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Glen Rock board approves budget above 2% cap after health-insurance surge; vote 5–4
Summary
The Glen Rock Board of Education approved final budget resolutions B1–B2 on a 5–4 roll call after hearing a detailed presentation that blamed a 31.9% statewide health-premium increase for pushing the district's operating levy above the 2% cap. The board cited a $3.17 million health-insurance increase offset partly by a $2.3 million statutory cap adjustment and savings in out‑of‑district tuition.
The Glen Rock Board of Education approved final budget resolutions B1–B2 after a public hearing and board discussion, passing the measures on a 5–4 roll call.
Mr. Canelis, who led the budget presentation, told the board the district faces an unprecedented rise in health‑insurance costs: “Our health insurance costs went up $3.2 million,” and the state allowed a roughly $2.3 million cap adjustment tied to that increase. He said the district’s claims rate is “in the 125 to 131 percent range,” well above the industry target, and that those claim trends, together with state plan design choices, are the primary reason the…
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