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Canutillo ISD trustees hear proposal to raise district health contribution; HB2 retention allotment limited to classroom teachers
Summary
Canutillo ISD trustees on June 24 heard administration and consultant presentations showing a projected 15% increase in health-plan costs (about $804,000) and a staff recommendation to raise the district premium contribution from $623 to $723.
Canutillo ISD trustees on June 24 heard administration and consultant presentations laying out health-plan performance, 2026 cost projections and proposed compensation steps tied to new state funding. Staff said the district's claims experience through April shows lower monthly spend in 2025 compared with 2024, but projected a 15% plan-cost increase for 2026 equivalent to roughly $804,000 and recommended raising the district premium contribution from $623 to $723 effective with a July rate change.
The consultant told trustees that the district saw a net drop of about 200 employees on the plan between 2024 and 2025 and that large claimants are a major driver of costs: in 2024 the plan had 24 large claimants totaling about $4.4 million; the district was reimbursed about $1.8 million under its stop-loss reinsurance. So far in 2025 the consultant said there were three large claimants totaling under $300,000.
Staff also explained how new state dollars under House Bill 2 are being…
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