EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The effects of Socorro ISD’s “penny swap” tax rate proposal failing at the election polls may be felt immediately after, with the school board set to discuss and potentially approve a new health insurance plan for its employees, which district officials said will have more expensive premiums.

“Proposition A didn’t turn out the way we wanted. It’s a setback for sure, but we accept the will of the voters and we keep moving forward,” said SISD Superintendent James Vasquez.“ There are going to be some ramifications because of this. So we have to make some tough decisions, starting tonight. We have a board meeting tonight where the board is going to adopt a new health care plan, and we had hoped that with the passage of Proposition A, we would be able to absorb some of

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