More teacher leadership, less central office: What's in the NC Senate's budget for education?

North Carolina school employees would get a baseline 1.25% raise and a $1,500 bonus in each of the next two years under the state Senate’s new budget proposal. The chamber’s proposed compensation increases would cost an additional $238 million yearly and coincide with more than $100 million in rising operational and benefit costs and other investments in career and technical education and teacher leadership programs. But, the increases come with some cuts, including smaller pots for advanced placement tests, school …