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House PASSES 2016 Budget

May 17, 2016 Written by Elizabeth

Here’s the House budget, proposed on May 16 and passed on May 19. It includes small teacher pay raises. They average 3% but are structured so that teachers in the middle of their careers get more than new or veteran teachers. Those teachers would get bonuses of $1,000, paid throughout the year, rather than salary increases. Those bonuses would however, count toward retirement. The main budget writer for the House, Rep. Nelson Dollar (R-Wake) stated that “the House’s goal is to see us be at or above the average teacher salary for the Southeast.” This is a lower goal than seeking to reach the national average, and we are currently 9th out of the 12 Southeastern states.

The NCAE has more highlights of the education budget:

  • Provides $46.8 million for enrollment growth of nearly 5,900 students.
  • Replaces $57.3 million in General Fund dollars with lottery money to pay for non-instructional support personnel. This area is now fully-supported by lottery funds, which should be used to enhance education funding, not supplant current General Fund spending on schools.
  • Provides $25 million for literacy coaches to support Read to Achieve, but would mean elimination of the first-grade class size reduction passed last year and reduction in reading camp funds.
  • Provides $11.6 million in one-time funds for textbooks and digital materials. We would remain about 34 percent below pre-recession levels.
  • Provides $5 million in one-time funds for instructional supplies. We would remain about 50 percent below pre-recession levels.
  • Provides $1.3 million to reinstate funding for salary supplements to instructional coaches who have earned National Board Certification.
  • Provides $5.8 million in additional private school voucher funds for Special Education Scholarship grants.
  • Provides $1.1 million for a differentiated pay pilot similar to Project LIFT in Charlotte.
  • Provides $4.3 million for $50 dollar bonuses for Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate teachers for each student who scores highly on exams or CTE teachers whose students pass industry certifications.
  • Provides $2 million in the university budget for a N.C. Scholarship for Teacher Advancement and Retention program similar to the N.C. Teaching Fellows program previously eliminated.
  • Modifies A-F letter grading system of schools from 80 percent performance and 20 percent growth to 50-50.  It would also keep the 15-point system in place.
  • In addition, Health & Human Services budget writers approved spending $4 million more to fund an additional 800 pre-K slots.

You can also see NC DPI’s comparison of the governor’s proposal and the House budget here.

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