FILED SENATE
May 2, 2024
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 817
SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK
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SENATE BILL DRS45414-MTa-193A
Short Title: Restore Educator Longevity. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Grafstein, Smith, and Garrett (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO RESTORE LONGEVITY PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATORS.
3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
4 SECTION 1.(a) Section 9.1(d) of S.L. 2014-100 is repealed.
5 SECTION 1.(b) For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, annual longevity payments for
6 teachers and instructional support personnel shall be at the rate of one and one-half percent
7 (1.5%) of base salary for 10 to 14 years of State service, two and twenty-five hundredths percent
8 (2.25%) of base salary for 15 to 19 years of State service, three and twenty-five hundredths
9 percent (3.25%) of base salary for 20 to 24 years of State service, and four and one-half percent
10 (4.5%) of base salary for 25 or more years of State service. The longevity payment shall be paid
11 in a lump sum once per year.
12 SECTION 1.(c) For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, longevity payments for principals
13 and assistant principals shall be as provided for State employees under the North Carolina Human
14 Resources Act.
15 SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
16 Public Instruction for the 2024-2025 fiscal year the sum of one hundred forty million three
17 hundred thousand dollars ($140,300,000) in recurring funds to restore longevity payments for
18 educators pursuant to this act.
19 SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2024.
*DRS45414-MTa-193A*