Kenosha district seeks board OK to send retiree health options to actuaries before possible July 1 changes

District staff presented two benefit scenarios and asked the Kenosha School District Board to authorize sending materials to the actuarial firm Milliman so the firm can cost them out ahead of any potential policy changes.

The presentation, delivered by a district benefits presenter, described current eligibility rules — common minimum ages of 55 and 57, a continuous 15-year service requirement, and varied retiree contribution rates by employee group — and called out that the district currently has about 265 retirees on the health plan (25 ASTs, 182 teachers, 27 ESPs, 10 clerical, 1 carpenters/painters and 20 in the service group). The presenter said, “we in total, we're paying $4,200,000 a year on the retiree health coverage. The district is paying $3,600,000 of it, and retirees pay $617,000,” and asked the board…