Overview
- Superintendent Toni Lopez withdrew the health-insurance agenda item Tuesday, stopping a planned Jan. 1 transition to the statewide TRS‑ActiveCare program.
- Pasadena ISD said family premiums under its current plans run from $628 to $1,753 per month while the proposed TRS‑ActiveCare options would have ranged from $2,292 to $2,647 per month.
- The district framed the proposal as a response to a multiyear deficit in its self-funded health fund and said it has been spending more on claims than the fund brings in.
- Employees said they received a districtwide email less than 24 hours before the scheduled vote, organized quickly, filed public-records requests and sought an ex parte temporary restraining order to delay the decision.
- District leaders will recommend keeping the current self-funded plan, will share premium-rate options with staff and the board early next week, and will provide monthly updates as they work to address rising costs that threaten retention and budgets in the Houston area.