AB 92 — Revises provisions governing the English Mastery Council. (BDR 34-393)

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92–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (O N BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ) PREFILED JANUARY 24, 2019 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the English Mastery Council.

(BDR 34-393) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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Existing law establishes the English Mastery Council and prescribes the duties of the Council which include reviewing certain policies and making recommendations relating to the education of English learners to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Commission on Professional Standards in Education, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, the boards of trustees “Englishof learner”school isdistricts generallyand defined to mean certain pupils who come from an environment where a language other than English either is dominant or has had a significant impact on the pupil’sState levelBoard of EnglishEducation. language proficiency.

(NRS 388.409, 388.411) “English learner” is generally defined to mean certain pupils who come from an environment where a language other than English either is dominant or has had a significant impact on the pupil’s level of English language proficiency.

§ 7801(20)) Section 1 of this bill expands the duties of the Council to include making recommendations to the State Board to improve the academic achievementachievementde and English proficiency of pupils who do not fall within the definition of English learners but have scored at or below the 25th percentile in the subject area of EngSectionsEnglish 2-4language ofarts thisin billcertain extendexaminations. the termination date of the Council from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2022.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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and (b) After the adoption of the regulations pursuant to paragraph (a), any revisions to those regulations as deemed necessary by the Council.Cou4.il.Develop standards and criteria for a curriculum for pupils who are English learners and submit those standards and criteria to the State Board for consideration.

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Develop standards and criteria for a curriculum for pupils who are English learners and submit those standards and criteria to the State Board for consideration.

Review any course of study offered by the Nevada System of Higher Education for training to teach English as a second language to determine if the course of study, including, without limitation, student teaching, is sufficiently rigorous to provide teachers with the tools necessary to improve the English proficiency and academic achievement and proficiency of pupils who are English learners.

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Section 17 of chapter 515, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 3422, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or anyanycal entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2020, and September 17, 2021, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 18, 2020, and September 17, 2021, respectively.

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