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Merit-based teacher pay rewards excellence and encourages outstanding teachers to enter and remain in the profession
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican legislators take paid vacation with no one to blame for budget impasse but themselves; Enactment of Medicaid Expansion and teacher raises hang in balance
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 5:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Public school teachers would receive “a substantial investment” of a minimum 10% pay bump under a resolution passed March 2 by the North Carolina State Board of Education.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 10:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Teachers will see an average raise of 4.2%, non-certified school employees get average raise of 4%.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Randi Weingarten, president of prominent teachers’ union American Federation of Teachers (AFT), tweeted on Monday her support for a controversial op-ed that falsely claimed parents don’t have the right to “shape their kids’ curriculum.”
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 1:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The new state budget provides an increase of 1.3 percent for each step of the salary schedule. In addition to several bonuses the budget also gives teachers an average 5 percent pay raise over two years.
Published: Saturday, January 15th, 2022 @ 2:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Bill 818 includes an experienced-based “step” salary increase and a $350 bonus.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2020 @ 8:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians support Governor Roy Cooper’s push for increased school funding, higher teacher pay raises and affordable healthcare by wide margins, a new poll release Friday shows.
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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In all likelihood, Gov. Roy Cooper will have a competitive race for reelection in his bid for a second term in 2020.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2019 @ 11:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Cooper met with teachers in Durham to talk about the need for a significant pay raise.
Published: Monday, November 25th, 2019 @ 3:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper called on legislators to stand with him and North Carolina’s teachers to demand negotiations on a real pay raise for all educators on the state payroll.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Republican Party spokesman Jeff Hauser released the following statement after Governor Cooper vetoed teacher pay raises and additional tax relief
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rep. Jeffrey Elmore, R-Wilkes, said one of his teaching colleagues inadvertently took a pay cut.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers are forcing their Democratic colleagues to choose between sustaining Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto or securing higher teacher pay raises.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2019 @ 11:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Governor Cooper announced the creation of the Governor's Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming at Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper held a roundtable discussion with teachers and administrators at Dixon Elementary School in Onslow County.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 @ 11:01 am
By: Governor's Office
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The legislature has once again gone on vacation without doing anything for teachers who have started the school year without a state-funded pay raise.
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 @ 5:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper was in Asheville yesterday meeting with teachers to talk about the need for a significant teacher pay raise.
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2019 @ 3:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper heard from local educators in a roundtable discussion at North Buncombe Elementary School.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2019 @ 8:18 am
By: Governor's Office
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As legislative Republicans refuse to compromise with Governor Roy Cooper, another week has passed without a raise for North Carolina teachers.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 11:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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Republican leadership continues to play games with teachers by excluding them from raises that other state employees received this week.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 5:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Legislative Republicans headed home last week without passing a budget or teacher pay raises and don’t plan to return until September 30th.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 3:40 am
By: Governor's Office
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It has been 52 days since Governor Roy Cooper sent Republican leaders a balanced budget compromise offer that included an 8.5% teacher pay raise that would keep North Carolina competitive in teacher salaries.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 11:23 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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Today should be like any other day as children and teachers return to school: reunite with friends, new classes and new challenges, and another teacher pay raise.
Published: Monday, August 26th, 2019 @ 11:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It’s been 44 days since Governor Roy Cooper and Democratic leaders presented a balanced compromise budget offer that included a robust teacher pay raise.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 8:22 am
By: Governor's Office
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As they prepare for the start of the new school year, educators from across the state participated in a roundtable discussion with Governor Roy Cooper in Raleigh today.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 @ 2:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Many North Carolina teachers head back to school this week to prepare for the first day of class. Unfortunately, these hardworking teachers have not received a state pay raise this year because Republican stalling is holding up budget negotiations.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2019 @ 3:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper and Democrats continue to hold the entire $24 billion state budget hostage to force the expansion of government-run Medicaid in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 @ 3:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"North Carolina should put a school bond to a vote so the people can decide whether to fix our old schools and build new ones. Skimming money that should go to teacher pay raises and other school funding is like using your gas money to buy a car."
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 7:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One reason teachers and state employees may not have seen the raises they wanted in recent years is that the government's cost for pensions and retiree health benefits has climbed from 8 percent of payroll 10 years ago to 19 percent of payroll this year
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2018 @ 1:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $23.9 billion balanced budget adjustment with bipartisan support yesterday, Thursday, May 31, 2018
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:43 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Bickering over the state education budget opened the floodgates to a red sea in downtown Raleigh
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Five years ago, Senate Republicans made a promise to dramatically raise teacher pay in North Carolina. We've kept that promise. Moreover, the numbers speak for themselves
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:35 am
By: Bill Cook
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The state's top legislative leaders say they're eager to talk to teachers gathering in Raleigh on Wednesday, May 16, about a 6.2 percent average pay raise they'll receive next year
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2018 @ 2:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week the News & Observer reported on how Durham Public Schools (DPS) is debating a proposal to build 24 one and two bedroom apartments and then rent them to teachers at below market rates
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 3:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) voted today in support of the final budget compromise with the House of Representatives
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:39 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Politically charged debates over teacher pay are nothing new
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 2:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $22.9 billion balanced budget Friday, May 12, 2017
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2017 @ 10:39 am
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Roy Cooper today released details on his plan to give all North Carolina public school teachers a pay raise, the largest investment in teacher pay in a decade
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2017 @ 12:52 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced a multi-year investment in North Carolina teachers that would raise teacher salaries to first in the Southeast in three years and at least the national average in five years
Published: Monday, February 27th, 2017 @ 9:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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