Tift County BOE approves $1,000 one-time bonus for all employees
Posted at 10:41 AM, Mar 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-17 17:08:37-04
TIFT COUNTY, Ga. (WTXL) â The Tift County Board of Education approved a $1,000 one-time bonus to all employees of the school system, full-time and part-time.
The BOE OKâd the measure Thursday night so that the bonus can get in employeesâ March paycheck before spring break. Gov. Brian P. Kemp, in his State of the State Address in January, had called for the $1,000 bonus for all K-12 grade teachers and staff for their efforts in the pandemic during the past year.
On Feb. 15, Kemp signed a supplemental midyear state budget with the bonuses to be paid, directly or indirectly, from federal COVID-19 relief funds. Tift County Schools Superintendent Adam Hathaway recommended that the bonuses be paid to the "entire team," all employees.