AB 261 — Revises provisions governing education to provide diversity and inclusivity in the academic standards and curriculum. (BDR 34-672)

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261261–Assemblywomen AAnderson, SSEMBLYBrittney BMiller ILLNand O.Considine Joint Sponsor:

261–ASenator SSEMBLYWOMEND. ANDERSON , BRITTNEY M ILLER AND CONSIDINE M ARCH 15, 2021 ____________ JOINT SPONSOR :

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H ARRIS ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing education to provide diversity and inclusivity in the academic standards and curriculum.

(BDR 34-672) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§ 1) (OT REQUESTED BAFFECTELOCALGOVERNMENT) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

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

Existing law requires the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools to establish standards of content and performance for certain courses of study.

(NRS 389.520) Section 1 of this bill requires the board of trustees of aaf school district or the governing body of a charter school to ensure that instruction is provided to pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on the history and Sectioncontributions 1to requiresscience, suchthe instructionarts toand be:humanities of certain groups of persons.

Section 1 requires such instruction to be:

and (3) included instandards one or more courses of studycontent forand whichperformance.hich the Council has established relevant standardsUnder existing law, the State Board of contentEducation andis performance.required to make the final decision on the use of all textbooks in the public schools in this State.

Under(NRS existing389.850) law,Section 2 of this bill prohibits the State Board offrom Educationselecting isinstructional requiredmaterials, toincluding, makewithout thelimitation, finala decisiontextbook, onfor use in the usepublic ofschools allunless textbooksthe ininstructional materials accurately portray the publichistory schoolsand in thissection State.1.

-to *AB261_R1*science, –the 2arts –and (NRShumanities 389.850) Section 2 of this bill prohibits the Stategroups Boardof frompersons selectingdescribed instructionalEXPLANATION materials,– including,Matter without limitation, a textbook, for use in thebolded publicitalics schoolsis unlessnew; the instructional materials accurately portray the history and in section 1.

tomatter science,between thebrackets arts[omitted andmaterial] humanitiesis ofmaterial theto groupsbe ofomitted. persons described THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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

(b)- Persons81st Session (2021) – 2 – identity;rsons of marginalized sexual orientation or gender identity;(c) Persons with disabilities;

(c) Persons with disabilities;

(a)(b) Age-appropriate;Included within one or more courses of study for which the Council has established the relevant standards of content and performance.

and (b) Included within one or more courses of study for which the Council has established the relevant standards of content and performance.

If a textbook proposed for selection is in a subject area for which standards of content have been established by the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools - *AB261_R1* – 3 – pursuant to NRS 389.520, the State Board shall not select the textbook unless the State Board determines that the textbook adequately supports the standards for that subject area.

A textbook must not be selected by the State Board pursuant to subsection 1 for use in the public schools in classes in literature, history or social sciences unless it accurately portrays the cultural and racial diversity of our society, including lessons on the contributions made to our society by men and women from various racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Instructional materials, including, without limitation, a textbook, must not be selected by the State Board pursuant to subsection 1 for use in the public schools unless the State Board determines that the instructional materials accurately portray the history and contributions to science, the arts and humanities of the groups of persons described in section 1 of this act.

- 81st Session (2021) – 3 – additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.

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The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.

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