Bay Area Edition | July 2024

Education

BY JAMES T. NORMAN & HALEY VELASCO

Clear Creek ISD to up health care contributions Clear Creek ISD will contribute $11 more per month toward health insurance premium plans for each staff member after the board of trustees approved the increase at its June 24 meeting. However, based on district data, officials expect employees to pay a total of $1.7 million more in premiums compared to last year, bringing the new total for premiums paid by employees to

Clear Creek ISD offers grants to students Students in Clear Creek ISD can win up to $500 as part of a grant program for their science fair projects, according to a July 15 social media post from the Clear Creek Education Foundation. What you need to know The Science Fair Innovative Grant offers students money to enhance their science fair projects, which includes offering money both through the Clear Creek Education Foun- dation, as well as $500 grants for individual students, according to the social media post. The application window is open from Aug. 15 to Sept. 12 and is available to interme- diate and high school students, according to the social media post. A student may submit one grant application. To learn more, visit the district’s website.

CCISD health insurance premium rates Employer contribution

Employee contribution

Employee Only 2022-23

$83

$324 $335 $324

2024-25 2023-24

$120

$149

Employee and children 2022-23 $359

$372 $396

2024-25 2023-24

$359

$464

$370

Employee and spouse 2022-23

$11.7 million. The overview

$384 $395 $384

$761

Family 2022-23 2024-25 2023-24 2024-25 2023-24

$815

This increase will cost the district an annual amount of $12.8 million through general funds, which is a $400,000 increase from last year, according to district documents. The $11 monthly increase allows the district to remain compliant with the Affordable Care Act’s provisions for employee-only plans, district documents show.

$923

$409

$961

$420 $409

$1,101

$1,237

NOTE: PREMIUMS ARE MONTHLY AND LISTED RATES ARE BASED ON ONE OF FOUR PLANS AVAILABLE. SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT

Clear Creek ISD purchases transportation program

Upgrading transportation Transfinder will include the following features:

documents. Assistant Superintendent of Support Services Paul Miller said the cost, which covers the district for three years, was pricier than the existing system. The main feature officials highlighted at the meeting was the parent communication and alerts system, which will tell parents when a bus is arriving and if their student has gotten off the bus.

Clear Creek ISD at its June 24 meeting approved $1.3 million for a program meant to help the district upgrade its transportation capabilities. What’s happening? The funding, coming out of the district’s 2017 bond savings, will go toward Transfinder, which is a program that will help the district organize student transportation, according to agenda

Wayfinder features

Scheduling trips

Routing and mapping tools

Ridership tracking

Turn-by-turn navigation

SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT

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