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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina creates the Joint Legislative Study Commission on Market Rate Compensation for Teachers under HB 767
Last action · April 29, 2025: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Brandon Lofton and 22 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina establishes a seven-member legislative study commission to examine public school teacher salaries, benefits, and attrition rates compared to other states. The commission must hold at least five public meetings across distinct geographic regions and report its findings by the end of the 2026 Regular Session. The measure takes effect immediately upon becoming law.
Lawmakers and public school educators will receive comprehensive comparative data on teacher pay, benefits, and local funding impacts to guide future state-level compensation legislation. The commission draws members from the Senate, House, Governor's office, and the Department of Public Instruction.
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.
Public school teachers
Their starting pay, average salaries, benefits, wage gaps, attrition rates, and retention programs will be formally studied and reported to the General Assembly.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Superintendent or a designee serves as an official member of the newly established study commission.
Legislative Services Commission
The Commission through its Legislative Services Officer must assign professional staff to assist the study commission in its work.
Key Facts
- Establishes the Joint Legislative Commission on Market Rate Compensation for Teachers to study public school teacher compensation in North Carolina relative to other states and the southeastern region.
- Composes the commission of seven members: two Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore, two House members appointed by the Speaker, two members appointed by the Governor, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction or designee.
- Requires a quorum of four members, and mandates that the commission be co-chaired by a senator and a representative.
- Empowers the commission with statutory subpoena and information-request powers under G.S. 120-19 and G.S. 120-19.1 through G.S. 120-19.4 to compel data from State agencies and departments.
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- Directs the commission to hold at least five public meetings in distinct geographic regions of the State.
- Requires the Legislative Services Commission to assign professional staff, while House and Senate directors of legislative assistants assign clerical staff.
- Instructs the commission to study starting and average salaries, employee benefits, wage gaps with similarly educated professionals, attrition rates, and the impact of state-funded supplements, bonuses, loan forgiveness, and local property tax funding.
- Permits an interim report with legislative recommendations to the 2025 General Assembly, 2026 Regular Session, and mandates a final report by the end of the 2026 Regular Session.
- Sets the commission's termination date for December 31, 2026, or upon submission of its final report, whichever occurs first.
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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
5 actions- Apr 29, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 29, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Apr 7, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 7, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Comprehensive Interstate Teacher Pay Study
The General Assembly is systematically pooling data on teacher salaries, benefits, and attrition across regional and national benchmarks to shape future compensation legislation.
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