2016-2017 Budget Proposal to Eliminate Health Care Coverage for

2016-2017 Budget Proposal to Eliminate Health Care Coverage for Non-Certified
School district employees working less than 30 hours per week.
 Non-Certified staff are a critical part of each students’ day.
 Bus drivers bring students to and from school safely and on time.
 Food service school team members prepare and provide students and staff
nutritional needs throughout the school day.
 Custodians are essential personnel that maintain a clean and safe learning
environment for all children.
 While they may be considered part-time, each deliver a full day’s work at every
school in the state of Georgia.
 Health care benefits are a key part of being able to do their jobs.
 Taking away health coverage in the State Health Benefits Plan presents a
significant hardship for these essential personnel.
 These non-certified staff members are a critical part of the education delivery
team and support the work of those in the classroom.
 Access to the SHBP is not an entitlement; it is a work place benefit that is paid for
through the local school districts.
 Allowing non-certified staff to deliver these important and critical needs to
children for their learning to be successful is honest work.
 Please ensure that non-certified school district employees who work less than 30
hours have access to the SHBP.