The bonuses do come with strings: They only go to those who have received a satisfactory evaluation. In Granite District, the most recent evaluation for beginning teachers and some career teachers came in November, district spokesman Randy Ripplinger said. Eight did not hit the mark and therefore won't get the bonus, though they could get it after their next evaluation.

Also, no school district administrators get a bonus, even if they are certificated, under the law.

The Murray Board of Education, however, decided to give district bosses, except the superintendent and the business administrator, the same $960 bonus teachers are getting, business administrator Tim Leffel said. The district will pay for that itself.

Murray and Davis employees officially got their bonuses Friday.

But some Murray teachers' money apparently landed in their checking accounts Thursday. One was worried enough about it to call.

"They think we made a mistake and they'll have to pay it back," Leffel said Thursday. "I'm probably going to get 100 calls like that tomorrow."

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