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Trinity ISD board votes not to pay $43 health-insurance increase for employees
Summary
At a July 31 special meeting the Trinity Independent School District board voted unanimously on a motion — moved by Judy Bishop and seconded by Elizabeth King — that the district not pay a $43-per-employee increase toward health insurance; the board then moved into a budget workshop and executive session.
At a special meeting on July 31, 2025, the Trinity Independent School District board voted unanimously on a motion that the district not pay a $43-per-employee increase toward health insurance. Judy Bishop moved the measure and Elizabeth King seconded; President Kevin Searcy called for discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
The vote was recorded in the minutes as a carried motion; the minutes provide the motion text as 'to cap not pay the employees forty-three dollar increase toward health insurance.' Board membership listed in the minutes shows two members absent (Vice President Monty Huffman and John Smith) and five members present, and the motion carried without recorded opposition. The minutes do not record additional conditions or a follow-up plan tied to the motion.
After the action the board proceeded into a budget workshop and then into a closed executive session later in the meeting. The minutes do not record further open-session action tied to the health insurance motion. The board adjourned at 7:06 p.m.
