School officials in Sweetwater County are considering cutting the hours of more than 500 part-time workers to avoid providing them with health insurance. Under the new federal health care law, people working between 30 and 34 hours a week are entitled to the same insurance coverage offered to full-time employees. Part-time workers at Sweetwater County School District No. 1 could be cut by up to five hours. No final decision has been made. Human resources director Kelly McGovern told the school board earlier this month that it would be impossible to cover all of them. School board chairman Justin Spicer said it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, which would have to come out of the budget for classrooms and other essentials.
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