2005 Senate Bill 638

“Graduated” pension health benefits for new school employees

Introduced in the Senate

June 22, 2005

Introduced by Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R-30)

To prohibit school districts from making contributions to an employee’s post-retirement health insurance benefits that are greater than 3 percent for each year an employee has on the job. In other words, the district could not pay more than 30 percent of the pension health benefit premium for an employee with 10 years on the job, 33 percent after 11 years on the job, etc. The bill would not apply to current school employees, and would apply only after a district’s existing union contract expires. See Senate Bill 636.

Referred to the Committee on Education