A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish the sixth tier for the school psychologists, school speech pathologists, and school audiologists salary schedule.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  The first step of the salary schedule for (i) school psychologists, (ii) school speech pathologists who are licensed as speech pathologists at the master's degree level or higher, and (iii) school audiologists who are licensed as audiologists at the master's degree level or higher shall be equivalent to Step 5 of the "A" Teacher salary schedule for the 2015‑2017 fiscal biennium. These employees shall receive a salary supplement each month of ten percent (10%) of their monthly salary and are eligible to receive salary supplements equivalent to those of teachers for academic preparation at the six‑year degree level or the doctoral degree level.
SECTION 1.(b)  Beginning with the 2015‑2016 fiscal year, the twenty‑sixth step of the salary schedule for (i) school psychologists, (ii) school speech pathologists who are licensed as speech pathologists at the master's degree level or higher, and (iii) school audiologists who are licensed as audiologists at the master's degree level or higher shall be seven and one‑half percent (7.5%) higher than the salary received by these same employees on the twenty‑fifth step of the salary schedule.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.