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Indian River school board votes to pursue membership in Florida Educator Health Trust
Summary
The board voted unanimously to allow staff to pursue participation in the Florida Educator Health Trust, a nonprofit risk pool; presenters said the district would remain self‑insured, with a one‑time $10,000 onboarding fee and a $22.25 monthly member fee while estimating potential multi-year savings on a roughly $30 million projected program spend.
The School Board of Indian River County voted 4-0 on March 16 to authorize staff to pursue participation in the Florida Educator Health Trust, a nonprofit risk pool that would allow the district to pool health-insurance purchasing with other districts.
Mr. Green, who presented the participation agreement, said the trust — established in March and currently made up of 17 districts — could expand the district’s buying power for stop-loss insurance, pharmacy contracts and other health-plan services. “We would remain self insured,”…
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