A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RESTORE LONGEVITY PAY FOR TEACHERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Annual longevity payments for teachers shall be at the rate of one and one‑half percent (1.5%) of base salary for 10 to 14 years of State service, two and twenty‑five hundredths percent (2.25%) of base salary for 15 to 19 years of State service, three and twenty‑five hundredths percent (3.25%) of base salary for 20 to 24 years of State service, and four and one‑half percent (4.5%) of base salary for 25 or more years of State service. The longevity payment shall be paid in a lump sum once a year.
SECTION 1.(b)  As used in this section, the term "teacher" shall also include instructional support personnel.
SECTION 2.  Section 9.1(d) of S.L. 2014‑100 is repealed.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one hundred ten million one hundred thousand dollars ($110,100,000) in recurring funds to restore longevity pay to teachers in accordance with this act.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2019. Sections 1 and 2 of this act apply to the teacher salary schedule enacted for the 2019‑2020 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years.