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Rep. Sandy Pincell introduces bill to change statewide school health-benefit negotiations
Summary
Representative Sandy Pincell introduced a bill to change how statewide school health-benefit negotiations and arbitration work, proposing a phased cap on benefit value, a single statewide HRA administrator and a reconfigured, odd-numbered arbitration board; members clarified the bill alters process but does not mandate teacher pay-share changes.
Representative Sandy Pincell, R-Bennington (Rockland District), introduced a bill to alter how statewide school health-benefit negotiations are conducted, saying the goal is to rein in rapidly rising benefit costs and make arbitration outcomes more equitable.
Pincell told the Committee on General & Housing that school health-plan costs have climbed sharply over the last eight years. She cited a “gold family plan for four” that she said cost $17,003.94 in fiscal 2018 and is projected at about $43,900 in fiscal 2027, and said average teacher contributions are around 3% statewide. “So those costs are mostly borne by…
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