EBP, Acquired Plan Vesting Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Eligible Compensation, Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Minimum Age

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Quarterly Vesting Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Quarterly Vesting Service Period

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Service Period

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Vesting Service Period

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EBP, Involuntary Cash-Out Limit

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EBP, Participant Catch-Up Contribution, Minimum Age

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Eligible Compensation, Percentage

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Minimum Age

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Vesting Percentage

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- Definition

EBP, Terminated Participant Electing To Leave Account In Plan, Quarterly Fee

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-SubTopic 205
-Topic 962
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1

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- Definition

Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 044 - USD ($)			3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 044 - USD ($)	Mar. 24, 2025	Dec. 31, 2008	Jun. 30, 2025	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Apr. 30, 2025	Apr. 30, 2023
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Vesting percentage of merged Plan	100.00%
Minimum age of qualified employee								18 years
Minimum age of plan participant eligible to make additional catch-up contributions								50 years
Company Matching Contribution percentage				65.00%	80.00%	25.00%	65.00%
Percentage of eligible employee compensation matched			6.00%					6.00%
Vested account balance limit upon termination of employment								$ 1,000
Quarterly fee charged to terminated participants leaving accounts in Plan								$ 8.75
Vesting percentage in all employee contributions								100.00%
Subsequent Event
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Company Matching Contribution percentage			80.00%
Company Matching Contributions and RPC Allocations
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Quarterly vesting percentage of Company contributions								5.00%
Service period for Company contribution quarterly vesting								1 year 3 months
Service period for Company contribution full vesting								6 years
Employer Contributions
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Minimum age of employees eligible for Company Matching Contributions								18 years	18 years
Service period required of employees eligible for Company Matching Contributions								1 year
RPCs
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Minimum age of employees eligible for Company Matching Contributions								21 years
Percentage of compensation eligible for retirement plus contributions								1.50%
Service period required of employees eligible for Company Matching Contributions								1 year
Advantage Bonus and Advantage Allocations
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Service period required of employees eligible for Company Matching Contributions		5 years
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Percentage of eligible compensation qualified employees may contribute								1.00%
Company Matching Contribution percentage								0.00%
Minimum \| RPCs
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Percentage of compensation eligible for retirement plus contributions								0.00%
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Percentage of eligible compensation qualified employees may contribute								75.00%
Company Matching Contribution percentage								120.00%
Maximum \| RPCs
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Percentage of compensation eligible for retirement plus contributions								1.50%