SB 45 — Revises provisions relating to educational programs. (BDR 34-275)

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45–COMMITTEE ON E DUCATION (O N BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF E DUCATION ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 19, 2024 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to educational programs.

(BDR 34-275) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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

(NRS 388.392-388.395) Section 1 of this bill revises the calculation of the limit on the amount of this grant by providing that the limit is based on the proportion of pupils enrolled in advanced courses within a program of programcareer and technical education rather than the proportion of all pupils enrolled in a progThe federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act provides grants to certain state agencies to, without limitation, promote programs of career and technical education.

the proportion of all pupils enrolled in a The federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act provides grants to certain state agencies to, without limitation, promote programs of career and technical education.

(2) information that is required to - *SB45_R1* – 2 – be included in such a report;

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and (2) requires a school district or charter school that offers a work-based learning program to submit a report to the State Board and the Legislature that contains certain information about the program, including the number of participating pupils, disaggregated based on certain containcharacteristics. the information required to be included in the report submitted pursuant toort the Act, disaggregated according to the characteristics set forth in the Act.

(NRS 389.167) Section 2 of this bill instead requires that the report contain the information required to be included in the report submitted pursuant to the Act, disaggregated according to the characteristics set forth in the Act.

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

The proportion of the total amount awarded pursuant to subsection 2 to a school district or charter school during a fiscal year must not exceed the proportion of the enrollment of pupils in advanced courses within programs of career and technicaltechnicalls in education in the school district or charter school during the previous fiscal year, as compared to the enrollments of pupils in advanced courses within programs of career and technical education throughout the State during the previous fiscal year.

- *SB45_R1* – 3 – (b) “CTE concentrator” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C.

(c) “CTE concentrator course” means a course within a program of career and technical education which may be used, in combination with another course, to meet the course requirements to be a CTE concentrator.

Sec.- 83rd Session (2025) – 3 – 389.167 1.NRS 3A pupil enrolled at a public school must be:

2.allowed to apply one or more credits toward the total number of credits required for graduation from high school if the pupil successfully completes the number of hours in a work-based learning program required by regulation of the State Board to earn such credits.

NRS 389.167 is hereby amended to read as follows:

389.167 1.

A pupil enrolled at a public school must be allowed to apply one or more credits toward the total number of credits required for graduation from high school if the pupil successfully completes the number of hours in a work-based learning program required by regulation of the State Board to earn such credits.

(b) The qualifications of a pupil to participate in the work-based learning program.

Such qualifications must allow a majority ofofk-based pupils to be eligible to participate in the work-based learning program.

Upon approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of an application to offer a work-based learning program submitted pursuant to subsection 2, the board of trustees or the governing body shall:sha(a) Designate an employee of the school district or charter school, as applicable, to serve as a work-based learning coordinator to coordinate and oversee work-based learning programs.

(a)Such Designate an employee ofmust theensure schoolthat districteach business, agency or charterorganization school,that aswill applicable,offer toemployment serveand assupervision of a pupil as part of the work-based learning coordinatorprogram tois coordinatesuitable andfor overseeparticipation work-basedin a work- based learning programs.program.

Such- an83rd employeeSession must(2025) ensure– that4 each– business,organizations agency or organization that willhave offerbeen employmentfound andsuitable supervisionby of a pupil as part of the -work-basedand *SB45_R1* – 4 – work-based learning programcoordinator ispursuant suitableto forparagraph participation(a). in a work- based learning program.

(b) Establish and maintain a list of businesses, agencies and organizations that have been found suitable by the work-based learning coordinator pursuant to paragraph (a).

(c) Participation by a pupil in the work-based learning program will develop a broad range of skills and will allow a pupil to focus on his(d) orTraining herbe chosencompleted careerby pathway;each pupil participating in the work-based learning program on:

and (d) Training be completed by each pupil participating in the work-based learning program on:

On or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the board of trustees of a school district and the governing body of a charter school that offers a work-based learning program shallshallof a prepare a report concerning the manner in which the work-based learning program has been carried out and submit the report to the State Board and the Legislature.

- *SB45_R1*83rd Session (2025) – 5 – learning program reported pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 6] , the information required to be included in the report submitted pursuant to 20 U.S.C.

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