Currently the policy is to acquire them on a voluntary basis, there is also an issue of cost.

Our budget on an annual basis this past year is $660,000. We currently have expended $400,000 over that budget.

I think policy is currently quite accommodative. I think it can remain quite accommodative for a while to come.

There's no basis to proceed, ... It should have never been an issue.

For the same cost we currently endure, we might bring so much more if we spend those dollars locally.

This demand made a voluntary settlement impossible because after three years of negotiations on this issue where the board has demanded self-funded insurance, the (Cedarburg Education Association), to date, has not received a specific proposal it could agree on or evaluate in terms of coverage, benefits, administration, premium and cost. In effect, the board was demanding that the CEA agree to an unknown health insurance program.