Florida Teacher Bonus Checks Bounce

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6. Some teacher bonus checks are bouncing in Florida

By Lawrence Mower and Ana Ceballos
Published Sep. 24
Updated Yesterday

TALLAHASSEE — When dozens of Florida teachers tried to cash their state-issued $1,000 bonus checks this week, they got a startling response: “insufficient funds.”

No, the State of Florida hasn’t run out of money. Instead, the bad checks are being blamed on a “banking error” by JPMorgan Chase.

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The bounced checks were the latest glitch over DeSantis’ handling of $1,000 bonuses to teachers, principals and first responders, money that came from federal COVID relief funding.

Instead of sending the money to school districts to distribute, like in the past, DeSantis’ administration decided to issue the checks individually, with an accompanying letter signed by DeSantis. The state paid a private contractor $3.6 million to print and send the checks. That led some lawmakers and the union representing school teachers to accuse DeSantis of using the bonuses to score political points.

More: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/09/24/teacher-bonus-checks-are-bouncing-in-florida/?itm_source=parsely-api