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Sponsor
Reeder, G. Brown
Last action
2025-05-01
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown
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Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
H637-SMBE-14(CSBE-7)-v-3
(2025-04-08): Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
What This Bill Does
H637-SMBE-14(CSBE-7)-v-3
(2025-04-08): Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
H637-SMRN-45(e2)-v-3
(2025-04-29): Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
H637-SMRN-51(e2)-v-2
(2025-04-29): Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
Limits and Unknowns
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Amendments
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Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly
HOUSE BILL 637:
Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
2025-2026 General Assembly
HOUSE BILL 637:
Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
Committee: House State and Local Government.
If
favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and
Operations of the House
Date: April 29, 2025
Introduced by: Reps.
Reeder, G.
Bill History
2025-05-01Senate
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
2025-05-01Senate
Passed 1st Reading
2025-05-01Senate
Regular Message Received From House
2025-05-01House
Regular Message Sent To Senate
2025-04-30House
Passed 3rd Reading
2025-04-30House
Passed 2nd Reading
2025-04-29House
Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025
2025-04-29House
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
2025-04-29House
Reptd Fav
2025-04-29House
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
2025-04-29House
Reptd Fav
2025-04-08House
Re-ref Com On State and Local Government
2025-04-08House
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
2025-04-02House
Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
2025-04-02House
Passed 1st Reading
2025-04-01House
Filed
Official Summary Text
H637-SMBE-14(CSBE-7)-v-3
(2025-04-08): Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
H637-SMRN-45(e2)-v-3
(2025-04-29): Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
H637-SMRN-51(e2)-v-2
(2025-04-29): Community of Practice ATR Supplement.
Current Bill Text
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 637
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/8/25
Short Title: Community of Practice ATR Supplement. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 2, 2025
*H637-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO GRANT ADVA NCED 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
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-310.13 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 115C-310.13. Advanced teaching roles salary supplements. 7
(a) ATR units may designate up to fifteen percent (15%) of the teachers in each ATR 8
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: 11
(1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for adult leadership teachers. An ATR unit 12
may divide the salary supplement for an adult leadership teacher between the 13
adult leadership teacher and collaborating teachers who team with the adult 14
leadership teacher in a community of practice participating in the R3 Program 15
Community of Practice model. 16
(2) Three thousand dollars ($3,000) for classroom excellence teachers. 17
(b) Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-310.5, to the extent funds are made available for this 18
purpose, the State Board of Education shall award funds to ATR units for annual salary 19
supplements for teachers, and the receiving ATR units shall provide the salary supplement to 20
participating teachers in accordance with this section. If State funds are insufficient to cover the 21
full amount of supplement identified in subsection (a) of this se ction, the State Board of 22
Education and the ATR unit shall disburse any supplement funds pro rata. If funds have been 23
disbursed pro rata, ATR units are encouraged but not required to fund the remainder of the 24
supplement from alternate funding sources. 25
(c) The following additional requirements apply to salary supplements received pursuant 26
to this section: 27
(1) Loss of a salary supplement received pursuant to this section for any reason 28
shall not be considered a demotion under Part 3 of Article 22 of Chapter 115C 29
of the General Statutes. 30
(2) A teacher is eligible to continue receiving a salary supplement pursuant to this 31
section as long as he or she remains an adult leadership teacher or a classroom 32
excellence teacher. adult leadership teacher, a collaborating teacher teamed 33
with an adult leadership teacher, or a classroom excellence teacher. 34
(3) A teacher is eligible to receive no more than one annual salary supplement 35
pursuant to this section at any time. 36
General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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(d) The Department of Public Instruction shall issue gu idance to ATR units on how to 1
effectively develop staffing plans and budgets, including how to maximize resources across 2
multiple funding sources and the reach of teachers in advanced teaching roles to a greater number 3
of students." 4
SECTION 2. This act applies only to Pitt County Schools. 5
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 6
the 2025-2026 school year. 7