NC Teacher Tax

NC Teacher Tax

Exposing personalized NC teacher pay penalties – It's not what they "signed up for"

  • Methods & Updates
  • Site Creators
  • NC Student Tax – $137,000 per classroom

    The Class of 2023 was shortchanged $6,855 after the NC General Assembly slow walked restoration of per pupil expenditure to pre-Great Recession levels while slashing corporate income taxes and bragging about budget “surpluses” built on the backpacks of NC students. Assuming a 20:1 student to teacher ratio, that’s $137,000 per CLASSROOM over the last 12…

    educatedpolicy

    March 19, 2023
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  • Ally Image

    In addition to reaching out to your NCGA representatives to advocate for a teacher salary schedule that recruits and retains highly qualified educators for NC classrooms, please save and customize the image above to display on social media.

    educatedpolicy

    March 19, 2023
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  • Pay Proposals

    Current salary steps are on average 17% behind the purchasing power previously offered by our state. There was no teacher shortage at that time. If our state leaders are sincere about supporting students and offering a high quality education, then they must prioritize restoring the salary power that retains experienced teachers and rebuilds our teacher…

    educatedpolicy

    March 19, 2023
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  • Methods

    “NC Teacher Tax” refers to the cumulative inflation-adjusted lost wages compared to the purchasing power of the salary schedule in effect the year a teacher “signed up” to join the teaching profession in NC classrooms. For teachers who joined NC classrooms prior to 2007-2008, that school year is used as the baseline since it set…

    educatedpolicy

    March 19, 2023
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