In his latest fundraising email, State Sen. Kirk deViere claims that “our teachers have gone years without a meaningful pay raise.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While we can dispute the meaning of the word “meaningful,” I would say that the pay increases passed by the Republican-led General Assembly were, indeed, meaningful.  From the Fiscal Research Division of the N.C. General Assembly: