Georgia Governor Announces $1,000 Year-End Bonus for Teachers, State Employees

Kemp also proposes a permanent $104 million yearly allocation for school security, with further plans to spend Georgia’s $11 billion in surplus funds.

• Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has announced a $1,000 year-end bonus for over 300,000 state employees, teachers, and school support staff.
• The bonuses, which will cost nearly $330 million, will be paid out of the current year's budget.
• School districts will determine when the approximately 196,000 teachers and school support staff across the state will receive the bonus.
• Kemp also plans to propose a permanent $104 million yearly allocation for school security, which would provide $45,000 to every public school in the state.
• The governor's administration is still reviewing whether it will propose permanent pay raises in the upcoming budget.

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