2026 Benefits
Open enrollment begins on November 1 and ends November 15. Click here for the benefit educator schedule for your campus.
If you do not make changes in Workday by November 15, your current benefit elections will carry over to 2026 (including voluntary benefits), EXCEPT for flexible spending account (FSA) elections. To continue contributing to an FSA in 2026, you must make new elections by November 15, 2025.
EDS Dental HMO Members: EDS is terminating their Dental HMO product. You must re-enroll in a Delta Dental plan or you will not have coverage in 2026.
All benefit election changes effective January 1–December 31, 2026. For benefit questions, or to meet with a benefit educator, please click here and select the educator's name for your campus to request an appointment.
All enrollees with out-of-state dependents must complete and submit the Out-of-State Dependent Form in order for their dependents to have coverage in 2026.
2026 Benefits at a Glance (PDF)
Complete 2026 Benefits Guide (PDF)
Open Enrollment and what's changing (PDF)
2026 Domestic Partner Enrollment Form (PDF)
Medical
- UMR medical and behavioral health insurance (PDF)
- UMR CARE (prior authorization) (PDF)
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (PDF)
- HSA is only available with the High Deductible Health Plan
- Optum Rx - prescription medications (PDF)
Dental Dental
- PPO Plus Premier - Base plan (PDF)
- PPO Plus Premier - Buy up plan (PDF)
- PPO Plus Premier - Enhanced plan (PDF)
Vision
Financial
- Empower retirement plan (PDF)
- Financial planning - Blakely Walters (PDF)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) (PDF)
- Flexible spending accounts - Dependent care (WEX) (PDF)
- Limited Flexible Spending Account (WEX) (PDF)
- MetLife Legal protection benefit (PDF)