Teachers get raises, bonuses from federal COVID relief funds meant to reopen schools safely

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Teachers get raises, bonuses from federal COVID relief funds meant to reopen schools safely

Via Just The News:

This week’s Golden Horseshoe once again goes to the U.S. Department of Education for allowing school districts to use pandemic relief funds for pay raises and bonuses for teachers despite the funds being appropriated to reopen schools safely. 

Schools nationwide received $190 billion through three relief packages passed. Of that total, the largest sum, $122 billion, was from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. 

The federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds were ostensibly meant to reopen schools safely amid the pandemic and return students to in-person instruction. Millions, however, were used for COVID-19 bonuses, teacher pay raises, even to cover payroll, Just The News found.

Teachers, who are public employees, continued receiving their normal pay despite school closures while teaching remotely. 

Connecticut, which was awarded over $1.6 billion in ESSER funding, spent $21.1 million on “personal services-salaries” and $2.6 million on employee benefits, the state websiteshows.

Detroit Public Schools used $60 million of its pandemic relief funds to give out COVID-19 bonuses, school documents show. 

“Salary increases will be one-time bonuses funded through COVID funding,” the Detroit Public Schools Community District report showed.

The Detroit Federation of Teachers signed a school reopening letter of agreement with DPSCD that detailed the “COVID-19 supplement of $500 each quarter” for union members.

“DFT bargaining unit members who mainly or entirely perform their job duties in-person, face-to-face, for the 2021-22 academic year shall receive a COVID-19 supplement of $500 for each quarterly marking period that they complete through June 30, 2022,” the union agreement with DPSCD stated. 

In addition, teachers who provide blended or virtual teaching will receive a total of $2,000 in COVID-19 bonus payments through the end of June 2022.

Schools nationwide received $190 billion through three relief packages passed. Of that total, the largest sum, $122 billion, was from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. 

The federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds were ostensibly meant to reopen schools safely amid the pandemic and return students to in-person instruction. Millions, however, were used for COVID-19 bonuses, teacher pay raises, even to cover payroll, Just The News found.

Teachers, who are public employees, continued receiving their normal pay despite school closures while teaching remotely. 

Connecticut, which was awarded over $1.6 billion in ESSER funding, spent $21.1 million on “personal services-salaries” and $2.6 million on employee benefits, the state websiteshows.

Detroit Public Schools used $60 million of its pandemic relief funds to give out COVID-19 bonuses, school documents show. 

“Salary increases will be one-time bonuses funded through COVID funding,” the Detroit Public Schools Community District report showed.

The Detroit Federation of Teachers signed a school reopening letter of agreement with DPSCD that detailed the “COVID-19 supplement of $500 each quarter” for union members.

“DFT bargaining unit members who mainly or entirely perform their job duties in-person, face-to-face, for the 2021-22 academic year shall receive a COVID-19 supplement of $500 for each quarterly marking period that they complete through June 30, 2022,” the union agreement with DPSCD stated. 

In addition, teachers who provide blended or virtual teaching will receive a total of $2,000 in COVID-19 bonus payments through the end of June 2022.

 


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