Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to pass the required resolution and notify the department of the same within 21 calendar days from the date the Act becomes a law, to receive funding from the department to award bonuses to teachers employed in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025.

SB 1891 extends eligibility for teacher bonuses under the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to local school districts and public charter schools that initially did not receive funding for these bonuses. To qualify, these schools must adopt a required resolution and submit it to the state education department by June 1, 2026. If they meet this deadline, the department must award each teacher employed during the 2024-2025 school year a one-time bonus of at least $2,000. Teachers not employed in a K-12 public school during 2024-2025 are ineligible, and unclaimed bonuses for departing teachers are redistributed to current teachers employed in that year.