Open Enrollment
MDUSD Open Enrollment September 15, 2025-October 10, 2025
MDUSD is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, with high-quality medical, dental, and vision plan options for all benefit-eligible employees. Open Enrollment is your once-a-year opportunity to review your coverage and make changes, whether that’s updating your medical or dental plan, adding or removing dependents (medical only), or choosing cash-in-lieu if you have other medical coverage.
If you are adding or deleting dependents for your medical coverage, please have supporting documents ready. Supporting documents for adding dependents to benefits, such as those for a spouse/domestic partner or child, can include marriage certificate, declaration of domestic partnership, birth certificates or court orders that establish legal guardianship or financial responsibility.
For additional information, please click the following:
· 2025-2026 rate sheets showing the updated cost for each medical plan.
How to Read the 2025-2026 Rate Sheet:
· Open the rate sheet linked above
· Find the tab at the bottom that matches your employee type and paycheck schedule (10-month, 11-month, 12-month; based on your bargaining unit).
· The yellow-highlighted columns show how much money comes out of your paycheck each month.
What you can change during Open Enrollment:
· Medical plans
· Dental plans
· Add/delete dependents (medical only)
Vision coverage:
Effective January 1, 2026, the frames/contact lens allowance will increase from $175 to $200. Costco’s frame allowance has also increased from $95 to $110. All benefit-eligible employees are automatically enrolled in at least individual coverage and MDUSD pays the full cost whether you elect individual, two-party, or family coverage.
Open enrollment is not available for vision coverage, except if you are a new hire or adding dependents due to a qualified family status change.
Other options available:
Cash-in-lieu: If you have medical coverage outside of MDUSD, you may be eligible for a cash-in-lieu benefit by waiving MDUSD medical coverage and providing proof of other coverage.
Please complete the online Open Enrollment form, even if you are not making any changes for the 2026 calendar year.