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HR reports steady attendance, near‑full substitute fill and plans to target high‑cost prescriptions to reduce claims volatility
Summary
Human resources reported a stable attendance rate near the 95% goal, strong substitute fill rates (99.1% of sub budget spent), contingency FTE adjustments for next year, and a forthcoming July recommendation to carve out high‑cost prescriptions to reduce claim volatility and employee out‑of‑pocket costs.
Human resources staff provided the committee with year‑end staffing and benefits information. Key points: contingency FTEs were adjusted and filled so that each school will have an instructional coach, early employment offers were accepted at a high rate, and the district split a JK/4K section at Underwood in response to enrollment. Staff reported year‑end attendance at just over 95% and substitute‑teacher fill rates that left the district about 99.1% of the way through its substitute budget; one invoice remained at the time of the meeting.
On benefits, HR noted that plan‑year timing affected deductible credits this year and that the district could not offer deductible credit while maintaining eligibility for certain high‑deductible plan tax advantages. HR previewed a July board recommendation to carve out a small number of very high‑cost prescriptions to a secondary prescription program to reduce district claim volatility while improving employee out‑of‑pocket costs for those drugs.
Staff said a fuller retention and staffing report would be available before the next Finance & Resource Committee meeting, and continued monitoring of class sizes and weekly enrollment updates will inform staffing adjustments for 2026–27.
Next steps: HR will finalize and present retention metrics and the prescription‑carveout proposal to the board in July.
