Gov. Roy Cooper's budget to include 5% average teacher pay raises

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that his budget will call for 5 percent teacher raises on average this year and next – with a goal of raising pay to the national average in five years.

Cooper’s teacher pay plan would cost $813 million over two years. Teachers would get raises of 10 percent on average over two years without raising taxes, Cooper said.

Veteran teachers wouldn’t be left out, the Democratic governor said. The details weren’t available yet, but all would get at least 3 percent and many long-time teachers would get more.

Cooper’s proposal would bring average salaries to more than $52,000 in 2017-2018 and nearly $55,000 in 2018-2019, according to a news release.

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