SB 839 - PPE and Hazard Pay for Public School Employees

SB 839 – PPE and Hazard Pay for Public School Employees

Primary Sponsors: Sen. Mujtaba Mohammed (D-Mecklenburg), Sen. Terry Van Duyn (D-Buncombe), Sen Harper Peterson (D-New Hanover)

Summary

Appropriations

• $75 million in non-recurring funding to provide surgical and respiratory masks and gloves for all public school employees
• $70 million in non-recurring funds to provide a temporary salary supplement of $5 per hour for all public school employees

History

Filed 5/26/2020

Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee 5/27/2020