10 TV: The union representing employees in the Columbus City School District has become the first in central Ohio to offer health insurance coverage for homosexual couples. The Columbus City School Board voted unanimously in favor of the new labor contract on Tuesday evening…
Columbus Education Association President Rhonda Johnson said extending the benefit will not change the cost for current union members, but new members who need coverage for a spouse or partner will pay slightly more. "It has been on the table for quite a long time and we have never been able to get it as part of the agreement until this recent round of negotiations," Johnson said.
Gregory Scott, the attorney representing the school district, said the contract will also not increase costs for schools… Not everyone in the district was happy about the district offering benefits only to same-sex couples. There have been complaints that the district did not extend the same benefits to heterosexual couples who live together… Johnson estimated that about 50 members might take advantage of the same sex benefits…
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