4:49 → 8:30(3m 41s)
Meeting organizers and staff resolved AV and login issues and traded birthday remarks before the formal call to order. This prep included multiple staff members troubleshooting the meeting platform and confirming participants were ready.
The Caddo Parish School Board Insurance & Finance Committee met Nov. 11, 2025, and recommended a package of changes to the district's employee and retiree health benefits: a 7.5% increase in self-funded plan premiums, mandatory Medicare A and B enrollment for eligible future retirees (and enrollment in a group Medicare Advantage plan), a $100 specialty-drug copay, and an increase in the emergency-room copay from $120 to $250. The committee moved the recommendation to the full board and voted to pass it unanimously; public commenters raised concerns about retiree affordability and teacher pay.
