Proposal would pay eligible Wisconsin teachers $7,000 every five years

If enacted, the Department of Public Instruction would pay each eligible teacher a $7,000 bonus. A teacher must be licensed by the state superintendent and continuously employed as a teacher by the same school board throughout the previous five school years. The payment would come from the appropriation created for these bonuses. Payments would begin in the 2031-32 school year. Later bonuses would cover separate five-year periods.

If enacted, each school board would report eligible teachers' names to the Department of Public Instruction every year. The report would list teachers employed by that board who qualify for a bonus. Annual reporting would begin in the 2031-32 school year.