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Long-term care payroll tax effective July 1

by Sharon Ricci | Jun 12, 2023 | Legislation and Policy, WFIS News

Schools should remind employees that this deduction will be affecting their paychecks after this June. For those with a private long-term care plan, the exemption application window to be excluded from the Cares Fund Payroll Tax closed on 12/31/2022. The 2019...

The science behind competition helping collaboration skills

by Sharon Ricci | Feb 28, 2018 | Education News

Winning, Losing and Learning to Be a Better Member of the Team Tough lessons from competition can help build stronger collaborators. “while people might be inclined to argue that competition breeds animosity or enemies, competing in a familiar league forces you...

Do Voucher Students do better in school? One study:

by Sharon Ricci | Feb 24, 2018 | Education News

Study from the nonprofit Urban Institute. “The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), the first modern private school choice program in the United States, has grown from 341 students attending 7 private schools in 1990 to 27,857 students attending 126 private...
Sr Sharon Park, WSCC executive director, retires…sort of

Sr Sharon Park, WSCC executive director, retires…sort of

by Sharon Ricci | Dec 4, 2017 | Education News, The Advocate, WFIS News

Sister Sharon Park, Executive Director of the WA State Catholic Conference from 1997 - 2017 Photo: Stephen Brashear from Northwest Catholic magazine feature Sr Sharon Park never saw herself in the public arena. A self-described introvert, she knew from a very early...

WA State to Delay Submission of Federal Education Plan

by Sharon Ricci | Nov 30, 2016 | Education News

In this Nov 29th press release, State Superintendent Randy Dorn announced the state will delay its ESSA plan submission at least 60 more days to allow for public to comment. OLYMPIA—NOVEMBER 29, 2016— After consultation with Superintendent-elect Chris Reykdal, Deputy...
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