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Palm Beach County School District Expands Domestic Partner Benefits
Press Release: Palm Beach County School District Expands Domestic Partner Benefits
02/28/2008 (10:25 AM)
PRESS RELEASE
Palm Beach County School District Recognizes Domestic Partners and Their Children as Family Members ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(West Palm Beach, Florida) The Palm Beach County School Board unanimously adopted a policy this afternoon redefining "family" to include employees' domestic partners and their children.
"This pro-family policy recognizing employees' domestic partners and their children is a significant step forward," said Rand Hoch, President of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council.
The Council has been the leading advocate for domestic partner benefits in Palm Beach County for almost twenty years.
While the School District of Palm Beach County has recognized domestic partners as family members for several years, today's vote marks the first time the School Board has included the children of employees' domestic partners.
In 2005, the school district first offered employees the option of purchasing health insurance for their domestic partners. Currently, 46 employees purchase domestic partner health insurance from the school district.
However, unlike all other public employers in Florida offering domestic partner insurance, the School District of Palm Beach County does not allow its employees to purchase health insurance for domestic partners' children.
"The School Board's newly expanded definition of families gives us hope that the school district will soon allow employees to purchase insurance for the children being raised in their homes," said Hoch.
Public employers in Palm Beach County which allow employees to insure domestic partners and domestic partners' children include Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, the Office of the Clerk and Comptroller, the Office of the Tax Collector, the Office of the Property Appraiser, the Office of the Supervisor of Elections, the Office of the Public Defender, the Port of Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County School District, the Solid Waste Authority, Palm Tran, as well as the cities of Delray Beach, Lake Worth, and West Palm Beach, and the Town of Jupiter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For immediate release: February 27, 2008
For further information, contact:
Rand Hoch, PBCHRC President 561-804-9399 (office) 561-358-0105 (mobile)
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