Restores benefits for educators and state employees, reinstates salary supplements, and expands the Teaching Fellows Program.

The bill reinstates education-based salary supplements for teachers and instructional support personnel, restores longevity payments for educators, and prevents the elimination of retiree medical benefits. It also expands the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program by increasing funding and allowing more institutions to participate. The bill includes provisions for forgivable loans to students in educator preparation programs and mandates that these programs align with the Science of Reading.

Restores benefits for educators and state employees, reinstates salary supplements, and expands the Teaching Fellows Program.

The bill reinstates education-based salary supplements for teachers and instructional support personnel, restores longevity payments for educators, and prevents the elimination of retiree medical benefits. It also expands the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program by increasing funding and allowing more institutions to participate. The bill includes provisions for forgivable loans to students in educator preparation programs and mandates that these programs align with the Science of Reading.