{"id":347,"date":"2026-06-08T16:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:05:50","slug":"state-board-of-education-warns-proposed-nc-teacher-pay-plan-leaves-veterans-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"State Board of Education warns proposed NC teacher pay plan leaves veterans behind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of the State Board of Education this week raised concerns that North Carolina\u2019s proposed plan to raise teacher pay leaves veteran teachers behind.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last month, Republican lawmakers announced plans for an average 8% raise in teacher pay over two years, with the largest percentage gains heavily front-loaded toward early-career teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The plan would raise starting teacher pay to $48,000, a figure House Speaker Destin Hall said would make North Carolina the top state in the Southeast for beginning teacher pay.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs best we can tell, (this is) the largest average teacher pay increase at least since 2006 and one of the largest that we\u2019ve seen in probably the last 30 years or so,\u201d Hall said during a press conference last month announcing the plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the plan, raises for beginning teachers will range from about 10% to 17%, but teachers with 15 to 24 years of experience would receive only a 5.5% increase.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Catty Moore, a member of the board, said that while the plan gives everyone a bump from current pay, it leaves in place the current structure that provides no annual step increases for teachers with 15 to 24 years of experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is any differentiation beyond 15 years, that happens based on how the local supplement might be applied in a district,\u201d Moore said, noting that counties can choose to target their local tax dollars toward veteran educators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But even that is under threat by a new Republican-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the amount by which local governments can increase property taxes, Moore said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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