North Carolina HB 482: Mediation Amendments.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 482

Short Title: Reauthorize & Revise Teacher Bonuses/Military. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives F. Jackson, Loftis, and Lofton (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Education - K-12, if favorable, Homeland Security and Military and Veterans
Affairs, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and
Operations of the House
March 25, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REAUTHORIZE BONUSES FOR TEACHERS FOR THE 2025-2027 FISCAL 2
BIENNIUM AND TO REVISE THE PROGRAM TO PERMIT TEACHERS TO RECEIVE 3
THE BONUSES WHO ARE UNABLE TO CONTINUE TEACHING IN THE SAME 4
PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIT BECAUSE OF MILITARY ORDERS. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1.(a) Establish Consolidated Bonus Program. – The State Board of 7
Education shall establish a consolidated teacher bonus program for the 2025-2027 fiscal 8
biennium to reward teacher performance and encourage student learning and improvement. To 9
attain this goal, the Department of Public Instruction shall administer bonus pay to qualifying 10
teachers whose salaries are supported from State funds in January of 2026 and 2027, based on 11
data from the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, respectively, in accordance with this 12
section. 13
SECTION 1.(b) Definitions. – For purposes of this section, the following definitions 14
shall apply: 15
(1) Eligible advanced course teacher. – A teacher of Advanced Placement 16
courses, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme courses, or the 17
Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) program 18
who meets the following criteria: 19
a. Is employed by, or retired having last held a position at, one or more 20
of the following: 21
1. A qualifying public school unit. 22
2. The North Carolina Virtual Public School program. 23
b. Taught one or more students who received a score listed in subsection 24
(c) of this section. 25
(2) Eligible career and technical education (CTE) teacher. – A teacher who meets 26
the following criteria: 27
a. Is employed by, or retired having last held a position at, a qualifying 28
public school unit. 29
b. Taught one or more students who attained approved industry 30
certifications or credentials consistent with G.S. 115C-156.2. 31
(3) Eligible growth teacher. – A teacher who meets at least one of the following 32
criteria: 33

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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a. Is employed by, or retired having last held a position at, a qualifying 1
public school unit and meets one of the following criteria: 2
1. Is in the top twenty-five percent (25%) of teachers in the State 3
according to the EVAAS student growth index score for third 4
grade reading from the previous school year. 5
2. Is in the top twenty-five percent (25%) of teachers in the State 6
according to the EVAAS student growth index score for fourth 7
or fifth grade reading from the previous school year. 8
3. Is in the top twenty-five percent (25%) of teachers in the State 9
according to the EVAAS student growth index score for fourth, 10
fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth grade mathematics from the 11
previous school year. 12
b. Is employed by, or retired having last held a position at, a local school 13
administrative unit and meets one of the following criteria: 14
1. Is in the top twenty-five percent (25%) of teachers in the 15
teacher's respective local school administrative unit according 16
to the EVAAS student growth index score for third grade 17
reading from the previous school year. 18
2. Is in the top twenty-five percent (25%) of teachers in the 19
teacher's respective local school administrative unit according 20
to the EVAAS student growth index score for fourth or fifth 21
grade reading from the previous school year. 22
3. Is in the top twenty-five percent (25%) of teachers in the 23
teacher's respective local school administrative unit according 24
to the EVAAS student growth index score for fourth, fifth, 25
sixth, seventh, or eighth grade mathematics from the previous 26
school year. 27
c. Was employed by a local school administrative unit that employed in 28
the previous school year three or fewer total teachers in that teacher's 29
grade level as long as the teacher has an EVAAS student growth index 30
score from the previous school year of exceeded expected growth in 31
one of the following subject areas: 32
1. Third grade reading. 33
2. Fourth or fifth grade reading. 34
3. Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth grade mathematics. 35
(4) EVAAS. – The Education Value-Added Assessment System. 36
(5) Qualifying public school unit. – Any of the following: 37
a. A local school administrative unit. 38
b. A charter school. 39
c. A regional school. 40
d. A school providing elementary or secondary instruction operated by 41
The University of North Carolina under Article 29A