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RSU 04 budgets for steep health‑insurance rise; wellness coordinator retained as SPS closure could cut positions
Summary
Administrators warned the district faces a large health‑insurance increase and budgeted a 15% rise (with an 18% scenario noted); the wellness‑coordinator stipend remains and SPS closure would remove some positions and reduce the cost center by roughly $65,000.
District administrators told the RSU 04 School Board the district faces a substantial rise in health‑insurance costs and that the budget currently assumes a 15% increase while the MEA Benefits Trust has signaled the actual increase could approach 18%.
Administrators described steps the Benefits Trust and insurers are taking to reduce the impact, but said district staff will not change the budget lines until insurers and the trust provide a definitive…
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