Lafayette Parish teachers will receive a nearly $3,000 bonus check with 2002 half-cent sales tax funding.
The Lafayette Parish School Board voted unanimously at its October meeting to approve the $2,908.74 payments to be distributed to eligible employees this month.
The money comes from about $8.1 million in excess funding collected from the sales tax. The funding in the past has been used for one-time “bonus” checks and for permanent raises…