Yes. Employees who post-date August 1, 2022 on their resignation or retirement form WILL receive the first stipend as long as they were employed by the last day of their tier. 

Eligibility is based on employment dates and employee status. This is a multiple tiered stipend. Payout amounts will vary based on employee type and employment dates. 

• Stipend 1:
  • Be employed with the District on February 1, 2021 and the last day of their school tier to be eligible for the largest stipend. For school tier dates, please reference this page.
  • If not employed as of February 1, 2021, be employed with the District on October 1, 2021 and the last day of their school tier to be eligible for the next highest stipend.
  • If not employed as of February 1, 2021 or October 1, 2021, be employed with the District on February 1, 2022 and on the last day of their school tier to be eligible to receive a stipend.
• Stipend 2:
  • Be employed with the District on October 1, 2021and the last day before the winter break (2022-23 current calendar - December 16, 2022)
• Stipend 3:
  • Be employed with the District on October 1, 2022 and the last day of school (2022-23 current calendar- May 24, 2022) to receive the largest stipend amount.
  • If not employed on October 1, 2022, then needs to be employed on February 1, 2023 and the last day of school to receive a stipend.
• Stipend 4:
  • Be employed with the District on October 1, 2023 and the last day before the winter break
• Stipend 5:
  • Be employed with the District on October 1, 2023 and the last day of school to receive the largest stipend amount.
  • If not employed on October 1, 2023, then needs to be employed on February 1, 2024 and the last day of school to receive a stipend.

There are four categories of employment for this stipend:

1. Teachers and Paraprofessionals, which includes certified and non certified teachers, master teachers, librarians, psychologists, educational diagnosticians/audiologists, speech pathologists, counselors, social workers, ROTC teachers, behavioral interventionists, early intervention specialists, ESL Coaches, nurse/nurse practitioners, OT/PTs and paraprofessionals, including interpreters.
2. School Administrators, which includes Principals, Assistant Principals, Deans and Director of Cuillier/Connection
3. School-based Employees, which includes School custodial staff, school child nutrition staff, bus drivers, bus attendants/PTSP, monitors, and school clerical
4. All other employees is any employee who does not fall into the other three categories 

If an employee was not in attendance, at any time, during the eligibility period, the employee is not eligible. If you are not currently eligible for this stipend but meet eligibility requirements for future stipends, you would be eligible for future payments.

• Example 1: A teacher was on a leave on February 1, 2021, but returned to work on November 1, 2021. They are entitled to the $1,500 stipend to be paid in July 2022.
• Example 2: A teacher was on a leave on February 1, 2021 and returned back to work on November 1, 2021. However, the teacher had to return back to leave status on May 1, 2022. Since the teacher was in attendance during the period of eligibility, they are entitled to the $1,500 stipend to be paid in July 2022.
• Example 3: A teacher was on a leave on February 1, 2021 and has yet to return to work. Since they were not in attendance at any point during the period of eligibility, they are not eligible to receive Stipend 1. If they return to work during the time period for Stipend 2, they would be eligible for the second stipend.

You do not need to do anything to receive the stipend.

No, you will only receive one stipend per payout date. You will be paid based on the highest category. For example, if you are a paraprofessional who also works as a bus attendant, then will receive the stipend as a paraprofessional not as a bus attendant.

The stipend will be based on the position that is held on the last day before the winter break or the last day of school, whichever is applicable. 

For example, on March 10, 2021, an employee was a master teacher (category: teacher/para). As of the last day of school for the 2021-22 school year, the employee is an assistant principal (category: school administrator). The employee would be paid a stipend based on the school administrator category.

Stipends will be paid out via direct deposit to your regular bank account.

The first stipend will be paid on or before July 29, 2022. More concrete dates will be provided closer to the payout date. The remaining stipends will be paid in January 2023, June 2023, January 2024, and June 2024.

Eligibility requirements go through the end of the winter break or the completion of the school year. There is a lag time from the last eligibility date to the payment date due to the Finance Department collecting paper-based timekeeping then running eligibility checks for the entire District. The District will make every effort to pay out the stipend as soon as possible. However, completing this analysis districtwide is a large undertaking with limited resources while continuing to pay out all other stipends and regular pay on pre-existing timelines. For stipend 1, Tier 3’s last day is June 10, 2022 and timekeeping will be collected on June 16, 2022, which means the District can not begin the eligibility checking until that time.

Yes, the District is required to withhold taxes and retirement benefits.

No, these stipends are in addition to the millage stipends that can be found online.

The funding source of these stipends is ESSER. The period of availability for these funds expires in September 2024. Therefore, the last stipend of this comprehensive plan will be in June 2024.

The actual date will be adjusted. The District has intentionally not provided specific dates since it could be adjusted. However, the statement of the last day before the winter break and the last day of school will remain consistent.

For example, on the 2022-2023 school year calendar, the last before the winter break is Friday, December 16, 2022. If the calendar is not adjusted, then December 16, 2022 will remain the date. However, if the District needs to revise the calendar for recovery days, then it is possible that the date could change to December 19 or 20, 2022. The Board approved 2022-2023 calendar can be found online.

Please email salaryandbenefits@jpschools.org.