Melanie Donofe, co-president of the Hancock County Education Association, addressed the Hancock County School Board to request their help by signing a resolution urging the State of WV to stabilize PEIA.
Donofe told the Board the proposed changes to PEIA are a 14 percent active employee and 12 percent retiree and non-medicare retireee premium increase. She said a 40 percent deductible and out-of-pocket max increase for employees and non-medicare retiree. Changes also include 100 percent prescription copay increase with a $203 spousal surcharge increase;
“These are jaw dropping increases, and will make health care unaffordable for many employees,” said Donofe who said a PEIA public hearing at the Highlands Event Center in Wheeling November 14 beginning ag 6 p.m. Registration to speak begins at 5:30 p.m.
In other business, the Board:
**Assigned Erinn Knipp as a countywide substitute teacher;
**Approved Emily Hores and Macey Gump for teaching in lieu of planning period;
**Assigned Tyler Warrick as Class ’27 sponsor and Kendahl Stanley as Key Club sponsor, both at Weir High;
**Approved a Leave of Absence for Tammy Shaw, custodian II at Oak Glen High;
**Assigned Robert Davis as Plumber II/GM at the Maintenance Dept.;
**Assigned Rebecca Cook as countywide substitute cook;
**Approved a request to take Weir High participating students students to Huntington for the 22nd Annual WV Recycle Fashion Show;
**Noted that the policy related to industrial hemp based products and marijuana and other controlled substances not defined as narcotics with modification will close November 4, 2024.
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