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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina House Bill 932 appropriates $1.6 billion annually to provide a 10% base salary increase for teachers and first responders
Last action · April 14, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Abe Jones and 18 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina House Bill 932 establishes permanent 10% increases for public school teachers and first responders, funded by $700 million annually for first responders and $900 million annually for teachers across the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. Effective July 1, 2025, eligible employees on payroll as of that date will receive the raise, subject to retirement contributions and tax withholdings.
The measure injects $1.6 billion per into state and local payrolls for public educators, law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, dispatchers, and public healthcare nurses, altering recurring personnel compensation and local government or school unit budget allocations.
- House Bill 932 was introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly during the 2025-2026 legislative session by Representative A. Jones. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
First responders
Eligible law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS personnel, dispatchers, and public healthcare nurses receive a permanent 10% increase to their base salary.
Teachers
Eligible classroom teachers, instructional support personnel, principals, and assistant principals receive a permanent 10% increase to their base salary.
Employing authorities and local school units
State agencies, local political subdivisions, local school administrative units, charter schools, and regional schools must implement the pay increases and submit cost certifications and verifications.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $700 million annually from the General Fund for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Reserve for First Responder Pay Increases.
- Appropriates $900 million annually from the General Fund for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Reserve for Teachers' Pay Increases.
- Mandates a permanent 10% base salary increase for eligible first responders and teachers effective July 1, 2025.
- Defines first responders to include law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, public safety dispatchers, and nurses at public healthcare facilities.
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- Defines teachers to include classroom teachers, instructional support personnel, principals, and assistant principals at local school administrative units, charter schools, and regional schools.
- Prohibits employing authorities and school units from using distributed pay increase funds for administrative costs or other purposes.
- Requires employees to be employed on July 1 of the fiscal year to be eligible, with prorated increases for part-time workers.
- Mandates that employing authorities and school units certify implementation costs by August 1 and submit verification of implementation by January 15 of each fiscal year.
- Provides that unexpended funds at the end of each fiscal year revert to the General Fund.
- Makes provisions subject to Chapter 143C of the General Statutes and the State Budget Act.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 14, 2025HouseRef To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 14, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 10, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Dual Sector Compensation Mandate
The bill simultaneously addresses two major public sector groups—educators and emergency personnel—through parallel administrative frameworks and dedicated multi-million dollar reserves.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance90How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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