Controller: Dues removal from paychecks continues for some

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A few dozen members of the North Carolina Association of Educators who are also state employees can continue to have membership dues removed from their payroll checks.

State Controller Linda Combs wrote Wednesday to the NCAE as part of a lengthy evaluation about whether the teacher lobbying group qualifies for dues checkoff. State law sets membership thresholds at two levels – either at least 2,000 members or 40,000 members.

Combs says the agency believes the 2,000-member level is met by NCAE for state workers paid through the primary state payroll system. So that service will continue for 36 workers.

Unresolved is whether dues checkoff for NCAE members in local school districts will continue. The group has refused to disclose its overall membership. A state review found 9,400 NCAE members get dues removed.

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