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Board member reports on legislative breakfast; mentions bill on health-insurance reserve fund
Summary
A board member reported from a legislative breakfast, noting optimism about state budget movement and that a bill to create a health-insurance reserve fund had been placed on a local government committee agenda; districts will convene a committee this summer to discuss the topic.
Board member (S7) summarized takeaways from a legislative breakfast attended with state lawmakers, saying attendees were optimistic that movement on the state budget might be forthcoming. S7 singled out comments from Senator Galvin and Assemblyman Conrad and encouraged colleagues to follow developments that may affect district funding.
S7 also reported that a bill to create a health-insurance reserve fund had appeared on the state local government committee agenda, and that regional education groups (ECASP) will convene a committee of districts this summer to discuss the topic further. The board did not take action on the legislative items during the meeting.
