SB 434 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

School Workers Fair Pay Act.

SB 434, the School Workers Fair Pay Act, requires North Carolina public schools to pay all noncertified employees (such as cafeteria workers, custodians, and administrative staff) a minimum hourly wage of $17.00, effective July 1, 2025. The bill mandates the State Board of Education to adjust salary schedules to meet this rate and allocates $144.7 million from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to support this change. Funds must supplement existing salaries without replacing current state or local funding. This policy directly affects thousands of non-teaching school staff across all North Carolina public school districts.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2025

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Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Last action Mar 25, 2025

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This diff shows primarily administrative and formatting changes to Senate Bill 434, the School Workers Fair Pay Act. The bill's substantive content appears unchanged, with modifications limited to document metadata, filing dates, bill numbers, and committee referral information rather than policy provisions.

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Added filing date of March 24, 2025 and bill number DRS45164-MTa-64 in the original filed version

Updated bill number from DRS45164-MTa-64 to S434-v-1 in Edition 1

Added committee referral information showing the bill was referred to Rules and Operations of the Senate on March 25, 2025

Changed page numbering format and removed asterisk notation from bill number

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Mar 25, 2025

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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

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Mar 24, 2025

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2 primary · 10 co-sponsors