School districts find state health plan too pricey

Despite legislation providing funds to allow Idaho school districts to buy into the state’s health insurance plan, some school districts are finding they are coming up short on funds needed to buy into the plan, reports the Idaho Statesman. Idaho legislators this year passed a bill intended to allow school districts across the state to buy into the state’s health insurance plan and lower the cost that school employees must pay for health insurance, the report says. But as school districts approve next year’s budgets, some have found they didn’t have enough funds to buy into the state’s plan.