Relating to: school district employee participation in state group health insurance and making an appropriation. (FE)

SB 697 requires the state group insurance board to study the costs and savings for Wisconsin school districts if they join a state-run health insurance plan, either voluntarily or mandatorily. The bill directs the board to conduct two specific analyses: one on mandatory participation by all school districts, and another on voluntary participation, focusing on impacts for districts and current plan members. The studies must be completed within six months of the bill's effective date, with a report submitted to the governor and legislature. The bill appropriates $300,000 from the public employee trust fund to fund these actuarial studies. This is a procedural measure to gather data before any policy changes, not a direct implementation of new insurance requirements.