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Wake County Closes Pay Gap for Local Teachers | Raleigh News
Wake County’s school board just pulled off a bold budget move, shuffling $17.6 million to ensure locally-funded teachers get the same 8% raise as state-paid colleagues — a fix needed after the state’s July budget left thousands of local educators behind. The vote, 7-2, came with tough trade-offs: slashing $5M from the fund balance, shifting $4.9M in local costs to the state, cutting charter school and substitute teacher budgets by $1M each, and trimming smaller amounts across other programs. Board members blame the state, saying elections have consequences beyond county lines — but teachers…
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