Press Releases

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.

Governor Roy Cooper was in Asheville yesterday meeting with teachers to talk about the need for a significant teacher pay raise.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper heard from local educators in a roundtable discussion at North Buncombe Elementary School.

As legislative Republicans refuse to compromise with Governor Roy Cooper, another week has passed without a raise for North Carolina teachers.

Three North Carolina teachers will get Governor’s Educator Discovery Awards to help strengthen their work in the classroom, Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Business Committee for Education announced.

Republican leadership continues to play games with teachers by excluding them from raises that other state employees received this week. 

Legislative Republicans headed home last week without passing a budget or teacher pay raises and don’t plan to return until September 30th.

Today Governor Roy Cooper encouraged high school students across North Carolina to participate in the state’s first application development competition.

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.

It’s been 49 days since Governor Roy Cooper shared a balanced budget compromise offer to Republican legislators.