The Cobb County School District will be paying a $2,000 bonus to all permanent full-time and part-time employees at the end of April.
Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced the bonuses at Thursday’s Cobb Board of Education meeting and said the funding comes from the district’s allotment of federal CARES Act money.
Permanent employees include teachers and administrators, paraprofessionals and other staffers who are not hired on a seasonal basis.
The state of Georgia previously said it would be giving similar bonuses to bus drivers, custodians, and cafeteria workers.
The Cobb school district did not indicate in a release issued after the meeting the total cost of the bonuses.
The Cobb school district has given two retention bonuses to school bus drivers and monitors during the current school year to help prevent staff shortages.
Last April, Cobb teachers received a $1,000 bonus from the state using CARES Act funds.
Earlier this month the district announced that 98 percent of its full-time certificated employees would be returning for the 2022-23 school year, but did not indicate how many positions it needs to fill.
The district’s website has nearly 200 open positions posted. The Cobb school district has nearly 18,000 employees and is the largest employer in Cobb County.
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