HOW TEACHERS GET THEIR JOBS AND WHO PAYS THEM

The North Carolina General Assembly allocates to each school district specific teaching positions.  If all the rules are followed, a school superintendent couldn’t hire a math teacher into a French class position and then teach math.  However, there is some flexibility for districts to plead their cases to “swap” positions.   If she can’t manipulate the system, she may still find money from another source.  The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Funding chart below shows what this looks like.  

NC State Board of Education 
 State Salary Schedules

LINK TO 2024-2025 PAY SCHEDULES
Teacher pay, as well as ​that of other positions such as secretaries and tradesmen, is provided by the General Assembly and set annually in the State Board of Education's State Salary Schedules.  LEAs (Local Education Agency) may supplement pay with grants, county, and federal funds.  Additionally, the General Assembly provides funds where local conditions of low wealth or low population make local supplements insufficient.  
2022-23 COUNTY PER STUDENT FUNDING RANGES FROM $653 TO $6598
I n 2022-2023, the range of per student county appropriations was a lowly $653 in Robeson to $6598 in  Orange.   Mecklenburg was $3963.  Unlike the state, counties may choose not to supplement all positions.  

   State-wide Local Funding Disparities

 In recent years, our annual studies have consistently identified several key trends that have contributed to a deepening of educational inequity across districts over time. First, there is a large and widening gap between wealthier counties and those with lower levels of wealth. As a result, there are significant disparities in the ability of counties with different levels of wealth to provide their schools with the necessary resources, particularly given the increasing role of local spending over time. We have also found that lower wealth counties tax themselves at higher rates than wealthier counties, but are still unable to generate comparable tax revenue to wealthier counties that make less taxing effort. The ten poorest districts taxed themselves at 1.7 times the average tax rate of the ten wealthiest counties in 2022-23. Residents living in lower wealth districts face a substantially greater financial burden to support public education, while still finding that their schools are more poorly resourced than those in wealthier counties.                                                                                Source and link:  Public School Forum
FIRST PAGE OF STATE SCHEDULE
LINK TO 2024-2025 PAY SCHEDULES
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