A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR PRINCIPAL BONUSES PROVIDED IN THE 2018‑2019 FISCAL YEAR AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 8.3(a) of S.L. 2018‑5 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 8.3.(a)  The Department of Public Instruction shall administer a bonus in the 2018‑2019 fiscal year to any principal who supervised a school as a principal for a majority of the previous school year if that school was in the top fifty percent (50%) of school growth in the State during the previous school year, calculated by the State Board pursuant to G.S. 115C‑83.15(c), as follows:
2018‑2019 Principal Bonus Schedule
Statewide Growth Percentage	Bonus
Top 5%	$10,000
Top 10%	$7,500
Top 15%	$5,000
Top 20%	$2,500
Top 50%	$1,000.
A principal who qualifies for a bonus pursuant to this subsection and supervised a school with an overall school performance grade, as calculated by the State Board pursuant to G.S. 115C‑83.15(d), of D or F for a majority of either of the following school years shall qualify for a bonus of twice the amount listed in the 2018‑2019 Principal Bonus Schedule:
(1)	The 2016‑2017 school year, if the principal supervised the school for a majority of the 2017‑2018 school year.
(2)	The 2017‑2018 school year.
A principal shall receive no more than one bonus pursuant to this subsection. The bonus shall be paid at the highest amount for which the principal qualifies."
SECTION 2.  A bonus payment provided in accordance with this section shall be considered an additional payment of the bonus the principal received pursuant to Section 8.3 of S.L. 2018‑5 and not a new, separate, or second bonus under that section.
SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding Section 8.3(f) of S.L. 2018‑5, bonus payments provided in accordance with this section shall be paid no later than May 31, 2019, to qualifying principals employed as of October 1, 2018.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.