The last week of April featured the all-important legislative crossover deadline. WakeEd has been following several bills that address drivers education funding, teacher pay, financial flexibility, and calendar flexibility. We thought a review of how these bills have moved through the General Assembly would be helpful. As a reminder, bills that are introduced must be …
You remember long division, yes? In this instance, the math goes something like this: How much of a teacher supplement increase can $3.75 million provide for just about 10,000 teachers? The short answer is: about $375. Per year. Pre-tax. Which, divided over 10 months, equals about $37.50 per month. Now check your work. And consider …
Long Division – Teacher Supplement Increase Approved Read More »
That’s the question for the WCPSS Board of Education. For this school year, county commissioners approved a recurring $3.75 million to apply to teacher supplements. This money is a local addition to state base salaries. It helps Wake County attract and retain high quality teachers, and addresses cost of living differences in Wake County versus …
A final budget was presented to, and adopted by, the Board of Education for the 2014-2015 school year. As discussed in a prior edition of In Context, the district faced an overall reduction in state funding of $1.5 million. With legislative teacher raises other benefit cost increases, they also faced an additional $11.1 million in …
The Board of Education unanimously voted to request an additional $3.75 million in funding from the Wake County Commissioners that has been reserved for teacher supplemental pay. County commissioners made the offer back during budget negotiations as a local effort to boost teacher pay. That the Board of Education voted to request the funding is …
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