AB 351 — Establishes program of grants to be used by teachers to make payments on educational loans. (BDR 34-653)

(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 20, 2017) FIRST REPRINT A.B.

351–A SSEMBLYMAN FFUMO UMO M ARCH 20, 2017 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Establishes program of grants to be used by teachers to make payments on educational loans.

requiring the SuperintendentDepartment of Public Instruction to awarddesignate grants to certain teachersareas whoof teachinstruction inas suchareas countiesof orcritical possessneed suchin licensesthis orState; endorsements;

requiring the Superintendent of Public Instruction to award grants to certain teachers who teach in such counties, possess such licenses or endorsements, or teach in an area of critical need;

(NRS 385.230) Section 1 of this bill requires that report to contain a designation of the counties, kinds of licenses and fieSectionsfields 3-11 of thisendorsement billfor establishwhich thea Teachershortage Shortageof Loanteachers Repayment.exists in this State.

In need in this State.t must designate areas of instruction identified as areas of critical Sections 3-11 of this bill establish the Teacher Shortage Loan Repayment Grants Program to provide grants of money to teachers who teach in the counties or possess a kind of license or endorsement designated as having a shortage of teachers in this State.

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SectionShortage 9Loan alsoRepayment requiresGrant. the Superintendent of Public Instruction to review applications annually and to award grants of money to approved teachers.

Additionally,Section section 9 also requires the recipientSuperintendent ofofer aPublic TeacherInstruction -to *AB351*review –applications 2annually –and Shortage Loan Repayment Grant to submitaward proofgrants thatof themoney Grant was used to makeapproved paymentsteachers. on authorized educational loans.

Additionally, section 9 requires the recipient of a Teacher Shortage Loan Repayment Grant to submit proof that the Grant was used to make payments on authorized educational loans.

- *AB351_R1* – 3 – (h) An analysis of whether the standards and examinations adopted by the State Board adequately prepare pupils for success in postsecondary educational institutions and in career and workforce readiness;

- *AB351* – 3 – (j) An analysis of the ability of the automated system of accountability information for Nevada established pursuant to NRS 385A.800 to link the achievement of pupils to the performance of the individual teachers assigned to those pupils and to the principals of the schools in which the pupils are enrolled;

and (n) A designation of the counties, kinds of licenses prescribed in NRS 391.031 and fields of endorsement for which a shortage of teachers exists in this State.State;

and (o) A designation of any area of instruction identified for the purposes of section 8 of this act as an area of critical need in this State, in addition to those specified in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of that section.

In even-numbered years, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, on or before January 31, submit a written copy of - *AB351_R1* – 4 – the report prepared pursuant to subsection 1 to the Governor and to the Legislative Committee on Education.

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After preparing the report required by NRS 385.230, the Department shall publish on its Internet website a list of thethe: counties, kinds of licenses prescribed in NRS 391.031 and fields of endorsement designated in that report as having a shortage of teachers in this State.

2.(a) Counties, kinds of licenses prescribed in NRS 391.031 and fields of endorsement designated in that report as having a shortage of teachers in this State;

and (b) Areas of instruction specified in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 or designated in that report as areas of critical need in this State for the purposes of this section.

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or - *AB351* – 5 – (c) Possesses an endorsement in a field that has been designated in the most recent report prepared pursuant to NRS 385.230 as having a shortage of teachers and teaches in the field of specialization authorized by that endorsement at a public school in this State.State;

or (d) Has taught for 2 years or more in special education, English as a second language or other area of instruction that has previously been designated in the report prepared pursuant to NRS 385.230 as an area of critical need in this State, in a:

(1) Title I school;

or (2) Public school that has received one of the two lowest ratings of performance pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools.

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Any other data that the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines is useful to evaluate whether Teacher Shortage Loan Repayment Grants have encouraged teachers to teach in thethe: counties and obtain the types of licenses and endorsements that have been designated as having a shortage of teachers in this State pursuant to NRS 385.230.

(a) Counties and obtain the types of licenses and endorsements that have been designated as having a shortage of teachers in this State pursuant to NRS 385.230;

or (b) Schools described in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of section 8 of this act in the areas of instruction specified in that paragraph or designated as areas of critical need in this State pursuant to NRS 385.230.

- *AB351* – 7 – for the purpose of adopting regulations and performing any otheral administrative tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and on January 1, 2018, for all other purposes.

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