Teachers and tummy tucks: Buffalo’s $5 million bill for cosmetic surgery
By Heather Kays / July 5, 2016 / News / 4 Comments
The Buffalo teachers union and school board are at odds over a cosmetic surgery rider in the teachers’ contract.
The Buffalo, New York, school board’s decision to end a $5 million set-aside for plastic surgery coverage for the district’s teachers is on hold — meanwhile officials will have to search elsewhere to find savings to cover a $10.5 million deficit.
The Buffalo Teachers Federation took the issue to court after the school board voted in June to eliminate the cosmetic surgery rider, which the union says covers the cost of surgeries for car accident victims, skin peels for cancer patients and other urgent needs.
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