Bill > S657

This bill amends the existing law to allocate $11 million annually from sports betting tax proceeds to the Department of Public Instruction for providing salary supplements to eligible athletic coaches in public schools. Specifically, the bill ensures that each eligible athletic coach receives at least a $3,000 annual salary supplement, combining both State and non-State funds. An eligible athletic coach is defined as a full-time public school employee who serves as a coach and currently receives a salary supplement of $3,000 or less. Public school units must report their non-State funds for coaching supplements by August 15 each year and are required to maintain their previous year's level of non-State funding. If a school unit supplants existing funds with these new State funds, they will lose State funding for coaching supplements in the following year. Any unexpended funds at the fiscal year's end will be allocated to the North Carolina Alliance of YMCAs to support youth sports programming. The bill will take effect on July 1, 2025, and apply to the 2025-2026 school year.

https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S657