Assembly Education (ED)

Regular Meeting Schedule - The day, time, or location may be changed at any time by the committee chair. Frequently check the meeting agenda to determine if any items have been changed.

Tuesday Thursday 1:30 pm, Room 3142 1:30 pm, Room 3142

Contact Information - (775) 684-6729 Please submit all documents in support of your testimony to this email address - [email protected]

Members Tyrone Thompson - Chair Edgar Flores - Vice Chair Connie Munk

Staff Name Staff Title Dennis Roy Jr. - Committee Manager (775) 684-8569 LCB4114 Sharon McCallen - Committee Secretary (775) 684-8584 LCB4114A

Senate Education (EDU)

Regular Meeting Schedule - The day, time, or location may be changed at any time by the committee chair. Frequently check the meeting agenda to determine if any items have been changed. Monday Wednesday Friday 1:30 pm, Room 2134 1:30 pm, Room 2134 1:30 pm, Room 2134

Contact Information - (775) 684-1466 Please submit all documents in support of your testimony to this email address - [email protected] Members Moises Denis - Chair Joyce Woodhouse - Vice Chair Marilyn Dondero Loop Dallas Harris Scott Hammond Keith Pickard

Staff Name Staff Title Betty Kaminski - Committee Manager (775) 684-1497 LCB2128C Linda Hiller - Committee Secretary (775) 684-1469 LCB2128A Steven Jamieson - Committee Secretary (775) 684-1448 LCB2126A Shelley Kyle - Committee Secretary (775) 684-1472 LCB2128A

AB78 State Public Charter School Authority AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the participation of charter schools in the statewide system of accountability; requiring a charter school to release the education records of a pupil to the sponsor of the charter school under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of a charter school to adopt certain policies relating to English learners, parental involvement and assessments; revising provisions governing the operations of the State Public Charter School Authority; deeming certain records of organizations that provide services relating to the management or governance of charter schools to be public records; requiring certain employees of such organizations to receive background checks and report the abuse or neglect of a child; providing for the monitoring of criminal cases involving such employees who are unlicensed; revising provisions governing the operations and finances of charter schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AB35 Department of Education AN ACT relating to achievement charter schools; authorizing the opening of a new school as an achievement charter school; authorizing the conversion of an existing charter school into an achievement charter school under certain circumstances; establishing requirements concerning pupils to be enrolled in a school that is converted to or opened as an achievement charter school; requiring the Department of Education to take certain actions during the sixth year of the operation of a new school that is opened as an achievement charter school that is a neighborhood option school; clarifying that an application to operate an achievement charter school must be approved before the Achievement School District is deemed the sponsor of the school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB41 Department of Education AN ACT relating to education; eliminating the special qualifications license to teach; creating a separate category of licensure for paraprofessionals; revising provisions relating to the granting of additional licenses to teachers; revising provisions relating to the notification of employees whose licenses are near expiration; revising provisions governing the disclosure of certain information about licensed personnel; transferring certain authority relating to the suspension and revocation of licenses held by teachers and other educational personnel from the State Board of Education to the Commission on Professional Standards in Education and the Department of Education in certain circumstances; establishing provisions relating to hearings conducted by the Commission; repealing provisions authorizing the State Board to disapprove regulations adopted by the Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AB64 Eureka County School District Revises provisions governing the funding provided to school districts for pupils enrolled in full-time programs of distance education. (BDR 34-455)

AB67 Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the employment of the Executive Director of the Achievement School District; providing for the creation of a new type of achievement charter school which is not operated by a charter management organization or educational management organization; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB89 Department of Education AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the annual reports of accountability for public schools; revising requirements for a plan to improve the achievement of pupils enrolled in a public school; requiring the State Board of Education to develop nonbinding recommendations for the pupil-specialized instructional support personnel ratio in public schools; revising provisions related to providing a safe and respectful learning environment; revising provisions related to plans used by schools in responding to a crisis, emergency or suicide; revising provisions related to a statewide framework for providing integrated student supports for pupils enrolled in a public school and the families of such pupils; revising provisions related to school police officers; revising provisions relating to pupil discipline; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB69 Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety AN ACT relating to public safety; designating the month of October of each year as “Cybersecurity Awareness Month”; revising requirements relating to emergency response plans for schools, cities, counties and resort hotels; clarifying the authority of the Governor to call members of the Nevada National Guard into state active duty in the event of a significant cybersecurity incident; requiring each city or county to adopt and maintain a cybersecurity incident response plan; requiring the Nevada Office of Cyber Defense Coordination of the Department of Public Safety to provide certain training and briefings and submit a quarterly report to the Governor regarding cybersecurity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB69 Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety AN ACT relating to public safety; designating the month of October of each year as “Cybersecurity Awareness Month”; revising requirements relating to emergency response plans for schools, cities, counties and resort hotels; clarifying the authority of the Governor to call members of the Nevada National Guard into state active duty in the event of a significant cybersecurity incident; requiring each city or county to adopt and maintain a cybersecurity incident response plan; requiring the Nevada Office of Cyber Defense Coordination of the Department of Public Safety to provide certain training and briefings and submit a quarterly report to the Governor regarding cybersecurity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.8.

SB79 Department of Education AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to prescribe by regulation a policy for all school districts and public schools to manage chronic absenteeism; requiring the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to adopt the policy prescribed by the Department, at a minimum, and provide for the training of certain persons in accordance with the adopted policy; requiring an advisory board to review school attendance to evaluate the effectiveness of the policy to manage chronic absenteeism adopted by the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of a charter school in the county; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB84 Department of Education Establishes a program to award grants to support prekindergarten programs. (BDR 34-338)

AB88 Department of Education AN ACT relating to education; extending the deadline for certain reports relating to the average daily enrollment of pupils made by a school district to the Department of Education; revising the content of certain quarterly reports made by a school district; revising the information required to be posted online by a school district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB66 Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety AN ACT relating to public safety; renaming the State Disaster Identification Team as the State Disaster Identification Coordination Committee; revising the membership and duties of the Committee; transferring the duty to adopt regulations governing the Committee from the Department of Public Safety to the Division of Emergency Management of the Department; requiring providers of health care to report to the Committee certain information regarding any person who comes or is brought in for treatment of an injury which appears to have been inflicted as a result of certain emergencies or disasters or an illness which appears to have been contracted during certain health events; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AB72 Department of Education AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the designation and governance of a turnaround school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB80 Clark County School District AN ACT relating to the welfare of pupils; renaming the Safe-to-Tell Program within the Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment within the Department of Education as the SafeVoice Nevada Program; requiring the establishment of the Handle with Care Program; requiring law enforcement officers and agencies to report to the Handle with Care Program certain information about a child who may attend a public school and has been exposed to a traumatic event; requiring information submitted to the Handle with Care Program to be provided to certain school personnel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AB86 Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration AN ACT relating to governmental purchasing; making provisions relating to purchasing by local governments applicable to a metropolitan police department; exempting certain purchases by local governments from requirements of competitive bidding; increasing the monetary thresholds at which local governmental purchasing contracts must be advertised; authorizing a local government to dispose of personal property by donating it to another governmental entity or nonprofit organization; authorizing the Administrator of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration to enter into a contract pursuant to a solicitation by certain governmental entities; revising provisions governing certain preferences for businesses owned and operated by a veteran with a service-connected disability; making various other changes relating to governmental purchasing; authorizing the Commission to Study Governmental Purchasing to request the drafting of legislative measures for each regular session of the Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB57 Attorney General AN ACT relating to school property; making a blueprint or diagram of the layout of a public school confidential; authorizing or requiring the disclosure of a blueprint or diagram of the layout of a public or private school in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.