SISD Board of Trustees unanimously votes for plan premium rates

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) - The Socorro Independent School District Board of Trustees heard recommendations on changes to the district's health plan for the district's employees.

The board voted unanimously to adopt Plan D which includes three tier premium rate structure and is also a multiyear plan to achieve a zero dollar health fund balance.

This was one of the issues that came to light during budget preparations showing the district multi-million dollar deficit.

The trustees voted on June 6 to require SISD employees to pay more towards health care costs with the district paying $20 less and the employees picking up the difference.

Mario Carmona, director of human resources for SISD, told ABC-7 that the health fund had been running on a deficit because premium rates had not been adjusted for a number of years in order to be able to take care of consumption in terms of how much money was coming out of the health fund.