Teachers in the Fort Smith School District in the Arkansas will receive a one-time bonus check of $1,500 just in time for the holiday season.
The bonuses are designed to provide relief to most teachers at Fort Smith School District for working through the coronavirus pandemic and having to adapt to remote learning during that time.
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The one-time bonuses will only go to select “veteran” teachers in the school system, including adult education teachers, classroom teachers, instructional specialists, interventionists, and special education coordinators. Principals and assistant principals qualify, but district-level administrators do not qualify for the bonus payment.
The $1,500 bonus checks were approved in May by the school board and are set to be delivered by Dec. 15, per Talk Business.
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Teachers will receive a benefit from the Certified Salary Schedule, which raises salaries by $3,471.81 annually, a 5.89% pay increase for the current school year.
The bonus payments will be sent out to eligible teachers as inflation remains high going into the busy holiday shopping season. On Black Friday, shoppers nationwide spent $9.12 billion in online sales.
