SB 352 — Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-843)

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352–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION M ARCH 25, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to education.

(BDR 34-843) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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(2) require the Department of Education to accept a student teaching experience completed in another state or a foreign country if the Department determines that experience substantially fulfills the requirements of a employed by a public school to provide support or other services relating to school psychology to simultaneously complete a program of internshipstudent teaching in psychology.this State;

THEand PEOPLE(3) OFallow THEa STATEperson OFwho NEVADA,is REPRESENTEDcurrently INemployed SENATEby ANDa ASSEMBLY,public DOschool ENACTto ASprovide FOLLOWS:support or other services relating to school psychology to simultaneously complete a program of internship in psychology.

SectionEXPLANATION 1.– Matter in bolded italics is new;

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THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:D IN Section 1.

- *SB352_R1* – 2 – (a) Prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and other educational personnel and the procedures for the issuance and renewal of those licenses.

(III)- Require81st aSession qualified(2021) provider– to2 provide– in-person or virtual supervised, school-based experiences and ongoing supportsupportn or for its students, such as mentoring and coaching;

and (VII) Upon the completion by a person of the education and training required under the alternative route to licensure and the satisfaction of all other requirements for licensure, provide for thethee issuance of a regular license to the person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Must not prescribe qualifications which are more stringent than the qualifications set forth in NRS 391.0315 for a - *SB352_R1* – 3 – licensed teacher who applies for an additional license in accordance with that section.

(b) Identifying fields of specialization in teaching which require the(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.125, requiring teachers to obtain from the specializedDepartment trainingan endorsement in a field of teachers.specialization to be eligible to teach in that field of specialization.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.125, requiring teachers to obtain from the Department an endorsement in a field of specialization to be eligible to teach in that field of specialization.

(e) Setting forth the qualifications and requirements for obtaining a license or endorsement to teach American Sign Language, including, without limitation, being registered with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health - 81st Session (2021) – 3 – and Human Services pursuant to NRS 656A.100 to engage in the practice of interpreting in an educational setting.

(f) Requiring teachers and other educational personnel to be registered with the Aging and Disability Services Division pursuant to NRS 656A.100 to engage in the practice of interpreting in an educational setting if they:

the practice of interpreting in an (1) Provide instruction or other educational services;

(k) Authorizing a person who is employed as a paraprofessional and enrolled in a program to become a teacher to complete an accelerated program of student teaching in the samesameto or a substantially similar area in which the person is employed as a paraprofessional while remaining employed as a paraprofessional.

- *SB352_R1* – 4 – (l) Requiring the Department to accept a program of student teaching or other teaching experience completed in another state or foreign country by an applicant for a license if the Department determines that the program or experience substantially fulfills the standards of a program of student teaching in this State.

(m) Authorizing a person who is employed by a public school to provide support or other services relating to school psychology, if the person does not hold a license or endorsement as a school psychologist but is enrolled in a program that would allow the person to obtain such a license or endorsement, to complete a - 81st Session (2021) – 4 – program of internship in school psychology while remaining emp2.yeExceptemployed as otherwise provided in NRS 391.027, the Commission may adopt such othera regulationsposition. as it deems necessary for its own government or to carry out its duties.

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Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.027, the Commission may adopt such other regulations as it deems necessary for3.ts Any regulation which increases the amount of education, training or experience required for licensing:

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