Tift School System approves employee bonuses Tift County Schools logo (Source: Tift County Schools) By Dave Miller | March 17, 2021 at 8:57 AM EDT - Updated March 17 at 9:01 AM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - The Tift County Board of Education has approved a $1,000 one-time bonus to all employees of the school system, full-time and part-time, Frank Sayles reports in the Tifton Grapevine.
The school board unanimously passed the measure last week 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-12th grade teachers and staff for their efforts in the pandemic during the past year.