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Ferguson-Florissant Board Approves Early Incentive Retirement Program

The new program will allow retirees to have health insurance costs covered for up to three years and could potentially save the district $1 million.

Wednesday, the Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education approved a measure that would provide an early incentive program for its retiring employees.

The district’s Chief Financial Officer Mick Willis presented a plan that would allow retiring full-time district employees up to three years of health coverage. The program is similar to a plan that the district put in place in the 2009-2010 school year, he said.

Under the plan, a retired employee could have $8,000 allocated toward their health insurance costs for the year, which is a $500 increase from the 2009-2010 plan. Willis said that the increase accounts for inflation and increases in insurance cost.

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Retiring employees have the option to have the health insurance or take the money for the insurance costs.

The plan is based on a sliding scale for retirees, Willis said. For example, if an employee worked for the district for 30 years, they could receive the $8,000 health insurance for three years opposed to someone who worked in the district for 20 years and would receive it for one year.

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In the long term, the district could save an estimated $1 million, he said, with more experienced employees retiring and hiring new, younger teachers. 


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