Benefits

Uplift Education is proud to offer a comprehensive array of employer-paid and supplemental benefits to support the health and financial well-being of our employees and their dependents.  Our Talent Management team is here to partner with and assist you as you make decisions on the purchase of your benefit plans that will serve you and your family through the next school year and beyond.

Exciting Benefits Update Coming In 2026-27!

We’re thrilled to announce that effective September 1, 2026 Uplift is switching to Voya as our ancillary insurance provider—bringing expanded services and more value to our team for life, disability, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance coverage. Additionally, through Telus Health our EAP program will be enhanced to provide unlimited counseling sessions to staff and their immediate family. We’re excited about the benefits ahead and committed to a smooth transition for all employees.

Review our 2025-26 Benefits Guide (English | Spanish) for detailed information about our current benefit plans.

Review our 2026-27 Benefits Guide and Uplift Education Employee Benefits website for coverage beginning September 1, 2026.

Benefits Service Center

From answering eligibility and rate questions, to helping you enroll, to working through claims and usage issues, our Benefits Service Center is standing by to help. You work tirelessly and diligently to take care of our scholars and schools each day. We are here to take care of you!

Need enrollment assistance? Contact the Benefits Service Center. Hablamos Español!
1-866-409-3174
Mondays – Fridays: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM CT 
Saturdays: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT

New Hires

You have 30 days from your hire date to enroll in benefits. Please see the 2025-26 Benefits Guide (English | Spanish) and complete your enrollment or decline benefits you do not need. We also encourage you to update your contact information, beneficiaries, and dependents.

Online Enrollment

For online enrollment, use the following format as your login information:
Employee ID or SSN: Your SSN with no formatting (#########)
PIN: Last 4 digits of your SSN and the last 2 digits of your birth year (######)

Example: John Smith | SSN: 123-45-6789
Employee ID or SSN: 123456789
PIN: 678993

Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Entity

TRS administers a retirement plan (pension trust fund) that provides service and disability retirement benefits, in addition to death benefits, to TRS members. A pension trust fund is a special account where money is set aside and invested to pay retirement benefits to employees in the future. Once the minimum service credit and necessary age requirements are met, you can apply for service retirement and receive a lifetime monthly benefit!

Your TRS membership begins on your first day of eligible employment with a TRS-covered employer, like Uplift Education. You must work 20 hours or more each week for a public, state-supported educational institution in Texas to be eligible for TRS membership and retirement plan participation. If you qualify for TRS membership, participation in the retirement plan cannot be waived.

As a TRS member, you’re required by State Law to contribute a percentage of your eligible compensation as your share of the funding for your benefits. Your employer is required to deduct the contributions from your salary on a pre-tax basis and forward them directly to TRS each month of eligible employment.

Contributions earn 2% interest which TRS will credit on Aug. 31 of each year. To view your balance or merge an existing TRS account, visit MyTRS member account.

If you earn at least five years of membership service credit, you are considered a “vested” TRS member.

Your retirement benefits become taxable income in the years in which they are paid to you.

If you are preparing for retirement, review the TRS Benefits Handbook for more information.

*Upon retirement, you are eligible for medical and prescription drug coverage under the TRS-Care program.

TRS Retirement Plan	Required Contributions
Employee Retirement Plan Contribution	8.25%
Uplift Retirement Plan Contribution	2.00%
State of Texas Retirement Plan Contribution	8.25%
TRS-Care* Retiree Health Insurance Plan	Required Contributions
Employee TRS-Care Contribution	0.65%
Uplift TRS-Care Contribution:	0.75%
State of Texas TRS-Care Contribution:	1.25%

Learn more about your TRS Benefits here.

Additional Retirement Options

While your TRS pension benefit will provide a valuable source of ongoing retirement income, your pension probably won’t provide enough income to ensure a financially secure retirement.  For this reason, it is recommended that members enroll in the 403(b) retirement plan administered by TCG Group Holdings.  View TRS’s Understanding 403(b) Retirement Plans for additional information on the benefit of these plans. Additionally, view the 403(b) retirement section of this guide for more information on the Uplift voluntary 403(b) retirement plan or view TCG Group Holdings’ Retirement Planning for Educators video.

Uplift Family Leave (UFL)*

Uplift Family Leave is a phenomenal benefit from Uplift that provides up to 30 workdays (240 hours) of PTO to eligible employees on FMLA Leave to care for a family member (includes maternity/paternity leave and bonding time for adoption or foster care placement).  Current employees can learn more here.

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