N.C. school construction lottery money doesn't really build schools

Comment #11

THRIFTY — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:52:35 GMT

I thought that people pay taxes for schools construction. States can't depend on lottery revenues to survive.

Comment #10

Gleno — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 16:31:30 GMT

This story does not surprise me. In N.J. the Camden schools are very old and in need of repair or replacement .

So what does the state run Camden education system do? Hire private enterprise charter schools to remedy the problem.

The state continues to advertise that the lottery helps Education. Hope these hybrid charter schools work for the children because Camden N.J. is probably the poorest city in N.J. and a good education is the only ticket out of poverty and crime.

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Comment #9

RJOh — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 00:26:39 GMT

This article gives the impression that teachers are taking the bulk of the lottery profits when in reality teacher were being paid before they had a lottery and now the taxes that used to pay teachers are being used on some state officials favorite unfunded projects.

Comment #8

Coin Toss — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:49:31 GMT

Any body still doubt the Bcks for education, Education lottery, etc.. is nothing but a foot in the door for voodoo accounting?

In many stated lottery money only goes through the school system, not to the school system.

Comment #7

EdG1955 — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:11:27 GMT

One out of nine teachers earn the lowest base salary of $30,800 because there are few meaningful raises until the fifth year on the job.

A teacher who has not earned completed advanced education beyond a bachelor's degree will take 15 years to earn $40,000.

Yeah, sounds like North Carolina teachers are really raking it in. Imagine that. A measly bachelor's degree and a paltry 15 years experience and they make out like bandits at $40,000 per year. Only $11,000 less than the national medi... [ More ]

Comment #6

Get paid — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:01:43 GMT

Thanx Todd 4 that info my state ranks A

Comment #5

Shelby Mustang — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:39:21 GMT

Youre not wrong there we're ranked 46th in teacher pay and they still do not want to raise teacher's salaries. It's not all the teachers that are incompetent though it's that they're tired alot of them have to have 2 jobs and trying to raise their own families, we cannot get quality teachers here because it doesnt pay anything. That's one of the major fights going on right now, they are talking about raising it since Texas has lured a good chunk of our teachers there, to raise our rank from 46th... [ More ]

Comment #4

mypiemaster — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:50:21 GMT

Politicians always keep moving the goalpost, to suit their current desires.

Comment #3

Todd — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:35:53 GMT

I don't think that's how most people view this. When something is to fund school construction they expect to see the funds used to start new construction. (Kind of like the shovel-ready projects that the stimulus was supposed to fund.

Comment #2

Tialuvslotto — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:29:05 GMT

Isn't it picking nits to say that the money wasn't used for school construction?

The school district needs a school, so they use the promise of lottery money to secure a loan to build one and then use the lottery money to pay down the debt. If schools were built because of the money, the the money was used to build schools, no

Comment #1

Drenick1 — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:17:33 GMT

Almost half of the amount allocated for the school system goes towards teachers salaries. I believe there has been many past discussions in which we had teachers who were LP members both working and retired claim that the teachers received absolutely nothing. I guess that theory in NC is false.

NC has one of the worst public education available and yet they keep finding ways to keep promoting these teachers in which at least half should be fired for incompetence.

N.C. school construction lottery money doesn't really build schools

Lottery Post — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:50:56 GMT

Includes video report

Where does the North Carolina Education Lottery money go? You know, you buy a ticket, you put money into the education lottery, and you think all that money goes to North Carolina schools. But that is not quite how it works.

Of every dollar, 61% goes back into the lottery for prizes, 28% goes to education, and 11% go back to retailers and the lottery for administration.

Of that 28 percent for schools, the Education Lottery website says 45.8% goes to teacher pay, 20... [ More ]