A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the entry‑level base pay for teachers.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Effective July 1, 2015, the entry‑level base pay for teachers is increased from thirty‑three thousand dollars ($33,000) to thirty‑five thousand dollars ($35,000) for ten months of employment.
SECTION 2.  Funds are appropriated from the General Fund to implement this act for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2017, according to the following schedule:

Department	2015‑2016	2016‑2017

Department of Public Instruction	$41,949,323	$41,949,323
Department of Health and Human Services	8,846	8,846
Department of Public Safety	19,549	19,549
University of North Carolina
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics	2,703	2,703

TOTAL	$41,980,421	$41,980,421
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.