A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to increase the salary of teachers who have two master's degrees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one million four hundred forty‑six thousand five hundred fifty‑five dollars ($1,446,555) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of one million four hundred forty‑six thousand five hundred fifty‑five dollars ($1,446,555) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to increase the salary of teachers who have two master's degrees.  Effective July 1, 2009, the salary schedule applicable to teachers who have two relevant master's degrees, as defined by the State Board of Education Policy Manual, shall be five percent (5%) higher than the salary schedule applicable to "M" Teachers.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.