N.C. teachers to get smaller bonuses
RALEIGH (AP) -- Cuts to a state program could mean smaller bonus checks for thousands North Carolina public school teachers this year.
State education officials say they can't give teachers the maximum $1,500 bonus that's meant as a reward for students' performance on state exams. Instead, teachers could likely see a few hundred dollars less in their bonus checks.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that the State Board of Education will announce Thursday how severe the cuts will be when the bonus eligibility numbers are released.
Education officials had warned that $107 million might be needed for bonuses this year.
But in the budget adopted last month, the General Assembly ordered the department not to spend more than $94 million in bonuses.
