General Assembly passes budget with 8% average teacher raises, plus funds for literacy, math, and research
by Ben Humphries, Molly Steur and Hannah Vinueza McClellan |
Over a year after the original deadline, state lawmakers passed a budget that appropriates $19.4 billion to education, $12.5 billion of which goes to K-12 items, including an average 8% raise for teachers that brings North Carolina’s starting teacher salary to just below the national average.
