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Milton board moves to bring nurses in-house, limits future dental/cash-in-lieu elections and raises district insurance contributions
Summary
The board approved HR recommendations to stop renewing the contract with Fort Healthcare and post district nurse positions, limited future elections of family dental and cash-in-lieu for new hires, and increased district contributions to HRA/HSA plans by 9.9% for 2026–27.
The Milton School District Board on April 14 approved several human-resources and benefits actions recommended by the district human-resources committee.
Rick, reporting for the HR committee, said the district has contracted nursing services from Fort Healthcare since July 2020 but rising contract costs prompted administration to recommend directly employing nurses. The district will notify Fort Healthcare that it will not renew the contract for the next school year and has posted 2.1 FTE nursing-support positions; anticipated start dates for new hires were listed as Aug. 12, 2026. Administrators said hired candidates will be brought to the board for approval before start dates.
On benefits, the HR committee recommended that, effective July 1, 2026, employees whose spouses carry district-provided family health insurance will no longer be allowed to newly elect dual family dental coverage or a cash-in-lieu stipend; current employees may keep existing elections but may lose access if they actively waive the coverage. Jen moved to accept the recommendation and the board approved the policy change.
The board also approved an HR committee recommendation to increase the district's contributions to both Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans by 9.9% for the 2026–27 plan year to offset large renewal increases (the HRA renewal was noted at 13.9%). Administrators said employees enrolled in the HRA plan will experience higher employee premiums next year due to the plan's larger renewal increase.
Board members and HR staff said they have been meeting with staff and the union about changes and plan to host benefits fairs and one-on-one meetings ahead of open enrollment.
The motions to implement the benefits policy change and to raise district contributions were both approved by the board.
