North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1111: Military Service Buyback Reduction: Teachers.
Status: In committee, April 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to reduce the cost of purchasing military service credit for veterans employed in public education.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REDUCE THE COST OF PURCHASING MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT FOR VETERANS EMPLOYED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 135-4 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: "(ll) Discounted Military Service Credit for Public School Employees. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System who (i) has performed active duty service in the Armed Forces of the United States and (ii) is employed as a full-time public school employee in North Carolina shall be eligible to purchase up to four years of creditable military service at a cost equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the actuarial liability otherwise required. The remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost shall be paid from funds appropriated by the General Assembly." SECTION 2. The Department of State Treasurer and the Retirement Systems Division shall adopt rules necessary to implement this act. SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2027, and applies to purchases of service credit made on or after that date. *DRH10616-MCp-335*
Sponsors
- Campbell, Grant L. (R, 83) · primary sponsor
- Chesser, Allen (R, 25) · primary sponsor
- Loftis, Donnie (R, 109) · primary sponsor
- Ager, Eric (D, 114) · primary sponsor
- Biggs, Brian (R, 70)
- Branson, Jerry (R, 59)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Brown, Kanika (D, 71)
- Buansi, Allen (D, 56)
- Butler, Deb (D, 18)
- Clark, Tracy (D, 57)
- Colvin, Mike (D, 42)
Latest actions
- : Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: TSERS BOARD, COUNCIL OF STATE, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, STATE EMPLOYEES, BOARDS, PUBLIC, RETIREMENT, TEACHERS
Common questions
- What is H1111?
- H1111 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Military Service Buyback Reduction: Teachers.
- What does H1111 do?
- In its own words: An act to reduce the cost of purchasing military service credit for veterans employed in public education.
- What is the status of H1111?
- In committee as of April 30, 2026. Latest action: Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (April 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1111?
- Campbell, Grant L. (R, 83), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1111?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1111
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