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Teachers urge Kohler board to honor longstanding spousal alternative benefit

Kohler School District Board of Education · March 12, 2026
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Two district employees—one speaking as the education association president—told the Kohler School District board the administration denied an established spousal alternative benefit (ABIL) to married staff, urged the board to follow the staff handbook, and described a pattern of prior couples having received the benefit.

Rebecca, who identified herself as president of the Kohler Education Association, told the board during public comment that the district recently denied her association’s appeal to provide an alternative benefit option (referred to in testimony as the ABIL) to employees who are married to other district employees. “We respectfully request that you abide by the written terms of the handbook and provide the ABIL to any and all similarly situated employees,” she said.

Troy Manor, a 22-year educator…

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