School Employees Fund
Latest Update
Contribution Rate
The Unemployment Insurance (UI) contribution rate for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025/2026 will be 0.05%. The 0.05% rate will be effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
About the School Employees Fund (SEF)
Public school districts (kindergarten through 12th grade) and community colleges can choose to participate in the SEF, which is a special reimbursable financing method available for school districts.
The SEF is a fund administered by the EDD, which collects contributions based on a percentage of total wages paid by public schools and community college districts. The SEF reimburses the UI Fund for the cost of UI benefits paid to former school employees.
All 72 community college districts and 1,320 county offices of education, public school districts, and charter schools participate in the SEF. They have 978,705 employees and pay more than $69.5 billion in wages annually.
Contribution Rate
All school employers participating in the SEF have the same UI contribution rate. The rate is determined by law and is intended to provide one full year of UI benefit payments.
A Local Experience Charge (LEC) is applied to total benefits paid in a quarter. The individual employer LEC rate can be 0, 5, 10, or 15 percent. New SEF participants must pay a 10 percent LEC for the first three complete fiscal years.
- Annual Report to the Fund Participants – 2023-2024 (PDF)
- Annual Report to the Fund Participants – 2022-2023 (PDF)
- Annual Report to the Fund Participants – 2021-2022 (PDF)
- Quarterly Return Adjustment Form for School Employers (DE 938SEF) (PDF)
- Quarterly Contribution Return for School Employers (DE 9423) (PDF)
- Employment for the School Employees Fund (DE 231SEF) (PDF)
- Claims Management Handbook for School Employers (DE 3450SEF) (PDF)
For More Information
Contact the School Employees Fund (SEF) at 1-916-653-5380.
For UI benefits paid to your former employees, refer to:
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