(The Center Square) – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday called for the state legislature to give teachers 8.5% pay raises and a $1,500 retention bonus.

Cooper also calls for a moratorium on using public money for private school vouchers and for redirecting those funds to public schools. He called his budget proposal “Securing North Carolina’s Future” and presented it on the day the Legislature returned for the beginning of its short session.

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