
Stimulus update: Teachers at Arkansas district will receive one-time $1,500 bonus payment tomorrow
Asher Notheis
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Christmas will come early for eligible teachers in the Fort Smith School District in Arkansas, as they will be given a one-time payment of $1,500 on Thursday.
The payments were approved by the school board earlier this year on May 9 and are set to be delivered by Thursday. The bonus check is intended to provide relief to teachers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic, and will be paid out of the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund budget, according to Talk Business.
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“Qualified staff include classroom teachers and other department level certified staff, including but not limited to, interventionists, instructional specialists, special education coordinators, and adult education teachers,” read an email from Charles Warren, Fort Smith Public Schools’ chief financial officer. “School-level administrators (such as principals and assistant principals) will also qualify.”
Some school staff, including district-level administrators such as department directors, will not qualify for this payment. Other staff members who do not qualify include nurses, police officers, and professional support staff, as they have separate salary schedules, according to Warren’s email.
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Teachers are also set to receive a benefit from the Certified Salary Schedule, which will raise their salaries by $3,471.81 annually, a 5.89% pay increase for the 2022-2023 school year.
The bonus payments come as many across the United States continue to face high inflation amid the busy Christmas season.