AB 182 — Revises provisions governing educational personnel. (BDR 34-121)

(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 24, 2023) FIRST REPRINT A.B.

requiring a person to hold a baccalaureate degree before obtaining certain licenses tofor teacheducational personnel or enrolling in an alternative route to licensure;

Section 2 of this bill prohibits a person from obtaining a license to teach, except a license to serve as a substitute teacher or a special license under certain circumstances, without first obtaining a baccalaureate degree.

Section 6 of this bill makes a conforming change related to - *AB182**AB182_R1* – 2 – the employment of persons who hold endorsements in subject areas at a school in which there is a shortage of teachers.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may issueissue: an endorsement or license to serve as a substitute teacher to a person who does not hold a baccalaureate degree if the person meets all other requirements prescribed by the Commission to obtain an endorsement or license to serve as substitute teacher.

(a) An endorsement or license to serve as a substitute teacher to a person who does not hold a baccalaureate degree if the person meets all other requirements prescribed by the Commission to obtain an endorsement or license to serve as substitute teacher.

(b) A special license described in subsection 6 of NRS 391.031 to a person who does not hold a baccalaureate degree if the person meets all other requirements prescribed by the Commission to obtain a special license.

- *AB182_R1* – 3 – (III) Require a qualified provider to provide in-person or virtual supervised, school-based experiences and ongoing support for its students, such as mentoring and coaching;

- *AB182* – 3 – (V) Allow for the completion in 2 years or less of the education and training required under the alternative route to licensure;

(e) Setting forth the qualifications and requirements for obtaining a license or endorsement to teach American Sign - *AB182_R1* – 4 – Language, including, without limitation, being registered with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 656A.100 to engage in the practice of sign language interpreting in a primary or secondary educational setting.

- *AB182* – 4 – (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 sign language interpreting in a primary or secondary educational setting if they:

(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 - *AB182_R1* – 5 – program of internship in school psychology while remaining employed in such a position.

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[If] Except as otherwise provided by section 3 of this act, if the board of trustees of a school district determines that a shortage of teachers exists within the school district in a particular - *AB182_R1* – 6 – subject area, the board of trustees may, on or before September 1 of the school year in which such a determination is made, submit a written request to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ persons who are licensed teachers but who do not hold an endorsement to teach in the subject area for which there is a - *AB182* – 6 – shortage of teachers at a public school within the school district.

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