Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) today released the following statement in response to the NC House's state budget proposal.
“We appreciate lawmakers’ recognition of the urgent need to raise starting teacher pay and restore master’s pay to help address the teacher shortage faced by our public schools. Attracting new and highly qualified educators into the profession is essential, but if we want our schools to be the best in the Southeast, we need to do more for veteran teachers, who are the backbone of our public schools.
While proposed salaries are a mixed bag, we remain concerned that both the Senate and the House budgets prioritize tax cuts and private school vouchers instead of investing in the majority of students. Our students deserve experienced, well-supported educators in every classroom, not a budget that prioritizes the wealthy and corporations over public schools.”
- Tamika Walker Kelly, NCAE President
