New Jersey Teachers' Union Proposes Plan to Address Public School Healthcare Crisis

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) has put forward a plan, the Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act, to tackle the state's public school health insurance crisis. The proposal aims to make permanent a cost-saving measure for teachers, establish a new governing board with less state oversight, and mandate all districts opt into one insurance pool for better negotiating leverage, as hundreds of districts face projected 34% premium cost increases in January.