The School Board lost a lawsuit filed by the system's teachers over the issue of health insurance. The suit originated when the Board unilaterally reduced its insurance match for teachers and retroactively seized teacher pay in 2011. They did so under advice from their legal counsel.
Yesterday, a judge ruled that the Board's action was wrong, violated the contract, and that the money MUST be refunded to teachers this year.
This will be an added, unplanned expense in a budget that is already $7.6 million out of balance and a County Commission so far unwilling to properly fund local schools.
The legal setback is the second in a row stemming from the Board's fight with the Sumner County Education Association.
Early in 2011, the Board issued a policy forbidding discussion of the Association on school grounds or during school hours. This is a clear violation of the First Amendment right of free speech and a court quickly agreed and ordered the Board to pay financial damages to the Association.
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