Nevada 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 115 — Makes various changes relating to bilingual education. (BDR 34-790)

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Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 05, 2025.

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 17, 2025) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
Senate Bill No.
115 SENATE B ILLN O.
115–Senators Cruz-Crawford and Doñate Joint Sponsor:
115–SENATORS C RUZ -CRAWFORD AND D OÑATE PREFILED JANUARY 27, 2025 ____________ JOINT SPONSOR :
Assemblymember Moore CHAPTER..........
ASSEMBLYMEMBER M OORE ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to bilingual education.
(BDR 34-790) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
authorizing the board of trustees of a school district or governing body of a charter school to provide a stipend to teachers who teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education;
authorizing the board of trustees of a school district or governing body of a charter school to provide a stipend to certain teachers who teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education;
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
LegiExisting law creates the Commission on Professional Standards in Education and requires the Commission to adopt regulations prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and other educational personnel.
Existing law creates the Commission on Professional Standards in Education and requires the Commission to adopt regulations prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and other educational personnel.
(NRS 391.011, 391.019) Under existing law, such regulations must include a requirement that to be eligible to teach in a field of specialization, a teacher is required to obtain from the Department of Education an endorsement in that field of specialization, unless the trustees of a school district to employ licensed teachers who do not hold anrd of endorsement to teach in a subject area for which there is a shortage of teachers at a public school within the district.
(NRS 391.011, 391.019) Under existing law, such regulations must include a requirement that to be eligible to Department of Education an endorsement in that field of specialization, unless the Superintendent of Public Instruction approves a request submitted by the board of trustees of a school district to employ licensed teachers who do not hold an endorsement to teach in a subject area for which there is a shortage of teachers at a public school within the district.
(1) must hold an endorsement issued by the Department to teach pupils in a program ofon - *SB115_R1* – 2 – bilingual education and pass an examination or assessment to demonstrate language proficiency;
(1) require that to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education, a person must hold an endorsement issued by the Department to teach pupils in a program of bilingual education and pass an examination or assessment to demonstrate language proficiency;
and (2) establish the requirements for a person to obtain such an endorsement.
and (2) establish the requirements for a person to obtain such an the regulations adopted by the Commission to include a requirement that to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education, a person must hold an endorsement issued by the Department to teach pupils in a program of bilingual education.
(NAC 391.059, 391.242) Section 4 of this bill specifically requires the regulations adopted by the Commission to include a requirement that to teach endorsement issued by the Department to teach pupils in a program of bilingual education.
Section 3 of this bill authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to provide a stipend of $2,500 each school year to each teacher who is assigned to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education and who:
Section 3 of this bill authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to provide a stipend of $2,500 each school year to each teacher who is assigned to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education and who holds an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education.
(1) holds an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of preparation that will satisfy the educational requirements to obtain anor endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education and is authorized by law to teach pupils enrolled in such a program.
If such a stipend is provided by a school district County School District) or a charter school, section 3 requires such a stipend to be paid out of the budget of the local school precinct or charter school at which the teacher receiving the stipend is employed.
If such a stipend is provided by a school district which has more than 100,000 pupils enrolled in its public schools (currently Clark County School District) or a charter school, section requires such a stipend to be paid out of the budget of the local school precinct or purposes of sections 3 and 4, a “program of bilingual education” is defined as a - 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – program of instruction for English learners in which pupils are taught the English language.and the content of other courses of study is taught in the pupil’s primary Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to submit an annual report to certain entities that includes certain information on budgets and expenditures.
For the purposes of sections 3 and 4, a “program of bilingual education” is defined as a program of instruction for English learners in which pupils are taught the English language and the content of other courses of study is taught in the pupil’s primary language.
(NRS 387.303, information on the number of employees who received the stipend described iny include section 3 in the preceding and then-current fiscal years.
governing body of each charter school to submit an annual report to certain entities that includes certain information on budgets and expenditures.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
(NRS 387.303, 388A.345) Sections 1 and 2 of this bill require such a report to additionally include information on the number of employees who received the stipend described in section 3 in the preceding and then-current fiscal years.
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
(a) For each fund within the school district, including, without limitation, the school district’s general fund and any special revenue fund which receives state money, the total number and salaries of licensed and nonlicensed persons whose salaries are paid from the fund and who are employed by the school district in full-time positions or in part-time positions added together to represent full- time positions.
(a) For each fund within the school district, including, without limitation, the school district’s general fund and any special revenue fund which receives state money, the total number and salaries of licensed and nonlicensed persons whose salaries are paid from the positions or in part-time positions added together to represent full- time positions.
- *SB115_R1* – 3 – (d) The schedule of salaries for licensed employees in the current school year and a statement of whether the negotiations regarding salaries for the current school year have been completed.
(d) The schedule of salaries for licensed employees in the current school year and a statement of whether the negotiations regarding salaries for the current school year have been completed.
(e) The number of employees who received an increase in salary pursuant to NRS 391.161, 391.162 or 391.163 for the current and preceding fiscal years.
- 83rd Session (2025) – 3 – (e) The number of employees who received an increase in salary pursuant to NRS 391.161, 391.162 or 391.163 for the current and preceding fiscal years.
If the board of trustees is required to pay an increase in salary retroactively pursuant to NRS 391.161, the board of trustees shall submit a supplemental report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction not later than February 15 of the year in which the retroactive payment was made that includes the number of teachers to whom an increase in salary was paid retroactively.
If the board of trustees is required to pay an increase in salary retroactively pursuant to NRS 391.161, the board of Public Instruction not later than February 15 of the year in which the retroactive payment was made that includes the number of teachers to whom an increase in salary was paid retroactively.
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Education Fund for submission to the Office of Finance, the the State Superintendent of Public Instruction:
In preparing the agency biennial budget request for the State Education Fund for submission to the Office of Finance, the Superintendent of Public Instruction:
and (b) May consider the cost of enhancements to existing programs or the projected cost of proposed new educational programs, regardless of whether those enhancements or new programs are - *SB115_R1* – 4 – included in the adjusted base per pupil funding for inclusion in the biennial budget request to the Office of Finance.
and (b) May consider the cost of enhancements to existing programs or the projected cost of proposed new educational programs, regardless of whether those enhancements or new programs are included in the adjusted base per pupil funding for inclusion in the biennial budget request to the Office of Finance.
(a) Be presented by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to such standing committees of the Legislature as requested by the standing committees for the purposes of developing educational programs and providing appropriations for those programs;
- 83rd Session (2025) – 4 – such standing committees of the Legislature as requested by the to standing committees for the purposes of developing educational programs and providing appropriations for those programs;
(b) For each fund maintained by the charter school, including, without limitation, the general fund of the charter school and any special revenue fund which receives state money, the total number and salaries of licensed and nonlicensed persons whose salaries are paid from the fund and who are employed by the governing body in full-time positions or in part-time positions added together to represent full-time positions.
without limitation, the general fund of the charter school and any special revenue fund which receives state money, the total number and salaries of licensed and nonlicensed persons whose salaries are paid from the fund and who are employed by the governing body in full-time positions or in part-time positions added together to represent full-time positions.
(e) The salary schedule for licensed employees and nonlicensed teachers in the current school year and a statement of whether salary negotiations for the current school year have been completed.
teachers in the current school year and a statement of whether salary negotiations for the current school year have been completed.
If salary negotiations have not been completed at the time the salary schedule is submitted, the governing body shall submit a - *SB115_R1* – 5 – supplemental report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction upon completion of negotiations.
If salary negotiations have not been completed at the time the salary schedule is submitted, the governing body shall submit a supplemental report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction upon completion of negotiations.
(f) The number of employees eligible for health insurance within the charter school for the current and preceding fiscal years and the amount paid for health insurance for each such employee during those years.
(f) The number of employees eligible for health insurance within the charter school for the current and preceding fiscal years and the - 83rd Session (2025) – 5 – amount paid for health insurance for each such employee during those years.
(g) The rates for fringe benefits, excluding health insurance, paid by the charter school for its licensed employees in the preceding and current fiscal years.
(g) The rates for fringe benefits, excluding health insurance, paid by the charter school for its licensed employees in the pre(h) Theand amountt fipaid forrs.
(h) The amount paid for extra duties, supervision of extracurricular activities and supplemental pay and the number of employees receiving that pay in the preceding and current fiscal years.
extra duties, supervision of extracurricular activities and supplemental pay and the number of employees receiving that pay in the preceding and current fiscal years.
Each school year, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school may provide a stipend in the amount of $2,500 to each teacher who:
Each school year, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school may provide a stipend in the amount of $2,500 to each teacher who is assigned to teach pup(a) Holds an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education;
(a) Is assigned to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education;
or (b) Is currently enrolled in a course of study or program of preparation to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education, the completion of which will satisfy the educational requirements to obtain an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education established by the Commission pursuant to NRS 391.019, and is authorized by law to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education notwithstanding the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (n) of subsection 1 of NRS 391.019.
and (b) Holds an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education.
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Any stipend provided to a teacher who is employed at a local school precinct in a large school district or a charter school must be paid from the budget of the local school precinct or charter school, as applicable.
Any stipend provided to a teacher who is employed at a local school precinct in a large school district or a charter school - 83rd Session (2025) – 6 – charter school, as applicable.f the local school precinct or 4.
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- *SB115_R1* – 6 – (b) “Local school precinct” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388G.535.
(b) “Local school precinct” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388G.535.
(1) Must include, without limitation, the qualifications for licensing teachers and administrators pursuant to an alternative route to licensure which provides that the required education and training may be provided by any qualified provider which has been approved by the Commission, including, without limitation, institutions of higher education and other providers that operate independently of an institution of higher education.
licensing teachers and administrators pursuant to an alternative route to licensure which provides that the required education and training may be provided by any qualified provider which has been approved by the Commission, including, without limitation, institutions of higher education and other providers that operate independently of an institution of higher education.
(IV) Significantly limit the amount of course work required or provide for the waiver of required course work for students who achieve certain scores on tests;
(IV) Significantly limit the amount of course work students who achieve certain scores on tests;d course work for (V) Allow for the completion in 2 years or less of the education and training required under the alternative route to licensure;
(V) Allow for the completion in 2 years or less of the education and training required under the alternative route to licensure;
(VI) Provide that a person who has completed the education and training required under the alternative route to licensure and who has satisfied all other requirements for licensure may apply for a regular license pursuant to sub-subparagraph (VII) regardless of whether the person has received an offer of - 83rd Session (2025) – 7 – andloyment from a school district, charter school or private school;
(VI) Provide that a person who has completed the education and training required under the alternative route to licensure and who has satisfied all other requirements for licensure may apply for a regular license pursuant to sub-subparagraph (VII) regardless of whether the person has received an offer of employment from a school district, charter school or private school;
(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 the issuance of a regular license to the person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
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 the issuance of a regular license to the person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Must require an applicant for a license to teach middle school or junior high school education or secondary education to demonstrate proficiency in a field of specialization or area of concentration by successfully completing course work prescribed by the Department or completing a subject matter competency examination prescribed by the Department with a score deemed satisfactory.
- *SB115_R1* – 7 – (2) Must require an applicant for a license to teach middle school or junior high school education or secondary education to demonstrate proficiency in a field of specialization or area of concentration by successfully completing course work prescribed by the Department or completing a subject matter competency examination prescribed by the Department with a score deemed satisfactory.
(3) Must not prescribe qualifications which are more stringent than the qualifications set forth in NRS 391.0315 for a licensed teacher who applies for an additional license in accordance wit(b) Identifying fields of specialization in teaching which require the specialized training of teachers.
(3) Must not prescribe qualifications which are more stringent than the qualifications set forth in NRS 391.0315 for a licensed teacher who applies for an additional license in accordance with that section.
(b) Identifying fields of specialization in teaching which require the specialized training of teachers.
(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:
(f) Requiring teachers and other educational personnel to be to NRS 656A.100 to engage in the practice of sign language pursuant interpreting in a primary or secondary educational setting if they:
(1) Work in cooperation with the Office of Parental Involvement and Family Engagement created by NRS 385.630 in developing the regulations required by this paragraph.
- 83rd Session (2025) – 8 – Involvement and Family Engagement created by NRS 385.630 in developing the regulations required by this paragraph.
(i) Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a license by endorsement to an applicant who holds an equivalent - *SB115_R1* – 8 – license or authorization issued by a governmental entity in another country if the Superintendent determines that the qualifications for the equivalent license or authorization are substantially similar to those prescribed pursuant to paragraph (a).
(i) Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a license by endorsement to an applicant who holds an equivalent license or authorization issued by a governmental entity in another country if the Superintendent determines that the qualifications for the equivalent license or authorization are substantially similar to those prescribed pursuant to paragraph (a).
(j) Establishing the requirements for obtaining an endorsement on the license of a teacher, administrator or other educational personnel in teaching courses relating to financial literacy.
(j) Establishing the requirements for obtaining an endorsement on the license of a teacher, administrator or other educational per(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 same or a substantially similar area in which the person is employed as a paraprofessional while remaining employed as a paraprofessional.
(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 same or a substantially similar area in which the person is employed as a paraprofessional while remaining employed as a paraprofessional.
(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 program of internship in school psychology while remaining employed in such a position.
(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 employed in such a position.ool psychology while remaining (n) Requiring that, to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education, a teacher obtain an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education.
(n) Requiring that, to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education, a teacher obtain an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education.
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Any regulation which increases the amount of education, training or experience required for licensing:
Any regulation which increases the amount of education, tra(a) Must, in addition to the requirements for publication in chapter 233B of NRS, be publicized before its adoption in a manner reasonably calculated to inform those persons affected by the change.
(a) Must, in addition to the requirements for publication in chapter 233B of NRS, be publicized before its adoption in a manner reasonably calculated to inform those persons affected by the change.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 302.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  4. Assembly Amendment No. 612 concurred in. To enrollment.

  5. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 38, Nays: 4.) To Senate. In Senate.

  6. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 612.) To printer.

  7. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.

  8. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.

  9. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 3, Absent: 1.) To printer.

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 275.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.

  11. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

  12. Read first time. To committee.

  13. From printer.

  14. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.

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Assembly (2nd Reprint)

Passed 38 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 27000
Republican 10400
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 38400
% of votes cast 90%10%0%0%
How each member voted (42)
Member Party Vote
O’Neill, PK — Yea
Anderson, Natha C. Democratic Yea
Backus, Shea M. Democratic Yea
Brown-May, Tracy Democratic Yea
Carter, Max E., II Democratic Yea
Considine, Venicia Democratic Yea
D'Silva, Reuben Democratic Yea
Dalia, Joe Democratic Yea
Flanagan, Tanya P. Democratic Yea
González, Cecelia Democratic Yea
Goulding, Heather Democratic Yea
Hunt, Linda F. Democratic Yea
Jackson, Jovan A. Democratic Yea
Jauregui, Sandra Democratic Yea
Karris, Venise Democratic Yea
La Rue Hatch, Selena Democratic Yea
Marzola, Elaine H. Democratic Yea
Miller, Brittney M. Democratic Yea
Monroe-Moreno, Daniele Democratic Yea
Moore, Cinthia Zermeño Democratic Yea
Mosca, Erica Democratic Yea
Nadeem, Hanadi Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Duy Democratic Yea
Orentlicher, David Democratic Yea
Roth, Erica P. Democratic Yea
Torres-Fossett, Selena Democratic Yea
Watts, Howard Democratic Yea
Yeager, Steve Democratic Yea
Cole, Lisa K. Republican Yea
DeLong, Rich Republican Yea
Dickman, Jill Republican Nay
Edgeworth, Rebecca Republican Yea
Gallant, Danielle Republican Nay
Gray, Ken Republican Nay
Gurr, Bert K. Republican Yea
Hafen, Gregory T., II Republican Nay
Hansen, Alexis M. Republican Yea
Hardy, Melissa R.. Republican Yea
Hibbetts, Brian Republican Yea
Kasama, Heidi Republican Yea
Koenig, Gregory S. Republican Yea
Yurek, Toby Republican Yea

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Senate (1st Reprint)

Passed 17 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 4301
Democratic 13000
Total 17301
% of votes cast 81%14%0%5%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Cannizzaro, Nicole J. Democratic Yea
Cruz-Crawford, Michelee "Shelly" Democratic Yea
Daly, Skip Democratic Yea
Dondero Loop, Marilyn Democratic Yea
Doñate, Fabian Democratic Yea
Flores, Edgar Democratic Yea
Lange, Roberta Democratic Yea
Neal, Dina Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Rochelle T. Democratic Yea
Ohrenschall, James Democratic Yea
Pazina, Julie Democratic Yea
Scheible, Melanie Democratic Yea
Taylor, Angela D. Democratic Yea
Buck, Carrie Ann Republican Not Voting
Ellison, John Republican Nay
Hansen, Ira Republican Yea
Krasner, Lisa Republican Yea
Rogich, Lori Republican Yea
Steinbeck, John C. Republican Yea
Stone, Jeff Republican Nay
Titus, Robin L. Republican Nay

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SB 115 is sponsored by Cinthia Zermeño Moore, Doñate, Fabian (Democratic), and Cruz-Crawford, Michelee "Shelly" (Democratic).
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