RALEIGH, N.C. (News Release) β Governor Stein signed Senate Bill 257 into law, enacting North Carolinaβs first full state budget in more than two years on Tuesday. The budget enacts pay raises for both teachers and law enforcement. Stein released the following statement regarding the budget.
βNorth Carolinians expect their elected officials to come together across our differences to deliver for people. This budget delivers the largest starting teacher pay raise in nearly 50 years and overall teacher pay raise in fifteen years, fully funds Medicaid for the year, and provides historic salary increases to public safety officers who sacrifice to keep our communities and prisons safe. It reaffirms our commitment to western North Carolinaβs full recovery and eliminates tax exemptions for data centersβ electricity use. The budget also makes meaningful investments in our community colleges, the DMV, child care, cybersecurity, a new veteransβ home, clean drinking water, and summer food programs for kids.
βGoing forward, there is more work to do. We must continue to invest even more in public safety, public education, and other public services to be competitive with other states and to serve our people well. But as todayβs budget proves, we can work together to get things done. I am eager to keep at it with the General Assembly to keep building on our momentum to create a North Carolina thatβs safer, stronger, and more prosperous with opportunity for every person.β
