How will state salaries and benefits change as budget takes effect?

RALEIGH -- The state budget that took effect Saturday will give teachers an average pay raise of 3.3 percent in the coming year, and will raise most other state employees’ pay by a flat $1,000.

Under the teacher pay plan, teachers with 17 to 24 years of experience would see some of the biggest raises. Starting teacher pay would remain at $35,000, but teachers at most experience levels would get a raise.

State lawmakers enacted the budget over a veto from Gov. Roy Cooper, who said he wanted larger teacher raises.

Here are some of the other ideas on pay and benefits that the N.C. General Assembly considered during more than five months in Raleigh, and where those ideas stood by the time state lawmakers adjourned early Friday morning. For even more, read our roundups of what happened on education, the environment, public safety, taxes, elections, conflicts between the branches of government and some of the other notable issues of session.

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