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Cinnaminson board urges state relief for rising school employee health‑care costs
Summary
The Cinnaminson Township Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution asking the governor and Legislature to provide short‑term relief and long‑term reforms to address rapidly rising school employee health‑care premiums, citing recent Treasury projections and multi‑year premium increases.
The Cinnaminson Township Board of Education on May 12 adopted a resolution asking state leaders to provide immediate short‑term relief and to pursue long‑term reforms to rein in rising health‑care costs for public school employees.
The resolution, read into the record during Other Business, said recent analyses — including a midyear Treasury Department review — project double‑digit active premium increases for 2027 and pointed to a 31.9% premium increase that took effect in January 2026. It said the cumulative premium growth over the prior five years approached 74% and that such increases are placing “tremendous strain on district budgets and local taxpayers.” The board asked that the resolution be forwarded to the governor, the State Treasurer, legislative leaders and the New Jersey School Boards Association.
Board members framed the measure as an appeal for both immediate help to relieve midyear pressures and for stakeholder engagement to implement reforms to the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP). The resolution requests that the governor and Legislature pursue “practical long‑term reforms to the state's system of delivering health care to its public employees in order to generate meaningful long‑term savings,” language lifted directly from the adopted text.
The board moved and approved the resolution as part of its business agenda without further amendment. The resolution does not prescribe a specific state action; rather it formally urges state officials to negotiate and design remedies to limit future premium spikes and to explore structural reforms to the benefits delivery system.
The board’s action comes amid other district business approved at the meeting, including routine personnel, curriculum and finance items. The resolution text cites the Treasury analysis and recent premium figures as the factual basis for the board’s appeal.
The board forwarded the adopted resolution to the governor’s office, the State Treasurer and legislative leadership as requested in the text. No supplemental vote tally naming individual yes/no votes was included in the meeting record provided.
