SB 291 — Makes various changes relating to education. (BDR 34-503)

S.B.Senate Bill No.

291291–Senators SCannizzaro, ENATEDondero BILLLoop, NOLange, .Flores, Neal;

291–SENATORSDaly, CANNIZZARODonate, ,D. DONDERO LOOP , LANGE , F LORES , N EAL;

DHarris, ALYNguyen, ,Ohrenschall, DPazina, ONATEScheible ,and D.Spearman CHAPTER..........

H ARRIS , NGUYEN , O HRENSCHALL , PAZINA , S CHEIBLE AND SPEARMAN M ARCH 15, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to education.

(BDR 34-503) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

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

Existing law authorizes a school district to enter into an agreement with the Nevada System of Higher Education or certain accredited postsecondary educational institutions to provide for the assignment of students for training purposes as a student teacher.

(NRS 391.095) Existing law also provides that, before assigning a long-term substitute who is not a licensed teacher to fill a teaching position, the board of trustees of a school district that has entered into an agreement concerning student teachers is required to select a student teacher who has:

and (2) applied to the board of trustees for employment as a substitute teacher by submitting an application that includes the written approval of the teacher who supervises the student teacher through his or her educational institution and the employedteacher aswho asupervises substitutethe student teacher byin the schoolclassroom. district, the student teacher:

If a student teacher is employed as a substitute teacher by the school district, the student teacher:

(2) must be assigned to teach in the subject area and grade level, as applicable, in which the - *SB291* – 2 – student teacher is completing his or her student teaching;

and (3) must be supervised by a licensed teacher who must be available to assist and observe the student teacher on a periodic basis and oversee the management of the classroom andSectionand Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that, to qualify for employment as a substitute teacher, a student teacher must have completed at least 4 weeks of student teaching in a school district.

Existing law authorizes a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education to apply to the State Board of Education for a grant of money to establish the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation and establishes certain requirements for the Institute.

(1) establish a highly selective program for theand educationmethods used to educate and trainingtrain ofteachers teachers;and to teach pupils;

(2) conduct research concerning approaches and methods(3)roaches usedevaluate, todevelop educate and traindisseminate teachersapproaches and to teachteaching. pupils;

and(NRS (3)396.5185) 2Section of this bill makes an appropriation to the Department of Education for the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation.

- 82nd Session (2023) – 2 – EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

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

The application must include the(a) The teacher who supervises the writtenstudent approvalteacher of:through the Nevada System of Higher Education or accredited postsecondary educational institution, as applicable;

(a) The teacher who supervises the student teacher through the Nevada System of Higher Education or accredited postsecondary educational institution, as applicable;

- *SB291* – 3 – (1) Be available to assist the student teacher and observe the student teacher on a periodic basis;

Nothing in this section entitles a student teacher who is not employed as a substitute teacher to be paid for time spent completing his or her student teaching, including, without limitation, time spent or her completing course work and assignments required for completion of - 82nd Session (2023) – 3 – a program of study offered by the Nevada System of Higher Education or an accredited postsecondary educational institution.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the board of trustees of a school district that employs a student teacher as a substitute teacher pursuant to this section shall, in consultation with the employee organization representing licensed teachers in thetheion with school district, provide for compensation of the licensed teacher who supervises the student teacher pursuant to subsection 3 that is in addition to the regular salary of the licensed teacher.

In making an expenditure from the money appropriated by subsection 1, the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparationexpenses.on may expend not more than $75,000 for administrative expenses.3.

3.

(a) Prepare and transmit a report to the Interim Finance Committee on or before December 20, 2024, that describes each - *SB291* – 4 – expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 from the date on which the money was received by the Institute through December 1, 2024;

and (b) Prepare and transmit a final report to the Interim Finance Committee on or before October 1, 2025, that describes each expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 from the date on which the money was received by the Institute through June 30, 2025.

Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2025,- by82nd theSession entity(2023) to– which4 the– appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise entity transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 19, 2025, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 19, 2025.

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