SB 2 — Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-429)

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2–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (ON B EHALF OF THE C LARK C OUNTY SCHOOL D ISTRICT) PREFILED N OVEMBER 18, 2020 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to education.

(BDR 34-429) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

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

Existing law requires the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to develop a plan to assess the proficiency of a pupil inngin reading when the pupil enters kindergarten or enrolls in an elementary school.

(NRS 388.157) Section 1 of this bill instead requires a pupil to take such an assessment during each grade level of elementary school as is determined to be necessary.

Section 1 requires the Department of Education to prescribe bybyto be regulation procedures for assessing the development of pupils enrolled in Existingkindergarten lawacross requiresearly thelearning boarddomains ofwithin trustees45 ofdays a school district and the governing body of a charter school to report certain information concerning pupils with disabilities to the Departmentstart of Education.school.

(NRSExisting 388.422)law Sectionrequires 2the board of thistrustees billof a school district and the governing body of a charter school to report certain information concerning pupils with removes this requirement.

(NRS 10392.420) Section 3 of this bill revises this requirement to no longer apply in grade and requires a representative sample of such pupils to be measured only everyradeevery other year.

-EXPLANATION *SB2_R1* – 2Matter –in THEbolded PEOPLEitalics OFis THEnew; STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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

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

Such a program must include, without limitation, regularly scheduled reading sessions in small groups and specific instruction designed to target any area of reading in which the pupil - 81st Session (2021) – 2 – demonstrates a deficiency, including, without limitation, phonological and phonemic awareness, decoding skills, reading fluency and vocabulary and reading comprehension strategies;

(b) Procedures for assessing a pupil’s proficiency in the subject areathat have been approved by the State Board by regulation [:sessments (1) Within the first 30 days of readingschool usingafter validthe andpupil reliableenters standards-basedkindergarten assessmentsor thatupon haveenrollment beenin approvedthe byelementary school if the Statepupil Boardenrolls byafter regulationthat [:period and has not previously been assessed;

(1) Within the first 30 days of school after the pupil enters kindergarten or upon enrollment in the elementary school if the pupil enrolls after that period and has not previously been assessed;

(c) A program to improve the proficiency in reading of pupils who(d)who Proceduresare forEnglish facilitatinglearners; collaboration between licensed teachers designated as literacy specialists and classroom teachers.

and (d) Procedures for facilitating collaboration between licensed teachers designated as literacy specialists and classroom teachers.

-388.422 *SB2_R1*[1.RS –38On 3or –before Sec.July 1 of each year, the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall report to the Department:

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NRS 388.422 is hereby amended to read as follows:

388.422 [1.

On or before July 1 of each year, the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall report to the Department:

On or before August 1 of each year, the Department shall compile a report of the information reported pursuant to subsection 1 and post the report on an Internet website maintained by the Department.

3.] The Department shall provide to each school district and charter school in this State information concerning services for children- with81st disabilitiesSession provided(2021) by– the3 Aging– and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services.

In each school at which a school nurse is responsible for providing nursing services, the school nurse shall plan for and carry out, or supervise qualified health personnel in carrying out, a separate and careful observation and examination of every child who is regularly enrolled in a grade specified by the board of trustees or superintendent of schools of the school district in accordance with this subsection to determine whether the child has scoliosis, any visual or auditory problem, or any gross physical defect.

The grades in which the observations and examinations mustmustal be carried out are as follows:

- *SB2_R1* – 4 –  Any person other than a school nurse, including, without limitation, a person employed at a school to provide basic first aid and health services to pupils, who performs an observation or examination pursuant to this subsection must be trained by a school nursenur2. to conduct the observation or examination.

2.toIn addition to the requirements of subsection 1, the board of trustees of each school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall direct school nurses, qualified health personnel employed pursuant to subsection 6, teachers who teach physical education or health or other licensed educational personnel who have completed training in measuring the height and weight of a pupil provided by the school district, to measure the height and weight of a representative sample of pupils who are enrolled in grades 4 [,] and 7 [and 10] in the schools within the school district.

In- addition81st toSession the(2021) requirements– of4 subsection– 1,Health theand boardHuman ofServices, trustees of each school district in aconsultation countywith whosethe populationboard isofnt 100,000of ortrustees moreof shalleach direct school nurses,district qualifiedand healtheach personnellocal employed pursuant to subsection 6, teachers who teach physical education or health ordistrict, otheras licensedapplicable, educationalshall personneldetermine who have completed training in measuring the heightnumber and weight of apupils pupilnecessary provided by the school district, to measureinclude the height and weight of a representative sample of pupils who are enrolled in grades 4 [,] and 7 [and 10] in the schoolsrepresentative withinsample. the school district.

The Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the board of trustees of each school district and each local health district, as applicable, shall determine the number of pupils necessary to include in the representative sample.

(b) Is repeating a grade;

Any written notice provided to the parent or guardian of a child pursuant to this subsection must include, to the extent that information is available, a list of any resources that may be available in the community to provide such medical attention, including, without limitation, resources available at no charge or at a reduced - *SB2_R1* – 5 – cost.

If such a list is provided, the principal, his or her designee, or any employee of the school or the school district is not responsible forreceives providing such resourcesresources.rces to the pupil or ensuring that the pupil receives6. such resources.

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