North Carolina SB 649: Restore Master's Pay for Teachers and ISP.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2025-03-26)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: SB 649

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC; PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.; SALARIES & BENEFITS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STATE EMPLOYEES; TEACHERS; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; SCHOOL STAFF

Sponsors: Bradley, Garrett, Lowe, Mayfield, Mohammed, Robinson, Salvador, Smith, Waddell

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 649

Short Title: Restore Master's Pay for Teachers & ISP. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Mohammed (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 26, 2025
*S649-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REINSTATE EDUCATION-BASED SALARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR 2
TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-302.10 is repealed. 5
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2025-2026 fiscal 6
year, State Board of Education policy TCP-A-006, as it was in effect on June 30, 2013, shall be 7
used to determine (i) whether teachers and instructional support personnel are paid on the "M" 8
salary schedule and (ii) whether they receive a salary supplement for academic preparation at the 9
six-year or doctoral degree level. 10
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 11
Public Instruction the sum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) in recurring funds for the 12
2025-2026 fiscal year to reinstate education-based salary supplements for teachers and 13
instructional support personnel in accordance with this act. 14
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 15

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