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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lisa Harkin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 3, 2024 3:38 PM<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">.5% from Jan-June. </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">But I need a line/object to book it to. Do you think the DOE will come up with one in time, if needed?</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 3:33 PM Adam Hanson <<a href="mailto:ahanson@lewistonpublicschools.org">ahanson@lewistonpublicschools.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM Kate Bolton <<a href="mailto:kbolton@scarboroughschools.org" target="_blank">kbolton@scarboroughschools.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">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...</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">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
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">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? </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">:) Kate</p>
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