Bill Text: NC H540 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Teachers & State Employees Pay Raise

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Ref To Com On Appropriations [H540 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2017-H540-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 540

 

 

Short Title:      Teachers & State Employees Pay Raise.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representatives Malone, Jordan, J. Bell, and Hardister (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Referred to:

Appropriations

April 3, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT awarding a two‑thousand‑four‑hundred‑dollar pay increase to teachers and to state employees earning less than one hundred thousand dollars AND APPROPRIATing FUNDS FOR THose PURPOSEs.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1.(a)  Effective July 1, 2017, the annual salaries of all State employees subject to or exempt from the North Carolina Human Resources Act who earn less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year. Those eligible employees include:

(1)        Permanent full‑time State officials and persons whose salaries are set in accordance with the State Human Resources Act.

(2)        Permanent full‑time State officials and persons in positions exempt from the State Human Resources Act.

(3)        Permanent part‑time State employees, on a pro rata basis.

(4)        Temporary and permanent hourly State employees.

SECTION 1.(b)  Except as otherwise provided, the annual salary increases provided in this act do not apply to persons separated from State service due to resignation, dismissal, reduction in force, death, or retirement or whose last workday is prior to July 1, 2017.

SECTION 1.(c)  Employees eligible for statutory increases under G.S. 20‑187.3, 7A‑102, and 7A‑171.1 who earn less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) annually may receive the increases authorized by this section.

SECTION 1.(d)  Payroll checks issued to employees after July 1, 2017, that represent payment of services provided prior to July 1, 2017, shall not be eligible for salary increases provided for in this act. This subsection applies to all employees paid from State funds, whether or not subject to or exempt from the North Carolina Human Resources Act, including employees of public schools, community colleges, and The University of North Carolina.

SECTION 1.(e)  Salaries and Related Benefits for Positions That Are Funded:

(1)        Partially from the General Fund or Highway Fund and partially from sources other than the General Fund or Highway Fund shall be increased from the General Fund or Highway Fund appropriation only to the extent of the proportionate part of the salaries paid from the General Fund or Highway Fund.

(2)        Fully from sources other than the General Fund or Highway Fund shall be increased as provided by this act. The Director of the Budget may increase expenditures of receipts from these sources by the amount necessary to provide the legislative increase to receipt‑supported personnel in the certified budget.

The Director of the Budget may increase expenditures of receipts from these sources in the certified budget by the amount necessary to provide the increases authorized by this Part to receipt‑supported personnel.

SECTION 1.(f)  Nothing in this act authorizes the transfer of funds between the General Fund and the Highway Fund for salary increases.

 

JUDICIAL BRANCH SALARIES

SECTION 2.  Effective July 1, 2017:

(1)        The annual salaries of employees of the Judicial Department earning less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and whose salaries are not itemized in this Current Operations Appropriations Act shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year.

(2)        The district attorney or public defender of a judicial district, with the approval of the Administrative Officer of the Courts or the Commission on Indigent Defense Services, respectively, shall set the annual salaries of assistant district attorneys or assistant public defenders, respectively, in that district such that the average salaries of assistant district attorneys or assistant public defenders in that district who earn less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(3)        The annual salaries of elected clerks of court earning less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year.

(4)        The annual salaries of full‑time clerks of court set under G.S. 7A‑102(c1) shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year.

(5)        The annual salaries of magistrates under G.S. 7A‑171.1 shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year.

 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SALARIES

SECTION 3.  Effective July 1, 2017:

(1)        The annual salaries, in effect on June 30, 2017, of the nonelected employees of the General Assembly who earn less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of this act.

(2)        The salaries of sergeants‑at‑arms and reading clerks set under G.S. 120‑37 are increased, pro rata, to the sum of four hundred thirty‑nine dollars ($439.00) for the 2017‑2018 fiscal year and four hundred sixty‑eight dollars ($468.00) for the 2018‑2019 fiscal year.

 

COMMUNITY COLLEGES PERSONNEL

SECTION 4.  Effective July 1, 2017, the minimum annual salaries for nine‑month, full‑time curriculum community college faculty earning less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year.

 

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM

SECTION 5.  Effective July 1, 2017, the annual salaries of all full‑time University of North Carolina SHRA and EHRA employees earning less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be increased by the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) in the 2017‑2018 fiscal year.

 

STATE AGENCY TEACHERS

SECTION 6.  Employees of schools operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Public Safety, the State Board of Education, and employees of the School of Science and Mathematics of The University of North Carolina who are paid on the Teacher Salary Schedule shall be paid as authorized by this act.

 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS/SALARIES/SCHEDULES

SECTION 7.(a)  Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of S.L. 2016‑94 are repealed.

SECTION 7.(b)  Effective July 1, 2017, the following teacher salary schedule shall apply to licensed personnel of the public schools who are classified as teachers. The salary schedule is based on years of teaching experience.

Years of Experience        Teacher Salary Schedule

0                                                           $3,524

1                                                           3,599

2                                                           3,624

3                                                           3,649

4                                                           3,699

5                                                           3,749

6                                                           3,824

7                                                           3,874

8                                                           3,924

9                                                           3,974

10                                                         4,049

11                                                         4,124

12                                                         4,199

13                                                         4,274

14                                                         4,349

15                                                         4,549

16                                                         4,549

17                                                         4,549

18                                                         4,549

19                                                         4,549

20                                                         4,824

21                                                         4,824

22                                                         4,824

23                                                         4,824

24                                                         4,824

25                                                         5,124

26                                                         5,124

27                                                         5,124

28                                                         5,124

29                                                         5,124

30                                                         5,124

31                                                         5,124

32                                                         5,124

33                                                         5,124

34                                                         5,124

35                                                         5,124

36                                                         5,124

37                                                         5,124

 

SECTION 7.(c)  Effective July 1, 2017, the following base salary schedule for school‑based administrators shall apply only to principals and assistant principals:

Principal and Assistant Principal Salary Schedules

Classifications

Years of Experience

Assistant

Prin I

Prin II

Prin III

Prin IV

Principal

(0‑10)

(11‑21)

(22‑32)

(33‑43)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0‑9

$4,208

 

 

 

 

10

4,277

 

 

 

 

11

4,425

 

 

 

 

12

4,544

 

 

 

 

13

4,628

 

 

 

 

14

4,683

4,643

15

4,741

4,701

4,756

16

4,796

4,756

4,815

17

4,855

4,815

4,875

4,935

18

4,915

4,875

4,935

4,997

5,060

19

4,975

4,935

4,997

5,060

5,124

20

5,037

4,997

5,060

5,124

5,192

21

5,100

5,060

5,124

5,192

5,258

22

5,164

5,124

5,192

5,258

5,326

23

5,232

5,192

5,258

5,326

5,396

24

5,298

5,258

5,326

5,396

5,466

25

5,366

5,326

5,396

5,466

5,542

26

5,436

5,396

5,466

5,542

5,615

27

5,506

5,466

5,542

5,615

5,690

28

5,582

5,542

5,615

5,690

5,765

29

5,655

5,615

5,690

5,765

5,844

30

5,730

5,690

5,765

5,844

5,926

31

5,805

5,765

5,844

5,926

6,008

32

5,884

5,844

5,926

6,008

6,081

33

5,966

5,926

6,008

6,081

6,198

34

6,048

6,008

6,081

6,198

6,317

35

6,121

6,081

6,198

6,317

6,440

36

6,238

6,198

6,317

6,440

6,565

37

6,317

6,440

6,565

6,692

38

6,565

6,692

6,822

39

 

 

6,822

6,954

40

6,954

7,089

41

7,089

7,227

42

 

7,367

SECTION 7.(d)  Effective July 1, 2017, the monthly salary ranges that follow apply to assistant superintendents, associate superintendents, directors/coordinators, supervisors, and finance officers:

School Administrator I                       $3,642                         $6,618

School Administrator II                      $3,846                         $7,005

School Administrator III                    $4,068                         $7,417

School Administrator IV                    $4,221                         $7,702

School Administrator V                      $4,382                         $8,004

School Administrator VI                    $4,634                         $8,473

School Administrator VII                   $4,810                         $8,605

The local board of education shall determine the appropriate category and placement for each assistant superintendent, associate superintendent, director/coordinator, supervisor, or finance officer within the salary ranges and within funds appropriated by the General Assembly for central office administrators and superintendents. The category in which an employee is placed shall be included in the contract of any employee.

SECTION 7.(e)  Effective July 1, 2017, the monthly salary ranges apply to public school superintendents.

Superintendent I                                 $5,091                         $9,126

Superintendent II                                $5,390                         $9,675

Superintendent III                              $5,703                       $10,261

Superintendent IV                              $6,038                       $10,882

Superintendent V                                $6,394                       $11,543

 

APPROPRIATIONS

SECTION 8.(a)  State Employees/General Fund. – There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Reserve for Compensation Increases the sum of seven hundred one million two hundred ninety thousand one hundred seventy‑seven dollars ($701,290,177) for the 2017‑2018 fiscal year.

SECTION 8.(b)  State Employees/Highway Fund. – There is appropriated from the Highway Fund to the Reserve for Compensation Increases the sum of thirteen million seven hundred ninety‑two thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($13,792,560) for the 2017‑2018 fiscal year.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

SECTION 9.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2017.

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