SB 433 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Restore Educator Longevity.

SB 433 reinstates longevity pay for North Carolina educators, directly affecting teachers, instructional support staff, principals, and assistant principals in public schools. It sets specific annual payment rates based on years of state service: 1.5% for 10-14 years, 2.25% for 15-19 years, 3.25% for 20-24 years, and 4.5% for 25+ years, paid as a lump sum each year. The bill appropriates $140.3 million from the General Fund for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to fund these payments. It becomes effective July 1, 2025, restoring previously cut longevity benefits.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2025

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Governor

Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Last action Mar 25, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The document transitioned from a filed draft version to the first official edition of Senate Bill 433. The changes are primarily administrative and formatting updates that reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process, including updated filing dates and bill identification numbers.

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Updated the filing date from March 24, 2025 to March 25, 2025 and changed the bill reference from DRS35130-MTa-62 to S433-v-1, indicating the bill has been officially processed and assigned a new version identifier.

Added page number '1' and formatted the header to show the bill is now in its first official edition (Edition 1) rather than a filed draft.

Removed the draft-specific reference number DRS35130-MTa-62 which was used during the initial filing stage.

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Mar 25, 2025

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Mar 24, 2025

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2 primary · 10 co-sponsors