Georgia’s government will put a little extra jingle in the pockets of state, university and public school employees, paying them a $1,000 year-end bonus, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday.
The Republican governor also said he would propose a permanent $104 million yearly allocation for school security going forward, enough to provide $45,000 to every Georgia public school, as he makes further plans to spend Georgia’s $11 billion in surplus funds.
Officials said the roughly 112,000 state and university employees would get the extra $1,000 by the end of the year, while school districts will determine when the roughly 196,000 teachers and support staff get the bonus. Elected officials and judges won’t get the cash.
“We have heard from our agency heads about the need to retain those with valuable skills and knowledge,” Kemp said during a news conference at the Georgia Capitol. “This one time end-of-year retention payment will help us do just that.”
As a GA employee, this is pretty frustrating. Just increase my pay already, please.
My coworkers who are Kemp fans are all for it, though 🙄
Kemp loves to brag about the budget surplus that GA has, but all that tells me is that they’re not using the money the tax payers are giving them. They’re just hoarding it.
Please raise teacher salaries, improve roadways, give us public transportation, something
100%. Especially teachers’ salaries. They really really deserve (and need) it.