Georgia’s state Board of Education has approved a plan to pay $1,000 bonuses to teachers and most other education employees, using in $240 million federal coronavirus relief money.
The Board of Education voted Thursday to send the money to Georgia school districts, which are in turn supposed to pay teachers before June 30.
Gov. Brian Kemp and state Superintendent Richard Woods, both Republicans, announced the plan in January. Woods told board members Thursday he thought it would encourage teachers to stay on the job.
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