CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Amid a mostly celebratory school board meeting on Tuesday night, member Summer Nunn warned of the consequences of the lack of a state budget. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education approved raises for its teachers for the new school year, but those haven't come to fruition.

Despite having a July 1 deadline, the N.C. General Assembly has failed to come up with a budget for the current fiscal year, from which those funds are derived.

In April, the school board approved a 3 percent salary increase assumption for all staff, including teachers and classified staff, plus an average 5 percent increase in teacher supplements and ongoing investments in teacher growth and professional development.

The district’s starting pay for a 10-month certified teac

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