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Insurance committee recommends changes to avoid 20% premium jump; board approves 10.7% increase
Summary
District 15’s insurance committee presented a package of plan changes and voluntary programs intended to limit an otherwise larger premium spike. The board approved the committee’s recommendation to increase medical premiums 10.7% for fiscal year 2026, with dental up 5% and vision unchanged.
Sherry Lazur, leading the district’s insurance committee presentation, told the Palatine CCSD 15 Board of Education that rising claims and new high‑cost drug use had pushed the district’s self‑insured fund into an unusually large deficit and required action to avoid a much larger premium increase.
"If we didn't make any changes to any of our current coverages or plans, we would have to, ask our employees in the district premiums they would raise by 20 over 20%," Sherry told the board during the presentation. Anna (last name not given in the public record) described the fund condition: "This year... we've actually gone…
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