![]() MarylandĮarly this year, Maryland handed out stimulus checks to low- to moderate-income households. The Peach State also provided $1,000 bonuses to 57,000 state employees earning $80,000 or less. ![]() Georgia opted to give its full-time teachers and administrators $1,000 stimulus payments, described as "thank you" bonuses. Some 408,000 people got the money, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said. The payments targeted lower-income households and weren't available to anyone who qualified for more than $500 a week in base unemployment benefits. Jared Polis announced last fall, included $375 checks for residents who received at least one unemployment payment between March 15 and Oct. States that previously paid out stimulus checks Colorado Several Texas school districts have approved pay raises for educators instead of direct payments. In nearby Denton, teachers will receive $500 and a 2% pay increase if they return to work in the fall, for the 2021-2022 school year. In the Dallas suburb of Irving, the bonus is as much as $2,000. While there’s no statewide program for COVID relief payments in Texas, some local school districts are providing their employees with stimulus checks in the form of retention bonuses. It's expected the checks will be mailed out by the end of this year. Lawmakers had originally proposed a 2% raise for educators, but it was ultimately replaced with a one-time payment of $1,000 for full-time teachers. The state's Human Services Department said in an early August news release that the entire $5 million was not paid out, so a second round of checks would be issued "within the next couple of months." TennesseeĮarlier this year, Tennessee's state legislature passed a bill providing teachers with hazard pay for making it through the worst of the pandemic. The Sunshine State also is paying first responders - including law enforcement officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and firefighters - up to $1,000 as an acknowledgment of the many sacrifices they've been making throughout the crisis. In recognition of the special difficulties teachers have had navigating their way through the pandemic, Florida has been doling out $1,000 checks to its educators. Checks will be issued automatically, to Californians who filed 2020 tax returns. Households with dependent children will get an additional $500. The new payments are expected to go out in September and will give each California resident between $500 and $600. ![]() An earlier wave primarily went to those making $30,000 or less. Quirks in the state's tax system, the record-shattering stock market and other factors have left California with a huge budget surplus, which it will soon be tapping to send cash to residents earning $75,000 or less. California is preparing to distribute its second round of stimulus checks, and the nation's most populous state is using its own money to do it - not federal funds.
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