By Claudia Lorena Silva, El Paso Matters Some Socorro Independent School District employees will see their health insurance premiums skyrocket, reducing their take-home pay, after voters this week rejected a tax ratification proposal that would have generated up to $49.2 million for the district. The district had planned to infuse $5 million from the increased revenue into its health fund to keep the cost of employee health insurance down. But SISD voters on Tuesday narrowly defeated the district’s proposal, known as VATRE, or voter approval tax ratification election.  

On Wednesday, the SISD school board voted unanimously to adopt a health plan that will raise some employee premiums by $45 to $650 a month, depending on the plan in which they enroll. “Given the fragile state of our financ

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