AB 49 — Revises provisions relating to educational personnel. (BDR 34-519)

(II)- Require83rd aSession (2025) – 3 – acceptance of students;a qualified provider to be selective in its acceptance(III) ofRequire students;a qualified provider to provide in-person or virtual supervised, school-based experiences and ongoing support for its students, such as mentoring and coaching;

(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;

(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 t(4) Must prescribe qualifications for the receipt of a secondary license with an endorsement in career and technical education that section.authorize an applicant to use work experience or a license in an area of career and technical education to satisfy requirements on the application if he or she has previously listed the information on an application for such a license that is no longer valid.

- *AB49_R1* – 4 – (4) Must prescribe qualifications for the receipt of a secondary license with an endorsement in career and technical education that authorize an applicant to use work experience or a license in an area of career and technical education to satisfy requirements on the application if he or she has previously listed the information on an application for such a license that is no longer valid.

(c)- Except83rd asSession otherwise(2025) provided– in4 NRS– 391.125, requiring teachers to obtain from the Department an endorsement in a field of specialization to be eligible to teach in that field of specialization.

and (2)interpreting, Concurrentlyas engagedefined in theNRS practice656A.060.tice of sign language interpreting,(g) asPrescribing definedcourse inwork NRSon 656A.060.parental involvement and family engagement.

(g) Prescribing course work on parental involvement and family engagement.

(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).

- *AB49_R1* – 5 – (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.

(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- similar83rd areaSession in(2025) which– the5 person– is employed as a paraprofessional while remaining employed as a paraprofessional.

(2) School counseling, if the person does not hold a license or endorsement as a school counselor but is enrolled in a program that would allow the person to obtain such a license or endorsement, to complete any required program of internship or practicum hours to obtain such a license or endorsement whilewhiler remaining employed in such a position.

[Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.027, the] The Commission may adopt such other regulations as it deems necessary forfor3.ts itsAny ownregulation governmentwhich orincreases tothe carryamount outof itseducation, duties.training or experience required for licensing:

3.(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.

Any regulation which increases the amount of education, training or experience required for licensing:

(a) Must, in addition to the requirements for publication in chapter 233B of NRS, be publicized before its adoption in a manner - *AB49_R1* – 6 – reasonably calculated to inform those persons affected by the change.

- 83rd Session (2025) – 6 – (c) Is not applicable to a license in effect on the date the regulation becomes effective.

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Any regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to paragraphs (m) and (n) of subsection 1 must require a school the time the person is hired, report the hiring to the Department.

The regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection 1 must authorize an applicant to be exempt from any requirement to pass a competency test in basic reading, writing and mathematics if the applicant submits to the Department evidence that, after not passing a competency test in basic reading, writing and mathematics at the level of competence specified by the Commission, the applicant began and completed, with a grade of B or better, a course of study approved by the Department in each subjectthe arealevel of thecompetence competencyspecified testby that the applicantCommission.nt did not pass at the4. level of competence specified by the Commission.

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(b)- Adopt83rd regulationsSession which(2025) provide– for7 the– reciprocal licensure of educational personnel from other states including, withoutwithoutensure limitation, for the reciprocal licensure of persons who hold a license - *AB49_R1* – 7 – to teach special education.

A person who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States or the spouse of such a member or veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States and who has completed the equivalent of an alternative route to licensure program in another state may obtain a licenselicensure asprogram ifof suchthis personState.mpleted has completed the alternative route to licensure3. program of this State.

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NRS 391.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

391.040 1.

The Commission shall fix fees of not less than $100 for the:

(a) Initial issuance of a license, which must include the fees for processing the fingerprints of the applicant by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

and (b) Renewal of a license, which must include the fees for processing the fingerprints of the applicant for renewal by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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The fee for issuing a duplicate license is the same as for issuing the original.

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The portion of each fee which represents the amount charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for processing the - *AB49_R1* – 8 – fingerprints of the applicant must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the appropriate account of the Department of Public Safety.

The remaining portion of the money received from the fees must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the appropriate account of the Department of Education.

The(DNRS Department391.291 ofis Educationhereby [may]amended :to read as follows:

(a) May waive any fee for the initial issuance of a license, the renewal of a license or the issuance of a duplicate license for an applicant or licensee who is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, an applicant or licensee who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is on active duty or an applicant or licensee who is the spouse of such a veteran or member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

(b) Shall waive all or part of the fee for the initial issuance of a license to teach for an applicant who holds a license or endorsement as a substitute teacher and who paid the fee to apply for and be issued such a license or endorsement within 1 year preceding the date on which the applicant submits the application for the initial issuance of a license to teach.

The amount of the fee waiver pursuant to this paragraph must equal the amount paid by the applicant for the license or endorsement as a substitute teacher.

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NRS 391.291 is hereby amended to read as follows:

or - 83rd Session (2025) – 8 – (b) Is employed by a state, county, city or district health department and provides nursing services to the school district in the course of that employment.

[A] Except as otherwise provided in regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 391.019, a school district shall not employ a person to serve as a school nurse unless the person holds an endorsement to serve as a school nurse issued pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission.

- *AB49_R1* – 9 – (b) Provides the employees so designated with training concerning the proper storage and administration of auto-injectable epinephrine or opioid antagonists, as applicable.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.2026.

TEXT~~~~~ OF25 REPEALED- SECTION83rd 391.027Session Approval(2025) or disapproval of Commission’s regulations by State Board of Education.

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The State Board may disapprove any regulation adopted by the Commission.

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A regulation shall be deemed approved if the State Board does not disapprove the regulation within 90 days after it is adopted by the Commission.

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