RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Deleted specific dollar amounts and installment payment dates (June 30, 2028-2031) for teacher retention bonuses.

Added a mandatory requirement that salary increases must be funded by a specific appropriation enacted by the Legislature to be effective or enforceable.

Expanded eligibility to include teachers in public charter schools in addition to public school teachers.

Changed the effective date from July 1, 3000, to January 1, 2077.

Added an appropriation of unspecified funds for teacher retention bonuses to be distributed in four equal installments between June 30, 2028, and June 30, 2031.

Established eligibility criteria requiring state employees to have been continuously employed between March 4, 2020, and March 25, 2022, and actively employed as of the act's effective date.

Updated the bill version header from HD2 to HD3 and adjusted associated metadata dates and page numbers.

Updated the report title to reflect the new retention bonus provision and modified the summary description to include the new funding action.

Expanded eligibility from Bargaining Unit (5) only to all teachers covered by collective bargaining agreements negotiated pursuant to section 89-9.

Updated the specific statutory sections referenced for teacher service and compliance requirements to match current code sections (302A-601.5 to 302A-642).

Added a requirement that longevity step increases must be pursuant to section 302A-624.

Changed the bill designation from H.D. 1 to H.D. 2 and updated associated metadata dates and numbers.

Eligibility was narrowed to exclude public charter school teachers and limit coverage to public school teachers in Bargaining Unit (5).

The requirement for a specific legislative appropriation was removed, changing the condition to merely 'subject to the availability of funds'.

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000.

Statutory references were updated to reflect the new scope, removing sections related to charter schools and adjusting the section numbers in the text.

The bill now applies to public charter school teachers in addition to public school teachers by adding a new section in Chapter 302D.

Salary increases are now explicitly conditional on being negotiated into a collective bargaining agreement under section 89-9.

The bill clarifies that any salary increases requiring public funds must be funded by a specific legislative appropriation and cannot be enforced without it.

Updated the list of statutory sections that teachers must comply with to qualify for salary increments and longevity steps.