Nevada 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 249 — Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-81)

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 15, 2021. Enacted.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

70 added · 82 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised Senate Bill No. 249 now explicitly allows students to be excused from public school attendance for behavioral health reasons, expanding the existing regulations which only covered physical and mental health issues. It enables a qualified mental health or behavioral health professional to provide the necessary documentation for this excuse. Additionally, schools are required to include mental health resource information on students' identification cards, which is significant for raising awareness and accessibility of support for students who may need it. This change highlights the importance of mental health in educational settings and aims to better support students' overall well-being.

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 21, 2021) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
Senate Bill No.
249 SENATE B ILLN O.
249–Senator Dondero Loop CHAPTER..........
249–S ENATOR D ONDERO LOOP M ARCH 15, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to education.
(BDR 34-81) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
LegiExisting law generally requires a child between 7 and 18 years of age to attend public school.
Existing law generally requires a child between 7 and 18 years of age to attend public school.
(NRS 392.040) Under existing law, a child must be excused from attendance when satisfactory evidence is presented to the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides that the physical or mental condition of the child prevents or renders inadvisable the child’s attendance at school.
(NRS 392.040) Under existing law, a child must be excused from attendance when satisfactory evidence is presented to the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides that the physical or mental condition of the provides that a certificate from a qualified physician must be taken as satisfactory evidence of the inability of the child to attend school.
Existing law evidence of the inability of the child to attend school.
(NRS 392.050) Section 2 of this bill includes behavioral health among the conditions that may require a child to be excused from attendance.
(NRS 392.050) Section 2 ofy this bill includes behavioral health among the conditions that may require a child to be excused from attendance.
Section 2 prohibits an excusal from attendance from negatively affecting the rating of a school pursuant to the statewide system of accSection 1 of this bill requires the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to ensure that information relating to mental health resources appears on the back of any identification card issued to a pupil at a - *SB249_R1* – 2 – school.
Section 2 prohibits an excusal from attendance from accountability for public schools.
a school pursuant to the statewide system of Section 1 of this bill requires the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to ensure that information relating to mental health resources appears on the back of any identification card issued to a pupil at a school.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Sec.
- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – Sec.
A certificate in writing from any qualified physician , mental health professional or behavioral health professional acting within his or her authorized scope of practice, filed with the board of trustees immediately after its receipt, stating that the child is not able to attend school or that the child’s attendance is inadvisable must be taken as satisfactory evidence by the board of trustees.
A certificate in writing from any qualified physician , mental health professional or behavioral health professional acting within his or her authorized scope of practice, filed with the board of trustees immediately after its receipt, stating that the child inadvisable must be taken as satisfactory evidence by the board of trustees.
A university, state college or community college within the System shall ensure that information relating to mental health resources appears on any identification card newly issued to or reprinted for a student of the university, state college or - *SB249_R1* – 3 – community college.
A university, state college or community college within the System shall ensure that information relating to mental health resources appears on any identification card newly issued to or reprinted for a student of the university, state college or community college.
The information must include, without the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, or its successoron for organization.
The information must include, without limitation, the telephone number and a text messaging option for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, or its successor organization.
H - *SB249_R1*
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The bill expands the conditions under which a child may be excused from school attendance to include behavioral health issues and mandates mental health resource information on student identification cards.

  • NRS 392.050

    A child must be excused from attendance required by the provisions of NRS 392.040 when satisfactory written evidence is presented to the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides that the child’s physical or mental condition → A child must be excused from attendance required by the provisions of NRS 392.040 when satisfactory written evidence is presented to the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides that the child’s physical or mental condition or behavioral health is such as to prevent or render inadvisable the child’s attendance at school or his or her application to study.

    This change includes behavioral health as a valid reason for excusal from school attendance.

  • NRS 392.050

    A certificate in writing from any qualified physician → A certificate in writing from any qualified physician, mental health professional or behavioral health professional acting within his or her authorized scope of practice,

    This change expands the list of professionals who can provide certification for a child's excusal from school due to health issues.

  • NRS 392.050

    the excusal must not negatively affect the rating of a public school as determined by the Department pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools. → the excusal must not negatively affect the rating of a public school as determined by the Department pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools.

    This clarification ensures that students excused for behavioral health do not impact the school's accountability ratings.

  • The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school shall ensure that information relating to mental health resources, including, without limitation, the telephone number for a local or national suicide prevention hotline, appears on the back of any identification card issued to a pupil at a school within the school district or the charter school.

    This new requirement mandates that mental health resource information be included on student ID cards.

  • A university, state college or community college within the System shall ensure that information relating to mental health resources appears on any identification card newly issued to or reprinted for a student of the university, state college or community college.

    This new requirement mandates mental health resource information on higher education student ID cards.

Amendments

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Action History

  1. Chapter 495.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  4. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Assembly Amendment No. 753 concurred in. To enrollment.

  5. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 753.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 32, Nays: 9, Absent: 1.) To printer.

  6. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  8. Read second time.

  9. From committee: Do pass.

  10. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.

  11. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

  12. Read second time.

  13. From committee: Do pass.

  14. From printer. To committee.

  15. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.

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Who sponsors SB 249?
SB 249 is sponsored by Dondero Loop, Marilyn (Democratic).
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