he NC House Budget
- Teachers – Will earn an experience step movement on the new salary schedule. The raise is an average pay increase of 5 percent in 2014-15. It will be phased in over the next three years. NOTE: All teachers at the top of their respective schedules who cannot move to an additional step will be granted a one-time bonus of 2 percent.
- School Based Administrators – Will earn an experience step movement on the salary schedule if eligible to move. Administrators who do not receive a raise under the new schedule will be granted a one-time 2 percent bonus.
- Education Support Professionals (ESPs) – All permanent employees will receive a flat $1,000 permanent raise added to their current salary. The House appropriated a total of $1,236 to provide coverage for benefits.
- Central Office Personnel – All permanent employees will receive a flat $1,000 permanent raise added to their current salary. The House appropriated a total of $1,236 to provide coverage for benefits.
- Retirees – Will receive a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) of 1.44 percent.
- Longevity Pay – Maintained
- NBCT Pay – Maintained. Now granted to instructional coaches who work in Title I Schools.
- Funding for ESPs:
- Maintains all 7,400 positions cut in the Senate Budget. Restores $233 million to the K-12 budget.
- Maintains school transportation positions and maintenance of school bus services (saves close to 1,000 positions statewide).
