Eau Claire schools will save $1.75 million to $2.32 million after the school board unanimously voted to switch health care providers in April. Read More »

MacIver News Service - Milwaukee Public Schools would have spent an additional $105 million in fiscal year 2020 due to rising retirement costs, but the district will save $101 million of that sum thanks to Act 10, according to a new study. The report published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, The Big Squeeze: Retirement Costs and School District Budgets, takes an in depth look at the increasing costs for district's retirees, including MPS. Read More »

MacIver News Service - The School District of Beloit is poised to save $3.1 million over the next 5 years after voting to outsource their maintenance and custodial staff to ABM. Read More »

The Neenah Joint School District is facing three potentially costly lawsuits related to changes made to employee benefits after the passage of Act 10. The district scaled back its retirement plan allowing them to save more than $100 million over the next 25 years. This caused one group of teachers to sue for $60.7 million in supplementary retirement benefits. Read More »

From the Post Crescent - "Despite concerns of active and retired teachers, Appleton's Board of Education voted unanimously Monday evening to switch insurance carriers, which could save the district millions with higher deductible plans." Read More »

The Neenah Joint School District will save over $100 million in the next 25 years by scaling back their retirement benefits for teachers. In total, the move will cut $103m from future budgets. Read More »

Teachers in Waukesha were offered a .5% raise for the current school year, but the local teachers' union will wait before responding to the district's offer for 2012-2013. Read More »

According to the Brookfield Patch, the district's levies will remain low next year thanks to frugal spending, actually decreasing slightly for many residents. A big part of that comes from Elmbrook saving $1.3 million thanks to changes in their educational employee health care plans Read More »

With 113 teachers waiting to learn whether they will receive any of the retirement benefits promised when they joined the Kettle Moraine School District, the School Board again sent the administration back for more figures, leaving teachers to continue their... Read More »

Some school districts that offer health insurance to their retirees are facing funding problems as baby boomers retire en masse and health care costs grow. But the story is different locally. Racine Unified officials reduced projected retiree health care costs... Read More »