An Oklahoma teacher was sent an email that asked her to return a $50,000 bonus that she applied for through a state wide bonus program. At least nine other teachers have been asked to pay back their bonus’s within 30 days.
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Why did this happen?
If they applied and didn't lie on their applications then they should keep the money. If they lied then thwy should pay it back. Simple as that.
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Outrageous
Sounds like a big kerfuffle. Not the teachers fault.
Receive $30K, but told to pay back $50K???
These teachers need to sue.
"bank error in your favor, collect $500."
other people making mistakes and giving away too much money is not your fault or your obligation to fix.
Not a chance. Do not send it back to those people. Sorry. They retaliate sue them for everything they own.
She got jewed outta 20k then gotta repay it all. The reach of the blue octopus is terrifying
What are the stipulations? For new recruits? I don’t understand.
So are they going to ask the tax department for the taxes paid as well. They don’t have that it was deducted? 😮
I don't know anyone who would not have immediately spent the money on bills and debts. You can't legally take back a gift, just ask Judge Judy!
They need a good lawyer! When sending out a signed letter to someone indicating they've been approved for said payment and payment was dispatched, there should be no obligation for the receiver to return the money. The signed letter indicating the approval should be taken as like a contract of payment. Personally, I would not return the money if I had a signed contract indicating approval of payment. I would get a good lawyer and take it to court!
This is like a $1M check for a contest was sent out to someone showing as if he was paid the money. The name of the issuing company was on the check header with their address and the name of their bank. The Check did not say VOID or SAMPLE on it. The person who received the check first photo copied the check before depositing it. His bank account was credited the amount. After about two months the issuer came back and told him this check was a sample. There was no indication of such on the check. The issuer took the man to court to collect back the money. When the guy's lawyer presented the photo copy of the check and the contest script indicating this as a winning amount, the judge told the issuer this looks like the real deal and he cannot take back the money. The check legally appeared to be authentic!
The more news i heard about the us internal issues, the more it just disappoint me. They have trillions to send abroad but to help pwn citizens.
So recently I applied for something. I filled out the application. I didn't meet the requirements. I didn't get the $$. Oklahoma should have viewed each application and denied those who didn't meet the requirements. I've never heard that you get the money and when they find out you don't meet the requirements, they want the money back! What kind of logic is that.
Oklahoma teacher pay is very low anyway. Oklahoma is always saying they want to keep their teachers
, well this aint the way. In this case the State made the mistake. The teachers didnt lie on their applications as stated in the interview. Oklahoma you wrong it was your mistake for approving the applications.
White collared schemes
If you get a $50,000 bonus, you KNOW it has to be a mistake.
I'm not a teacher, but this makes me livid. Our education system sucks. Teachers already don't make enough money as it is, and they're expected to parent unruly kids and invest all this time at the expense of their health, then the government teases them with a bonus program, only to take it away again and ask them to repay? How unfair! I don't know all the stipulations, and maybe some did try to defraud by asking for more money, but I suspect that this wasn't the case and the government is just finding a stupid loophole to get the money back.
I'm going to assume they lied about something and now the state is asking for the money back. If so, seems fair to me
50k bonus…. For what? Just asking?
How do you just apply for a bonus? I thought a bonus was earned
What I don't understand is whether or not the teachers lied or made mistake or the applications. If they did then, they should pay back the extra money they got.
Oklahoma needs to approve School Choice to get quality education and provide
equal funding to all students less transportation costs for private, religious or
home schooling. Yes, public schooling will suffer, but cost savings will occur
and education standards will improve.
She should give it back we need it for the migrants..they deserve it .shame on her
Bring out the baby and my red, white and blue shirt.
How long did they have the money before being asked to give it back?
Just when you think the government has run out of ways to scam people……
The lady lied on her application. Poeple stop being sheep. This lady lied and switched schools to seem like a new teacher to recieve the bonus and they caught her and several amothers trying to work the system
You can just tell just by looking at them that they lied on the application and scammed the system. They should have to pay the company back.
Is there a lawyer in the house?
She is being charged for having that baby. It's a 5 year signing bonus. And then she got pregnant after receiving the signing bonus. Notice the newborn in her arms. She is literally being charged for having that child. They want that money back because by having that child. She was not in the classroom during the 5 year. Time frame that this bonus was for. You cannot charge women for having babies. You cannot retroactively charge women for having babies. Especially if the bonus didn't have a maternity clause. The state will lose and they will lose more teachers who this left a bad taste in their mouth for their co Workers. You thought you were short on teachers before Oklahoma. You're about to be even more short.
All CEOs can give back their bonuses also
its a good thing to call and confirm any money you get now if theres no mistake 😢😢🤨🤨🤨
Seems fraudulent. The school provides funds, but once retrieved, that money no longer remains within the school system. It can be used at their discretion, possibly even for personal gain. The recipient has already paid taxes on it.
In other words, the state government set up a series of rules on who could get the money but didn’t bother to double check before issuing the bonuses if the applicants were even eligible???!! Self reporting is all well and good but this is blatant negligence of whoever authorized these bonuses be paid in the first place. Honest mistakes happen, that’s why we have oversight-you know, the one job the government has: OVERSIGHT on how taxes get used. It’s literally 99% of the reason our state governments exist. Even if they did request the money back, it should not include any part that was taken by taxes. A very careless and lackadaisical performance of the state government only compounded by their nonchalant indifference to own up to their mistake. They want the money back, take it out of those overly inflated paychecks of the elected state representatives who were in charge of this slipshod operation in the first place!! 😠
More than what she makes in a year.
When it comes to the government. You always need a backup plan.
Wow Oklahoma sucks
If she lied on the application, then yes I can see her having to give back the money. BUT if she didn't lie and got the money by mistake, she should keep it, especially since giving the money back would put her in debt of $20k for someone else's mistake. Also if she didn't lie, was within the requirements to earn up to $50k, but giving her that money still qualified as a mistake, then that program is not doing what it should be doing.
If this doesn't get resolved and they have to give it back. I hope they give back the $30k-ish they got and tell the school district to get the rest from the government.
Teachers should not be getting any more taxpayer money
Get rid of these bonuses and get schools off property taxes
Base on what I heard in this video. The teacher was not eligible to get the bonus but applied and stated her employment history in the application form. The bonus was granted, tax collected.
Now they found out that it was a mistake and pinned it in the teacher to pay the money back included tax that was paid.
The mistake was on their end that granted the money. Unless it was stated in the formed to not apply if the teacher was not eligible. May be there's more to this. The worst case being false information was in the application applied by the teacher…
So are they saying these teachers lied on their resumes? If so, that would be considered a breach of contract and they could be held liable
See it be yall own ppl 😅
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