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 INSTRUC TIONAL 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 G.S. 115C-302.10 is repealed. 5 SECTION 2.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