It has been revealed that tax payers from Buffalo are paying teacher’s plastic surgery! All the types of surgeries that teachers can get are included in a health plan and last year it is reported that the Buffalo school system paid millions for faculty plastic surgery.  They must be a really vain school district because these teachers described this as a perk. Hit the jump to see how much was paid!

Steph Bassanini

Teachers in Buffalo are getting plastic surgery on the tax payer’s buck, it has been revealed.
Tummy tucks, liposuction and Botox are all part of the controversial one of a kind health plan.
The teachers themselves claim to be the lowest paid in the state, and say that they deserve ‘a little something extra’, describing the procedures as ‘a perk’.
But it is a perk that comes with a price tag.
Last year Buffalo schools paid $5.9 million for its teachers to have plastic surgery. In 2010 the figure was up at $9 million.
With an average salary of $52,000 a year for the city’s teachers, an extra 100 educators could be employed for that cost, theatlantic.com reported.
60 teachers spent $30,000 each on procedures in 2011, an investigation by the school board revealed, and because the schools are self-insured, tax payers foot the bill.
Sam Redford, head of Buffalo’s Parents Counsel, told MSNBC: ‘It’s just not fair. At this point in time there are so many other things that money needs to be spent on.’
The policy to pay for teachers to have surgery started out innocently enough – it was intended for accident and burns victims in need of reconstructive surgery.
But in the age of cosmetic surgery the rider extends to arm lifts, face lifts and breast enhancements, with surgeons advertising their services in the teacher’s union newsletter.

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