AN ACT to require the DEPARTMENT OF PUblic Instruction to study and report on raising salaries for noncertified public school employees to at least fifteen dollars per hour.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Department of Public Instruction shall study and make recommendations on the viability and advisability of raising salaries for all noncertified public school employees to at least fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour. As part of its study, the Department shall consider the following:

(1)        Methods of raising salaries for noncertified public school employees in a fiscally responsible manner, including a phased‑in approach.

(2)        The interconnection in salaries between State, federal, and local funds.

(3)        The fiscal impact on local governments.

SECTION 2.  The Department of Public Instruction shall report the results of its study to the Senate Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House Appropriations Committee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division no later than May 15, 2021.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.