GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 506 Short Title: ATR Salary Sups and Grant Increases. (Public) Sponsors: Senators Lee, Overcash, and Corbin (Primary Sponsors). Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate March 26, 2025 *S506 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR ADVAN CED TEACHING ROLES SALARY 2 SUPPLEMENTS AND GRAN TS. 3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 5 Public Instruction an additional sixteen million two hundred thousand dollars ($16,200,000) in 6 recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and an additional twenty million one hundred 7 thousand dollars ($20,100,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to bring the total 8 revised net appropriation to the Department to twenty-seven million one hundred thousand 9 dollars ($27,100,000) in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and thirty-one million 10 dollars ($31,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year for the Department to 11 allocate to public school units participating in the Advanced Teaching Roles program to provide 12 salary supplements under G.S. 115C-310.13. 13 SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 14 Public Instruction an additional one million dollars ($1,000,000) in recurring funds for the 15 2025-2026 fiscal year to bring the total revised net appropriation to the Department to six million 16 five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000) in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for 17 the Department to expand the Advanced Teaching Roles program in accordance with Article 20A 18 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes. 19 SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 20