A one-time $1,000 teacher retention bonus proposed by Gov. Brian Kemp and approved by the Georgia Board of Education will be extended to all full-time staffers in the Cobb County School District.
The district announced Friday that the state bonuses will be provided to full-time staffers, both teachers and others, during a payroll period in April.
Kemp and Georgia school superintendent announced the supplement plan in January. The state is using part of a recent federal allocation of $240 million in COVID-19 relief funding for the bonuses. Georgia school districts must allocate the bonuses to their employees by June 30.
The criteria is designed to help public school districts in Georgia retain teachers, but is not limited to them. Employees receiving the bonuses include bus drivers, custodians, school nurses, paraprofessionals, librarians, cafeteria workers, social workers, counselors and other aides.
In Cobb, the full $1,000 bonus will go to all full-time staffers who, in the words of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale, have “truly gone above and beyond during the pandemic to ensure our students achieve our One Goal.””
Cobb school district staffers who are part-time will be getting a one-time bonus of $490.
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