A North Carolina school district is in the hot seat after issuing bonuses to teachers , only to ask for the extra coins back! On Jan. 12, 225 teachers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) district received $1,250 bonuses on their paychecks.
Five days later, CMS caught the processing error. The money was meant for “new” educators as a recruitment incentive. CMS contacted the vet teachers about returning the bonuses on Jan. 18, per PEOPLE . In total, the payroll mistake cost the school district $281,250 in bonuses.
CMS clarified in a statement that:
“These 225 teachers are not new to their area and should not have received the bonus.”
Instead, CMS planned to issue monthly funds for the critically needed teachers, per WPTV .
“These teachers do receive the monthly ‘retention’ critical shortage differential in the amount of $200 a month. However, the recruitment bonus was inadvertently processed, as well, this month in error,” CMS reportedly stated.