Raleigh, NC - The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is condemning legislative leaders for once again putting politics ahead of people by prioritizing redistricting over passing a long-overdue state budget. It has been nearly four months since lawmakers failed to meet their constitutional duty to pass a new biennial budget.
“It’s been more than a hundred days since lawmakers missed their deadline to pass a state budget — more than a hundred days without raises for educators and without the investments our 1.5 million public school students need.
While educators struggle to make ends meet and students go without essential resources, legislators are wasting time on political power grabs. North Carolina’s children deserve better. North Carolina’s lawmakers should stop drawing political maps and start drawing up a plan to fund our schools.”
- Tamika Walker Kelly, NCAE President
