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SenateSession Bill(81st) A SB172 433 Amendment No.
172–Senators433 Denis,Senate DonderoAmendment Loopto andSenate BuckBill JointNo. Sponsor:
Assemblywoman172 Tolles(BDR CHAPTER..........34-185) Proposed by:
Senate Committee on Education Amends:
Summary:
No Title:
Yes Preamble:
No Joint Sponsorship:
No Digest:
Yes Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN the unfunded mandate not requested by the affected local government to S.B.
172 (§ 1.5).
ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Dat| SENATE ACTION Initial and Date Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not Receded Not | Receded Not EXPLANATION:
Matter in (1) blue bold italics is new language in the original bill;
(2) variations of green bold underlining is language proposed to be added in this amendment;
(3) red strikethrough is deleted language in the original bill;
(4) purple double strikethrough is language proposed to be deleted in this amendment;
(5) orange double underlining is deleted language in the original bill proposed to be retained in this amendment.
AMM/AAK - Date:
4/16/2021 S.B.
No.
172—Revises provisions relating to education.
(BDR 34-185) Page 1 of 7 *A_SB172_433* Senate Amendment No.
433 to Senate Bill No.
172 Page 3 SENATE B ILLNO .
172–ENATORS DENIS AND DONDERO LOOP M ARCH 4, 2021 _______________ JOINTS PONSOR:
ASSEMBLYWOMAN T OLLES _______________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to education.
(BDR 34-185) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State:
No.
CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE [(§ 1)] (§ 1.5) (NOT REQUESTED BYAFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT ) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt regulations that provide a uniform grading scale for all public high schools, including, withouttwithout limitation, a grading scale for advanced placement courses and honors courses.
(NRS 389.300, 389.310) Under existing law, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school must establish an application for enrollment in a dual credit course.
Existing law requires a school district or charter school to enter into a cooperative agreement with a community college, state college or university to offer dual credit courses to pupils enrolled in the school district or charter school.
Existing law sets forth various requirements1.5 thatof mustthis bebill includedremoves inprovisions therelating to cooperative agreement.agreements to offer dual credit Senate Amendment No.
(NRS433 389.310) Section 1.5 of this bill removes provisions relating to cooperativeSenate agreementsBill toNo. offer dual credit courses and instead requires a school district or charter school to establish a program for dual credit.
Section172 1.5Page also4 requirescredit. the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to biennially submit a report on its program for dual credit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau and the Legislative Committee on pupils enrolled in the program;
Section [1] 1.5 also requires the board of trustees of each school district and the dual governing body of each charter school to biennially submit a report on its program for dual credit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau and the Legislative Committee on Education that [includes,] may include, without limitation, certain information on the:
(1) pupils enrolled in the program;
and (3))(3) teachers employed by the school district or charter school who are involved in the program.
Section 1.5 requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, school districts and charter schools, to adopt regulations prescribingpreSection 2 of this bill requires the contentsLegislative ofCommittee on Education to hold a meeting on dual credit courses in the report.2021-2022 interim.
Section 2 of this bill requires the Legislative Committee on Education to hold a meeting on dual credit courses in the 2021-2022 interim.
- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
The regulations adopted pursuant to this section must assign the same weight to dual credit courses and international baccalaureate courses as the weight assigned to advanced placement courses if the dual credit course or international baccalaureate course is a core academic subject designated pursuant to NRS 389.018 or a subject for which an adv2.advanced placement course is offered.
2.
[Section 1.] Sec.
(c) An explanation of the manner in which the tuition for the dual credit course will be paid, including, without limitation,elimitation, whether:
-(1) 81stThe Sessionschool (2021)district – 3 – portion of the tuition for the dual credit course;ll pay all or acharter (2)school Awill pupilpay is responsible for paying all or a portion of the tuition for the dual credit course;
(3)(2) GrantsA frompupil theis Departmentresponsible arefor availablepaying and will be applied to pay all or a portion of the tuition for the dual credit course;
Senate Amendment No.
433 to Senate Bill No.
172 Page 5 (3) Grants from the Department are available and will be applied to pay all or a portion of the tuition for the dual credit course;
(e) Assignment by the school district or charter school of a unique identification number to each pupil who is enrolled in the dua(f) A requirement that the community college, state college or university that provides the dual credit coursecourse; retain the unique identification number assigned to each pupil pursuant to paragraph (e);
(f) A requirement that the community college, state college or university that provides the dual credit course retain the unique identification number assigned to each pupil pursuant to paragraph (e);
Department4. shall retain a copy of each cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this section.] 2.
The Nevada System of Higher Education and the Department shall retain a copy of each cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this section.] 2.
The Department, in consultation with the Board of - 81st Session (2021) – 4 – Regents of the University of Nevada, school districts and charter schools, shall adopt regulations prescribing the information the report must include.
The report [must] may include, without limitation:
(b) A list of the courses in which [a pupil may enroll;] pupils enroll;
(e)[(e) The costnumber toof thepupils schoolwho districthave been awarded an associate’s degree or charterhigher before earning a high school fordiploma establishingas anda maintainingresult of participating in the program;
(f)(f)] (e) The cost to pupilsthe school district or charter school for participatingestablishing inand maintaining the program;
and[(g)] (g)(f) The numbercost ofto teacherspupils employedfor byparticipating thein school district or charter school who serve as the teacherprogram of[; record for a dual credit course.
(h) Any measures taken by the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of the charter school to mitigate the cost to pupils for participating in the program;] ;
and [(i)] (g) The number of teachers employed by the school district or charter school who serve as the teacher of record for a dual credit course.
1.Senate Amendment No.
Review433 the reports required to beSenate submittedBill pursuantNo. to section 1.5 of this act;
172 Page 6 1.
Review the reports required to be submitted pursuant to section [1] 1.5 of this act;
Hear presentations from relevant stakeholders on information related to the reports required to be submitted pursuant to section [1] 1.5 of this act and on any recommendations for legislation.
The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 218D.380 do not apply to any provision of this act which adds or revises a reqSec.requirement to submit a report to the Legislature.
Sec.
This [act becomes] section and sections 2 to 5, inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
- 81st Session (2021) – 5 – (a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act;
~~~~~TEXT 21OF -REPEALED 81stSECTION Session389.300 (2021)Application to enroll in dual credit course;
approval or disapproval of application;
prerequisites for dual credit course to be completed before enrollment in course.
1.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a pupil enrolled in high school, including, without limitation, a pupil enrolled in grade 9, 10, 11 or 12 in a charter school, who wishes to enroll in a dual credit course must, at least 60 days before the last day of the semester that immediately precedes the semester in which the pupil intends to enroll in a dual credit course, submit an application on the form prescribed pursuant to subsection 2 to the superintendent of schools of the school district or his or her designee or the administrator of the charter school, as applicable.
The superintendent or his or her designee or the administrator of a charter school, as applicable, may, in his or her discretion, waive the period for submitting an application prescribed by this subsection.
2.
The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school shall create, publish and make publicly available an application for enrollment in a dual credit course.
The application must, without limitation:
(a) Provide for enrollment in more than one dual credit course using a single application;
(b) Specify the dual credit course or courses in which the applicant seeks to concurrently enroll;
and (c) Be consistent with any regulations adopted by the State Board.
3.
The superintendent of schools of a school district or his or her designee or the administrator of a charter school, as applicable, shall approve or disapprove Senate Amendment No.
433 to Senate Bill No.
172 Page 7 each application submitted pursuant to subsection 1 and provide notice of the approval or disapproval to the applicant.
4.
A pupil must satisfactorily complete the prerequisites for a dual credit course before he or she may enroll in the course.
If a pupil does not satisfactorily complete the prerequisites for a dual credit course, the community college, state college or university that provides the dual credit course may allow the pupil to enroll in another course for which the pupil has satisfactorily completed the prerequisites without requiring the pupil to submit a new application.