Governor Cooper released a new video today on his multi-year plan to raise teacher salaries to first in the Southeast in three years and at least the national average in five years. The Governor’s plan includes an average 5% raise this year and another average 5% the next year. This is the largest two-year investment in North Carolina teacher salaries in the last decade.
“It’s time to raise our teacher pay to at least the national average,” Governor Cooper says in the video. “We’ve done it before, and we can do it again.”
Governor Cooper has also proposed giving teachers a direct annual stipend of $150 to offset out-of-pocket expenses for classroom supplies since many teachers stretch their already tight budgets to pay for basic classroom supplies themselves.
Click here to watch the video.