In the mad dash to find a solution to the health insurance crisis before school budgets face more dire cuts next year, the state’s largest teachers’ union has pushed forward a plan to solve the high-stakes gamble.
But even with the powerful New Jersey Education Association behind it, the proposal faces its own headwinds, leaving questions if a compromise is possible any time soon.
So far the only proposed legislation to address the crisis, the Public School Employees’ Health Benefits Trust Act has already amassed bipartisan support and sponsorship from key legislative leaders. Sen. Vin Gopal (D–Monmouth), who chairs his chamber’s education committee, and Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D–Middlesex) sponsored the bill, S4438…