The Culver Community School Board discussed insurance rates during their most recent meeting.
Superintendent Karen Shuman explained that the corporation belongs to an insurance trust with 28 other schools in the state. She said each year the trust representatives vote on a premium increase and this year they approved a four percent increase. The increase is based upon the standard growth quotient of the economic development over the areas.
Shuman said the cost to the corporation is about $58,000 based on the number of employees who have insurance coverage through the school corporation.
Shuman asked the board to absorb that cost so it is not passed onto the employees. It was noted that the corporation has absorbed the increase in insurance over last few years to keep from passing that cost to employees.
The Culver Community School Board unanimously approved a motion to take on the increase in insurance premiums as in years past.
