By Gerardo R. Partido
Variety News Staff

THE administration on Friday released $6 million to the Guam Public School System to enable GPSS to pay its employees.
According to the administration, the $6 million was enough to cover the release of the public school system’s gross payroll checks.
“This is enough money for GPSS to pay its employees’ gross payroll and to include all employee deductions for this pay period,” the governor’s office said in a statement.
Earlier, GPSS Superintendent Luis S.N. Reyes said the public school system may not be able to meet the Feb. 9 payroll for its employees.
GPSS has been having problems meeting its full payroll for a number of pay periods now, with GPSS employees only getting net pay and their deductions such as insurance payments remaining unpaid.
Last week, Reyes warned that GPSS has to make good on its gross payroll payments to avoid legal challenge.
With the release of the funds, the administration is now holding GPSS management responsible for releasing the payroll checks to its employees.
“The administration has met its obligations by releasing the funds for GPSS’s gross payroll. Now GPSS needs to release checks to its teachers and staff,” said George Bamba, the governor’s chief of staff.