, participating in Kish’s self-insurance, PPO or HDHP health plans.
• Vision Insurance: KCSS Support Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s vision insurance plan.
• Dental Insurance: KCSS Support Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s dental insurance plan.
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account: Full-time KCSS Support Staff can set aside pre-tax dollars to cover eligible medical or dependent care expenses.
• Term Life Insurance: The College provides Term Life Insurance equal to $50,000 or 1.5 times the annual base salary. Employees electing 1.5 times base salary are liable for tax implications. Optional life insurance for employees, spouses and dependents is available.
• Retirement: State law requires Full-Time Staff to join the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). For more information, visit https://surs.org/. 
• Deferred Compensation Plans: The College offers 403(b) and 457 tax-deferred annuity plans.
• Tuition Waivers: The College will waive tuition for an unlimited amount of Kishwaukee College credit courses for employees, spouses and children under 25.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Reimbursement for course tuition at other educational institutions is available as outlined in the KCSS collective bargaining agreement.
• Four-Day Summer Work Week: The College adopts a four-day summer work week beginning on the Monday following Spring Commencement and continuing for 12 weeks.
• Sick: KCSS Support Staff receive 15 sick days per academic year. Up to five sick days may be used for personal business.
• Vacation: KCSS Support Staff receive a prorated amount of vacation time based on the years of service and FTE of their position as outlined in the KCSS Support Staff collective bargaining agreement.

• Medical Insurance: Full-time faculty are eligible for individual or family coverage, participating in Kish’s self-insurance, PPO or HDHP health plans.
• Vision Insurance: Full-time faculty are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s vision insurance plan.
• Dental Insurance: Full-time faculty are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s dental insurance plan.
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account: Employees can set aside pre-tax dollars to cover eligible medical or dependent care expenses.
• Term Life Insurance: The College provides Term Life Insurance equal to $50,000 or 1.5 times the annual base salary. Employees electing 1.5 times base salary are liable for tax implications. Optional life insurance for employees, spouses and dependents is available.
• Retirement: State law requires Full-Time Faculty to join the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). For more information, visit https://surs.org/. 
• Deferred Compensation Plans: The College offers 403(b) and 457 tax-deferred annuity plans.
• Tuition Waivers: The College will waive tuition for an unlimited amount of Kishwaukee College credit courses for employees, spouses and children under 25.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Reimbursement for course tuition at other educational institutions is available as outlined in the KCEA collective bargaining agreement.
• Four-Day Summer Work Week: The College adopts a four-day summer work week beginning on the Monday following Spring Commencement and continuing for 12 weeks.
• Sick: Full-time faculty receive 15 sick days per academic year, with up to two sick days available to use during the summer term by non-twelve-month faculty teaching summer classes. Up to five sick days may be used for personal business.
• Vacation: 12-month Bargaining Unit Faculty receive 21 days of vacation each fiscal year.
• Sabbatical Leave: Full-time tenured faculty members who have completed a minimum of seven years of full-time continuous service to the College may apply for sabbatical leave. Sabbaticals may be one year or one semester in duration.

• Tuition Waivers: The College will waive tuition in the amounts specified in the Adjunct Faculty CBA for Kishwaukee College credit courses for employees, spouses and dependent children under age 25.
• Four-Day Summer Work Week: The College adopts a four-day summer work week beginning the Monday following Spring Commencement and continuing for 12 weeks.
• Paid Time Off: Adjunct faculty members who teach less than three days per week shall be granted two paid personal leave (PTO) days per semester. Members who teach three or more days per week shall receive three personal leave days per semester. Adjuncts who teach three or more contact hours during the summer term shall receive two paid PTO days. Unused personal leave days shall be non-cumulative. See KCAEA collective bargaining agreement for details.
• Term Life Insurance: Adjunct Faculty completing at least one teaching assignment during the academic year, who are covered by the KCAEA Collective Bargaining Agreement, and choosing to purchase life insurance are eligible for reimbursement by the College up to $60 per academic year.
• Retirement: State law requires Adjunct Faculty to join the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). For more information, visit https://surs.org/. 
• Deferred Compensation Plans: The College offers 403(b) and 457 tax-deferred annuity plans.

• Medical Insurance: Part-Time Benefitted Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage, participating in Kish’s self-insurance, PPO or HDHP health plans.
• Vision Insurance: Part-Time Benefitted Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s vision insurance plan.
• Dental Insurance: Part-Time Benefitted Staff are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s dental insurance plan.
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account: Part-Time Benefitted Staff can set aside pre-tax dollars to cover eligible medical or dependent care expenses.
• Term Life Insurance: The College provides Term Life Insurance equal to $50,000 or 1.5 times the annual base salary. Employees electing 1.5 times base salary are liable for tax implications. Optional life insurance for employees, spouses and dependents is available.
• Retirement: State law requires Part-Time Benefitted Staff to join the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). For more information, visit https://surs.org/. 
• Deferred Compensation Plans: The College offers 403(b) and 457 tax-deferred annuity plans.
• Tuition Waivers: The College will waive tuition for an unlimited amount of Kishwaukee College credit courses for employees, spouses, and children under 25.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Reimbursement for course tuition at other educational institutions is available as outlined in the Board Policy Manual.
• Four-Day Summer Work Week: The College adopts a four-day summer work week beginning on the Monday following Spring Commencement and continuing for 12 weeks.
• Sick Days: Part-Time Benefited Staff receive a prorated amount of sick time based on the FTE of their position as outlined in the Board Policy Manual. Up to five sick days may be used for personal business.
• Vacation Days: Part-Time Benefited Staff receive a prorated amount of vacation time based on the years of service and FTE of their position as outlined in the Board Policy Manual.

• Retirement: State law requires eligible Part-Time Non-Benefitted Staff to join the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). For more information, visit https://surs.org/. 
• Deferred Compensation Plans: The College offers 403(b) and 457 tax-deferred annuity plans.
• Four-Day Summer Work Week: The College adopts a four-day summer work week beginning on the Monday following Spring Commencement and continuing for 12 weeks.

Kishwaukee College Annuitants Association (KCAA) is a chapter of State Universities Annuitants Association (SUAA). SUAA is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (4) organization created in 1971 to advocate a strong and secure public employee pension and health benefit system. SUAA is a voluntary member association of annuitants and active employees.

The KCAA is one of more than 45 local chapters affiliated with SUAA and was organized on May 7, 2002.  A local chapter was formed for the following reasons:

• Protect and improve SURS benefits for $30 per year. Even if you live outside of Illinois, your pension needs protection and improvement.
• Conduct chapter meetings with colleagues. Chapters establish their own activities and number of meetings.
• Participate in social events and service projects.
• Keep informed on issues important to SURS annuitants through newsletters/meetings.
• Keep local legislators aware of items pertinent to SURS annuitants.

 

KCAA Bylaws

Membership in KCAA is open to all members of the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) including the following:

• Annuitants of Kishwaukee College
• Employees of Kishwaukee College who have SURS taken out of their paychecks
• Spouses or surviving spouses of annuitants

Membership in the KCAA includes membership in the State Universities Annuitants Association (SUAA).

Membership dues are $30.00 per year. If you are a retiree, you may elect to have the dues amount automatically deducted from your retirement benefit for membership dues. If you are a current Kishwaukee College employee, you may elect to have the dues amount automatically deducted from your payroll check.

At the state/national level:

• Strong advocacy in Springfield and Washington D. C. on behalf of all SUAA members.
• Coordination of the clear voice of SUAA's local chapters representing 135,000 SURS annuitants and participants.
• Communication network of newsletters, legislative bulletins, websites, workshops, and meetings.
• Opportunity to build relationships and interact with other chapters and their members.
• Information for spouses of annuitants, who indirectly receive economic benefits and later, may receive a survivor’s annuity and insurance.

Local chapter benefits:

• Information about state and local issues
• Presentations on timely issues
• Guest speakers
• Social and recreational events and special group activities
• News of colleagues and campus events
• Directory of chapter members
• Volunteer opportunities
• Opportunities to be involved and contribute
• Reports from SUAA meetings

To join, print and mail in the membership application. Forms can be mailed to:

Kishwaukee College Annuitants Association
Attn: Donna Keller, Treasurer
21193 Malta Road
Malta, IL 60150