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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-H 1
-HOUSE BILL 637
+H D
+HOUSE BILL DRH30279-NH-147
 
 Short Title: Community of Practice ATR Supplement. (Public)
-Sponsors: Representatives Reeder and G. Brown (Primary Sponsors).
-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
-Referred to: Education - K-12, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules,
-Calendar, and Operations of the House
-April 2, 2025
-*H637-v-1*
+Sponsors: Representative Reeder.
+Referred to:
+
+*DRH30279-NH-147*
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
-AN ACT TO GRANT ADVA NCED TEACHING ROLES SALARY SUPPLEMENT 2
+AN ACT TO GRANT ADVANCED TEACHING ROLES SALARY SUPPLEMENT 2
 FLEXIBILITY TO PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY 3
 OF PRACTICE MODEL. 4
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
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 school as adult leadership teachers and five percent (5%) of the teachers in each ATR school as 9
 classroom excellence teachers. To the extent funds are made available for the purpose, teachers 10
 serving in an advanced teaching role are eligible to receive salary supplements as follows: ATR 11
-units shall be allocated funds for salary supplements in the followin g amounts for each teacher 12
+units shall be allocated funds for salary supplements in the following amounts for each teacher 12
 identified as serving in the following advanced teaching roles: 13
 (1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for adult leadership teachers. 14
 (2) Three thousand dollars ($3,000) for classroom excellence teachers. 15
-(a1) The salary supplement f or an adult leadership teacher, as identified in subdivision 16
+(a1) The salary supplement for an adult leadership teacher , as identified in subdivision 16
 (a)(1) of this section, may be shared with teachers who team with the adult leadership teacher if 17
 the teachers are in a community of practice addressing an instruction al problem of practice in a 18
 school participating in the R3 Program Community of Practice model. 19
-(b) Notwithstanding G.S.  115C-310.5, to the extent funds are made available for this 20
+(b) Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-310.5, to the extent funds are made available for this 20
 purpose, the State Board of Education shall award funds to ATR units for annual salary 21
 supplements for teachers, and the receiving ATR units shall provide the salary supplement to 22
 participating teachers in accordance with this section. If State funds are insufficient to cover the 23
-full amount of supplement identified in subsection (a) of this section, the St ate Board of 24
+full amount of supplement identified in subsection (a) of this section, the State Board of 24
 Education and the ATR unit shall disburse any supplement funds pro rata. If funds have been 25
 disbursed pro rata, ATR units are encouraged but not required to fund the remainder of the 26
 supplement from alternate funding sources. 27
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 of the General Statutes. 32
 (2) A teacher is eligible to continue receiving a salary supplement pursuant to this 33
 section as long as he or she remains an adult leadership teacher or teacher, a 34
+classroom excellence teacher.teacher, or a qualifying teacher teamed with an 35
+adult leadership teacher. 36
+H.B. 637
+Apr 1, 2025
+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  House Bill 637-First Edition
-classroom excellence teacher.teacher, or a qualifying teacher teamed with an 1
-adult leadership teacher. 2
-(3) A teacher is eligible to receive no more than one annual salary supplement 3
-pursuant to this section at any time. 4
-(d) The Department of Public Instruction shall issue guidance to ATR units on how to 5
-effectively develop staffin g plans and budgets, including how to maximize resources across 6
-multiple funding sources and the reach of teachers in advanced teaching roles to a greater number 7
-of students." 8
-SECTION 2.  This act applies only to Pitt County Schools. 9
-SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 10
-the 2025-2026 school year. 11
+Page 2  DRH30279-NH-147
+(3) A teacher is eligible to receive no more than one annual salary supplement 1
+pursuant to this section at any time. 2
+(d) The Department of Public Instruction shall issue guidance to ATR units on how to 3
+effectively develop staffing plans and budgets, including how to maximize resources across 4
+multiple funding sources and the reach of teachers in advanced teaching roles to a greater number 5
+of students." 6
+SECTION 2.  This act applies only to Pitt County Schools. 7
+SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 8
+the 2025-2026 school year. 9