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Education committee adopts $300 monthly employer contribution for school employee health insurance
Summary
The joint House and Senate Education Committee voted to amend the adequacy study to record a $300 per participating‑member monthly employer contribution to public school employee health insurance beginning Jan. 1, 2023, and adopted a related $64 per‑pupil increase in foundation funding to support the change.
The House and Senate Education Committee voted to incorporate a $300 employer contribution for public school employees into the state adequacy study and related budget documents, a measure staff said is required by legislation passed in the recent fiscal session.
Department of Education Secretary Johnny Key told members the committee has the authority "to set the rate or set the, rates that districts will be paying in" and that "as of January 1, that is going to be $300 per participating…
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