now let's look at the superintendent of schools in mariden, connecticut.he's also an soefrpblt he said in an interview. the new health care law was having unintended consequences. let's see what happened to school systems across the country. maybe they have children in school. i don't know. in connecticut, it says, as in many states, significant numbers of part-time school employees work more than 30 hours a week and do not receive health

now let's look at the superintendent of schools in mariden, connecticut. he's also an soefrpblt he said in an interview. the new health care law was having unintended consequences. let's see what happened to school systems across the country. maybe they have children in school. i don't know. in connecticut, it says, as in many states, significant numbers of part-time school employees work more than 30 hours a week and do not receive health benefits. well, you know the health care law, mr. president, defines a workweek as anything above 30 hours. so they have people that are working part time but more than 30 hours, so according to the health care law, those are full-time employees. so they work more than 30, do not receive health benefits. and he says are we supposed to lay off full-time teachers so that we can provide insurance coverage to part-time employees? that's a question asked by the superintendent of schools in a town in central connecticut. he asks, if we have to cut five reading teachers to pay for the benefits for substitute teachers, i'm not s