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Board approves recommended changes to employee health plan and premiums for 2025
Summary
Trustees approved plan design changes and a $30 monthly increase in district contribution (from $485 to $515) for 2025, plus additional employee benefits including $25,000 free life insurance for full-time employees and basic identity-theft protection for enrolled employees.
Trustees unanimously approved the administration’s recommendations for the Group Benefits Risk Pool plan design changes and employee medical plan premium structure for 2025.
Assistant Superintendent Kevin Beesaw reviewed 2023–24 plan performance, noting several very high‑cost claimants — including one claim exceeding $350,000 — and cited heavy use of freestanding emergency facilities and medical inflation as cost drivers. To address costs, the administration proposed increasing the district contribution by $30 per month (from $485 to $515), lowering certain copays to $25, and expanding benefits: the district will provide free basic identity-theft protection to enrolled employees and increase free life insurance to $25,000 for full‑time staff.
Trustee Leo Gonzalez II moved approval and Trustee Felicia Benford seconded; the motion passed unanimously. Administration said the District will continue employee education efforts (including an Employee Health Center and BCBSTX onsite representative) and will monitor plan performance.
