“For the most part, we will be unscathed,” Chief Financial Office Jason Hoffman told the board. “But one area we’re concerned about is the employer mandate to provide health care insurance to all employees working more than 30 hours a week.”
Hoffman noted, historically, the district has offered health care to employees who work more than 20 hours a week, but not to substitutes. “I don’t know a single district that does that,” Hoffman added.
Based on recent data, he estimated 25 individuals would qualify for insurance, meaning the district may have to extend a $6,000 benefit to each of those individuals at a cost of about $150,000. Hoffman said he’s concerned from a fiscal perspective because it’s likely more substitutes will want to work more hours once they realize health insurance is available.
He noted the district has four options: either include the substitute teachers in the district’s health care program; refuse to comply with the federal law; restrict people to only 28 hours of work weekly; or hire Kelly Services.
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