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Superintendent warns paid family medical leave will raise district costs; district to use private vendor
Summary
Superintendent Sulphurs briefed trustees on Minnesota's paid family medical leave starting Jan. 1, explained district choice to use an approved private insurer rather than the state, and cautioned about increased substitute costs (about $450,000 last year) and an estimated employer tax share of ~0.44% (~$90,000).
Superintendent Miss Sulphurs told the board that Minnesota's paid family medical leave (PFML) program begins Jan. 1 and that the district will contract with an approved private insurer — not the state program — to administer benefits.
"We are not participating in the state program. We are going with a private insurer," Sulphurs said, explaining the district's concern that the state program may lack bandwidth to provide personalized support for staff…
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