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District projects conservative 2025–26 budget; stop‑loss insurance quotes show large rate increases
Summary
Administration presented a conservative preliminary budget with a small projected spend‑down and warned trustees that stop‑loss insurance for the employee health plan faces large market increases; staff recommended Blue Cross Blue Shield at a roughly 33% increase to maintain a $200,000 stop‑loss deductible.
District finance staff presented an updated preliminary 2025–26 budget and an insurance renewal update for the employee health plan.
Finance staff said the district used conservative assumptions for revenues (including a 1.8% assessed valuation growth estimate) and that the current draft budget shows a modest use of reserves — "we're pretty close to a 0 budget," staff said, with spend‐down representing roughly 0.28% of the total budget. Trustees were told the…
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