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Budget Amendments - SB29 (Committee Approved)

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ARPA - K-12 Instructional and Support Positions Pandemic Bonus

Item 479.20 #2s

Item 479.20 #2s

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2021 $0 FY2022 $137,404,707 NGF

Language
Page 256, line 48, strike "$9,094,043,771" and insert "$9,231,448,478".

Page 260, after line 27, insert:

"5) $137,404,707 to Direct Aid to Public Education (197) to provide a one-time pandemic bonus payment equal to 1.9 percent of base pay, approximately $1,000, on June 1, 2022, for funded SOQ instructional and support positions and Academic Year Governor's School instructional and support positions. These funds cover the entire cost for a 1.9 percent bonus for funded SOQ instructional and support positions and Academic Year Governor's School instructional and support positions. The funds for which a division is eligible to receive shall require no match by the local government. Localities are encouraged to use additional available funds to provide pandemic bonuses to eligible school instructional and support positions."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $137.4 million NGF the second year from the federal State and Local Recovery Fund (SLRF), pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, to provide approximately a $1,000 bonus per funded instructional and support position. These funds cover the entire cost for the bonus and require no local match.)