AB 212 — Revises provisions relating to early childhood education. (BDR S-815)

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212–A SSEMBLYMEMBER M ONROE -M ORENO PREFILED FEBRUARY 3, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Ways and Means SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to early childhood education.

(BDR S-815) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

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To reflect the extension of the Program, section 4 of this bill requires the nonprofit organization selected to administer the Program to submit certain reports on or before July 30, 2025, Department to submit a compilation of those reports on or before September 30,he 2025, September 30, 2026, and SeptemberJuly 30, 2027, to the DirectorDepartment. of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session and certain Joint Interim Standing Committees.

Section 64 also requires the Department to submit a compilation of thisthose billreports makeson anor appropriationbefore September 30, 2025, September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2027, to the DepartmentDirector toof continuethe toLegislative implementCounsel Bureau for transmittal to the Program.next regular session and certain Joint Interim Standing Committees.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

2.- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – (a) Provide training and coaching to empower parents and guardians of young children in the education of their child;

The purposes of the Program are to:

(a) Provide training and coaching to empower parents and guardians of young children in the education of their child;

(a) The number of children enrolled in the Program eachduring countythe ofimmediately thispreceding State;ceding school year, in total and in (b)each(b) The number and percentage of children described in paragraph (a) who meet each criterion identified in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of section 6 of this act;

- *AB212_R1* – 3 – (d) Quantitative data and, to the extent any is available, qualitative data that demonstrates the effectiveness of the Program at improving the abilities of a child in reading, writing and mathematics and the readiness of the children participatingwithout inlimitation:e the Program for kindergarten, including, without(1) limitation:Data concerning the educational development of the children participating in the Program;

(1) Data concerning the educational development of the children participating in the Program;

and - 83rd Session (2025) – 3 – (e) Any additional information determined by the Department to be necessary to evaluate the Program.

(b) In [2024,] 2026, the next regular session of the Legislature;Leg[(b)] (c) In [2025,] 2027, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.

and [(b)] (c) In [2025,] 2027, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.

Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after - *AB212_R1* – 4 – September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, 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 beforered,before and September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

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