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Some states are offering a stimulus check as an additional bonus up to $ 1, 000 dollars for teachers and school staff per their work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Teachers have been considered among the group of front-line workers who have had to be exposed to a greater risk, like other workers, to ensure that educational services will continue during the pandemic while the majority of people stayed at home.
As a token of appreciation for their efforts Some states have passed legislation allowing an additional stimulus check to be awarded as a “thank you” risk premium.
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What are the states that have distributed a stimulus check to teachers?
Michigan
In October the state from Michigan reserved $ 73 millions of dollars of federal funds to provide a risk premium to teachers and support staff in schools , as part of an agreement reached between Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the state legislature.
awarded the teachers the “Michigan Classroom Hero Scholarships”, which awarded a bonus of $ 500 dollars for all teachers and $ 250 dollars for the rest of the school personnel .
Georgia
Georgia approved in March a retention premium of $ 1, 000 Dollars. About 230,000 public school teachers and staff were able to opt for the payments, which sought to boost hiring and retention after a difficult year, as well as offering a token of gratitude for their work and sacrifices during the pandemic COVID – 19.
Funds for Georgia payments come from the American Rescue Plan that provided the state $ 660. $ 6 million from the federal government. It is believed that the total cost of payments to teachers is about $ 230. $ 5 million , according to a report from the Wall Street Journal .
Another reason why entities have decided to distribute the money through a stimulus check because the states only have three more years to spend the stimulus money.
Some states that will approve an additional stimulus check for teachers
In Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed a similar program that was approved in March but it was not until June that payments began to be distributed.
The payments that are still pending for teachers will continue to send them at the beginning of the new school year.
It is estimated that around 175, 07 teachers and 3, 600 Florida directors will receive a $ 1 bonus, 000 dollars as thanks from the State . However, close to 120, 000 School staff members will not be included in the program which is estimated to cost the state $ 216 millions of dollars that have been paid with funds from the federal government.
Also states like Tennessee, California , Colorado and Texas are granting an additional stimulus check as a thank you to the educational staff.
In California the second stimulus check known as Golden State Stimulus may also receive it undocumented workers residing in the entity and obtain up to $ 2, 200 Dollars.
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