SB 324 — Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-683)

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324324–Senators SDondero ENATELoop, BILLWoodhouse, NODenis, .D.

324–SENATORSHarris, DONDEROCannizzaro; LOOP , W OODHOUSE , DENIS , D.

HBrooks, ARRISCancela, ,Ohrenschall, CParks ANNIZZAROand ;Scheible Joint Sponsor:

BAssemblyman ROOKSThompson ,CHAPTER.......... CANCELA , OHRENSCHALL , ARKS AND S CHEIBLE M ARCH 18, 2019 ____________ JOINT SPONSOR :

ASSEMBLYMAN THOMPSON ____________ Referred to Committee on Finance SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to education.

(BDR 34-683) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

(NRS 387.1253) Section 1 of this bill renames the Account the Teachers’ eachSchool schoolSupplies districtAssistance andAccount. the governing body of each charter school to establish af special revenue fund to be used only to reimburse a teacher for his or her out-of- pocket expenses incurred by purchasing necessary school supplies for pupils he or she instructs.

Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to establish a pocket expenses incurred by purchasing necessary school supplies for pupils he or- she instructs.

Existing law further requires any money remaining in the special revenue fund to revert back to the Teachers’ School Supplies Reimbursement Account.

It may bemaintained disbursed:at a financial institution;

(1)(2) by depositingproviding money directly into the account of a teachercheck -written *SB324_R1*to – 2 – or (3) in the formteacher; of a credit, purchasing or debit card issued by a school to aeacher;

or (3) in the form of a credit, purchasing or debit card issued by a school to a teacher to directly purchase necessary school supplies.

(NRS 387.1257) Section 2 of this bill empowers the board of trustees of a school district and the governing body of a charter school to authorize a school to allow a teacher to use a credit, purchasing or debit card issued to the teacher by a school to directly purchase necessary school supplies or to be provided money in any of the ways authorized to pay for the purchase of supplies for the pupils of the teacher.

Section 2 also requires the board of trustees of a school district and the governing body of a charter school to adopt a policy that establishes the manner in which to account for disbursements or reimbursements of money using each form of payment approved by the board of trustees or the governing body.

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NRS 387.1255 is hereby amended to read as follows:

On or before September 1 of each year, thethellows: Department shall determine the amount of money that is available in the Teachers’ School Supplies [Reimbursement] Assistance Account created by NRS 387.1253 for distribution among all of the school districts and charter schools in this State for that fiscal year.

Department shall determine the amount of money that is available in the Teachers’ School Supplies [Reimbursement] Assistance Account created by NRS 387.1253 for distribution among all of the school districts and charter schools in this State for that fiscal year.

To the extent that money is available, the Department shall establish the amount of - *SB324_R1* – 3 – disbursement or reimbursement for each teacher which must not exceed $250 per fiscal year.

- 80th Session (2019) – 3 – (a) Pay for a purchase of necessary school supplies for the pupils instructed by a teacher using a purchasing card or debit card issued for this purpose to the teacher by a school;

(d) Provide a check written to a teacher to pay for a purchase of necessary school supplies for the pupils the teacher instructs;

or (e) Reimburse teachers for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with purchasing necessary school supplies for the pupils they instruct.

because4. one or more teachers at the school did not use the amount established for his or her disbursement or reimbursement pursuant to subsection 1, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school, as applicable, shall allow a teacher who has used the entire amount of his or her disbursement or reimbursement pursuant to subsection 1 to request an additional disbursement or reimbursement from the special revenue fund.

If there is money remaining in the special revenue fund because one or more teachers at the school did not use the amount established for his or her disbursement or reimbursement pursuant to subsection 1, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school, as applicable, shall allow a teacher who has used the entire amount of his or her disbursement or reimbursement pursuant to subsection 1 to request an additional disbursement or reimbursement from the special revenue fund.

[5.]end 6.of a fiscal year reverts to the Teachers’ School Supplies the [Reimbursement] Assistance Account.

AnySec. money remaining in the special revenue fund at the end of a fiscal year reverts to the Teachers’ School Supplies [Reimbursement] Assistance Account.

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The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school that receives money pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 387.1255 shall determine the manner in which to distribute the money to teachers in the school district or charter school, as applicable, including, without limitation, whether to authorize a school to allow teachers to use a credit card, purchasing card or debit card connected to the special revenue fund issued to the teacher by the school to directly purchase school supplies, require a teacher to submit a request for a claim for reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses from the - 80th Session (2019) – 4 – special revenue fund established pursuant to NRS 387.1255 [.] or authorize any other manner of providing money to a teacher described in subsection 3 of NRS 387.1255 to pay for school supplies for the pupils the teacher instructs.

3.body of a charter school, as applicable, requires a teacher to submitg a claim for reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses to receive money from the special revenue fund, the teacher must submit such a claim no later than 2 weeks after the last day of the school year.