According to several people involved in the negotiations, that “framework” involves laying out the amounts of money available in each budget area for Education, Health and Human Services, government operations, etc. The top-level budget spreadsheet that provides a snapshot of the $21 billion budget – has been agreed to, but many of the details are still up in the air.
What about those details? According to WRAL-TV. the $21 billion spending plan includes a 7% raise. Is that an average raise? What about teacher assistants and other ESP’s?
How the pay raise will be funded is a question still to be answered, since the salary schedule has not been released. NCAE supports a sustainable, long-term commitment to raising teacher salaries to at least the national average. Longevity is a separately earned benefit and should not be used to help fund a pay raise. Further, teacher pay raises should not be funded by cutting other needed education programs and resources.
