Orange County Public Schools administrators struck a deal with the teacher’s union Tuesday that will result in teachers paying for some of their health care costs in exchange for pay raises.
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The deal largely mirrors the proposal laid out by the district last month when they announced the 9% increases. The district has said their insurance trust fund is running a deficit of millions of dollars and some of the funding needed to be shifted to the teachers.
The average teacher will pay a premium ranging from $20-32 per paycheck under the plan.
As a concession to the union, the district will cover 50% of the insurance costs for the first year, in addition to its normal contribution. It will cost the district $4.4 million.
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The union had argued teachers wouldn’t be able to afford the insurance increases, and the pay raise didn’t cover the loss of purchasing power teachers …