Bristol, TN Schools approve bonuses for teachers/staff

The Bristol, Tennessee Board of Education on Monday approved one-time bonuses for teachers and support staff. Teachers and other eligible full-time employees will get $2,000 bonuses and eligible part-time employees will get $1,000 bonuses. The teacher bonuses will be paid for by the state under the governor’s expanded school voucher program. The bonuses for everyone else will be paid for by the school system. In order to get state funding for the teacher bonuses, the board had to affirm its participation in Section 4 of the Education Freedom Scholarship Act, which was passed by the General Assembly in late January.