Johnson County board OKs $500 staff bonus using state TISA outcome funds
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The Johnson County School Board voted to use a $312,955.50 state TISA outcome bonus — $223,227 allocated to the district — to provide a $500 bonus to every district employee, after the board amended the agenda to allow an immediate vote.
The Johnson County School Board voted to use state TISA outcome funds to provide a $500 bonus to each district employee.
Board members voted after amending the agenda to permit the action. The district's presenter told the board the total outcome bonus for the district and its associated Connections Academy flowed to $312,955.50, of which Johnson County Schools' portion is $223,227 and Connections Academy's portion is $89,728.50. "For a total of the outcome bonus, a 100% generated by the state, we received $312,955.50," the presenter said. The presenter also showed a staffing-cost example: a $500-per-employee payout would carry a fixed cost component that brings the total district cost to roughly $229,841.20.
Board member Mister Robinson moved to amend the agenda and brought the bonus proposal forward; the amendment and the subsequent bonus motion passed by roll-call vote of the members present. After the vote, the presenter thanked the board: "Thank you very much. And I know the staff will appreciate that."
The vote applied to all district employees and was structured so it would be funded entirely from the state outcome bonus; administrators said the bonus would not require district matching from federal or other restricted funds. The board did not adopt additional changes to compensation or base salary at the meeting.
Next steps: staff will implement payroll adjustments to deliver the one-time bonus, including accounting for the fixed payroll costs referenced in the presentation.