Hays School District Accepts Lower Bid from KASB for WC Coverage

The Hays Board of Education has contracted with the Kansas Association of School Boards for its annual workers’ compensation coverage, rejecting a slightly higher bid from United Heartland and stirring controversy over a possible cancellation fee, the Hays Daily News reported. At its July 21 meeting, the board accepted the KASB bid of $237,502, which undercut United Heartland’s bid of $239,652. In response, Heartland initially sought to charge the school district a short-term cancellation penalty of nearly $70,000 for accepting another bid, the newspaper reported. The propos...