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Western Carolinian Volume 44 Number 24

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  • PAGE 12/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/MARCH 8, 1979 Teachers get a raise— maybe By LORI COOKK Associated Press Writer A joint resolution calling for a raise in pay for lubstitute teachers from $20 to $30 a day won final approval in the General Assembly Wednesday. But once the resolution was approved, no one seemed to have any idea where the extra money would come from—or whether there really was any extra money. The resolution, which received final approval in the House Wednesday, asks the state director of the budget to transfer funds within the education budget to fund the raise. But state Budget Officer John Williams said his office only reacts to requests from the state Board of Education in making such transfers. "We respect the resolution of the General Asseni blv," Williams said, "but we read to requests bv the Hoard of Education." The board's next meeting is scheduled for April 5. Supporters of the bill said thev hope enough surplus is available in the education budget for the current fiscal vi.ir to pa) for the increase, estimated at $1 million. State fiscal analysts have predicted that there may not be enough money to last through the current school sear. The Joint Appropriations Committee on Education is now lixiking into ways to finance the increase during the next fiscal year. Sen. Carolyn Mathis, D-Mecklenburg, who introduced the bill, said she had been told by people in the state Department of Public Education that there should be money available by the middle of March for this year's raises. She said slu- could not recall who had told her, but that it wasn't Joe Porter, controller of the department. 1'oricr last month requested the stale Board to rescind its expression of support for the higher salaries because he did not think there would be enough money to pav for them, Mrs. Mathis said. The board had expressed support in January and rescinded it at Porter's request. Mrs. Mathis said supporters of the higher salaries will now have to ask and encourage the Board to find the money. She said she introduced the bill because it was becoming impossible to find substitute teachers at $20 a day. Williams said there are currently no funds available for additional salaries for substitutes and that he did not know of any surpluses. "We never know about them until we're told about them," he said. The state board, he said, would have to identify any funds that are not needed in the areas where they are now appropriated. The resolution also limits the $30-a-day salary to teachers who are qualified and requires the state board to determine what a qualified substitute is. Unqualified substitutes, by the board's definition, would still get $20 a day.
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