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AssemblySession Bill(83rd) A AB472 863 Amendment No.
472–Committee863 onAssembly EducationAmendment CHAPTER..........to Assembly Bill No.
472 (BDR 34-529) Proposed by:
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means Amends:
Summary:
No Title:
Yes Preamble:
No Joint Sponsorship:
No Digest:
Yes ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Dat| SENATE ACTION Initial and Date Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not Receded Not | Receded Not EXPLANATION:
Matter in (1) blue bold italics is new language in the original bill;
(2) variations of green bold underlining is language proposed to be added in this amendment;
(3) red strikethrough is deleted language in the original bill;
(4) purple double strikethrough is language proposed to be deleted in this amendment;
(5) orange double underlining is deleted language in the original bill proposed to be retained in this amendment.
CBN/JFD - Date:
5/28/2025 A.B.
No.
472—Revises provisions relating to educational personnel.
(BDR 34-529) Page 1 of 4 *A_AB472_863* Assembly Amendment No.
863 to Assembly Bill No.
472 Page 3 ASSEMBLY BILL NO.
472–C OMMITTEE ON E DUCATION (O NB EHALF OF THE OINT INTERIM STANDING C OMMITTEE ON E DUCATION ) M ARCH 17,2025 _______________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to educational personnel.
(BDR 34-529) 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.
[requiring the Department of Education to establish a grant program whereby the board of trustees of a school district is authorized to apply for a grant of money to defray the costs of sponsoring certain applicants for an H-1B visa or permanent resident card;] and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Existing law authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to employ a teacher or instructor authorized to teach in the United States under the teacher exchange programs authorized by laws of the Congress of the United States.
(NRS 391.070) A J-1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa available to a foreign national who is a student, scholar, trainee, teacher, professor, research assistant, specialist or leader in a field of specialized knowledge or skill and who is coming temporarily to the United States for certain purposes, aincluding, nonimmigrantwithout visalimitation, availableteaching. to a foreign national who is coming to the Unitedsa is States for the purpose of practicing a specialty occupation.
§ 1101(a)(15)(H),1101(a)(15)(J)) §An 1184(i)(1))H-1B Sectionvisa 2is of this bill prohibits a schoolnonimmigrant districtvisa thatavailable employs, or intends to employ, a J-1foreign visanational holderwho through a teacher exchange program from entering into a contract or partnering with a person or entity that is acoming amountto of the feesUnited andStates costsfor chargedthe perpurpose personof whopracticing participates in, or applies total be a candidatespecialty for,occupation. the program exceeds $10,000.
(8 U.S.C.
§ 1101(a)(15)(H), § 1184(i)(1)) Section 2 of this bill prohibits a school district that employs, or intends to employ, a J-1 visa holder through a teacher exchange program from entering into a contract or partnering with a person or entity that is a sponsor of such a program or that recruits candidates for such a program if the total amount of the fees and costs charged per person who participates in, or applies to be a candidate for, the program exceeds $10,000.
EXPLANATION[Section –3 Matterof inthis boldedbill italicsrequires isthe new;Department of Education to establish a grant program whereby the board of trustees of a school district may apply for a grant of money to defray the costs of sponsoring an applicant for an H-1B visa or a permanent resident card.
matterSection between3 bracketsadditionally [omittedauthorizes material]the isboard materialof trustees of a school district to beapply omitted.for such a grant of money if:
THE(1) PEOPLEthe OFapplicant THEseeking STATEsponsorship OFis NEVADA,currently REPRESENTEDa INJ-1 SENATEvisa ANDholder ASSEMBLY,and DOemployed ENACTby ASAssembly FOLLOWS:Amendment No.
863 to Assembly Bill No.
472 Page 4 after the date on which the application to receive a grant pursuant to section 3 is submitted.r Finally, section 3 requires the Department to adopt certain regulations concerning the grant program.] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
(Deleted[1. by amendment.) - 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – contract or partnership existing on July 1, 2025, but do apply to any renewal or extension of such a contract.
The Department shall establish a grant program through which the board of trustees of a school district may apply for a grant to defray the costs of sponsoring an applicant for an H-1B visa or a permanent resident card.
2.
The board of trustees of a school district may apply for a grant from the program established by the Department pursuant to this section if:
(a) The grant of money obtained by the school district will be used to defray the costs of sponsoring an applicant for an H-1B visa or a permanent resident card who is currently a J-1 visa holder and employed by the school district;
and (b) The J-1 visa held by the employee of the school district will expire not more than 1 year after the date on which the board of trustees of a school district applies for a grant of money pursuant to this section.
3.
The Department shall adopt regulations to:
(a) Set forth the process by which the board of trustees of a school district may apply for a grant of money pursuant to this section;
and (b) Administer the grant program established pursuant to this section.
4.
As used in this section:
(a) “H-1B visa” means a visa issued pursuant to 8 U.S.C.
§ 1101(a)(15)(H).
(b) “J-1 visa holder” means a person who holds a visa issued pursuant to 8 U.S.C.
§ 1101(a)(15)(J).
(c) “Permanent resident card” means a Permanent Resident Card issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security.
] (Deleted by amendment.) Sec.
4.
The provisions of section [3] 2 of this act do not apply to a contract or partnership existing on July 1, 2025, but do apply to any renewal or extension of such a contract.
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