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Bill to shorten SEBB eligibility lookback draws praise from substitutes and concern from districts over costs
Summary
House Bill 2160 would presume SEBB eligibility for employees who worked 630 hours in a year when they return the next year to the same type of position, shifting from a two‑year lookback to one year. Substitute educators and unions backed the change as a recruitment and continuity fix; school districts and business officers warned of significant, unfunded costs and administrative complexity.
Representative Birnbaum, prime sponsor of House Bill 2160, told the House Appropriations Committee the bill addresses a common‑sense problem: substitutes and other classified staff who work the 630‑hour threshold one year then lose coverage at the school‑year boundary face disruptions that can force them on to private insurance or Medicaid.
"So what the bill says is once you've worked for that first year, we're gonna presume that you're gonna keep working for that second year, and your health insurance is gonna stay on during that second school year," Representative Birnbaum said, describing the change as a one‑year lookback that would create presumptive eligibility on the first day of employment for returning workers in the same type of…
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