[SchoolFinance] New Paid Family & Medical Leave - budget strategy?

[Pete Orne]

We coded the same way. As State unemployment. We did budget 100% of the
cost for FY25 (half year, so 0.5%).

Pete

Pete Orne, SFO
Business Manager
Camden-Rockport/Fivetown CSD
22 Knowlton St.
Camden, ME 04843


pete.orne at fivetowns.net


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On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 7:32 AM Cheryl Fournier <CFournier at sanford.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
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> I used the Unemployment tax object code to post it in the budget as it is
> a state tax.  My superintendent and I agreed to only book the employer
> portion at .5% (had to build it as .25% for the full year, per profund) as
> we can not handle any additional expenses as it is.
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> Cheryl
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> *From:* SchoolFinance <schoolfinance-bounces at maillist.informe.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Lisa Harkin
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 3, 2024 3:38 PM
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> .5% from Jan-June.
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> But I need a line/object to book it to.  Do you think the DOE will come up
> with one in time, if needed?
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> On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 3:33 PM Adam Hanson <
> ahanson at lewistonpublicschools.org> wrote:
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> Hi Kate,
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> I will be discussing this with the superintendent next week, but my
> initial plan is to do exactly what you're doing and budget the full 1% as
> worst-case scenario.
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> On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM Kate Bolton <kbolton at scarboroughschools.org>
> wrote:
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> Hi all, happy New Year!
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> Wondering whether you plan to budget for the new payroll tax for Paid
> Family & Medical Leave in your districts and how you will estimate it...
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> The language of the budget bill says that a total of 1% of all wages must
> be collected as payroll premiums, and that up to 50% of the required
> premium may be deducted from the employee's wages. Knowing that DOL
> rulemaking will be going on at the same time we are all preparing to
> present our budgets, I'm tempted to prepare for the worst and budget the
> full 1% based on a January 1, 2025 start date, as I would much rather be
> able to reduce my cost estimates for second reading than have to add to
> them.
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> What are y'all thinking? Will you use 0.5% as the employer share? Budget
> the full 1%? Roll the dice and leave it out of your projections?
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> Thanks!
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> :) Kate
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> Kate Bolton
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