GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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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

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to reinstate education‑based salary supplements for TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑302.10 is repealed.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year, State Board of Education policy TCP‑A‑006, as it was in effect on June 30, 2013, shall be used to determine (i) whether teachers and instructional support personnel are paid on the "M" salary schedule and (ii) whether they receive a salary supplement for academic preparation at the six‑year or doctoral degree level.

SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year to reinstate education‑based salary supplements for teachers and instructional support personnel in accordance with this act.

SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.