Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB386: Revises provisions relating to assessments administered to pupils to assess reading proficiency. (BDR S-828)
Status: Introduced
What the bill says
An act relating to education; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County School District to establish and administer a pilot program during the 2025-2026 school year to use an alternative assessment to assess the literacy of pupils enrolled in an elementary school if the alternative assessment satisfies certain criteria; requiring the Department of Education to award a grant to the Washoe County School District in an amount equal to the savings to the Department for not administering the statewide assessment to pupils enrolled in the School District…
From the engrossed text, June 2, 2025:
AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County School District to establish and administer a pilot program during the 2025-2026 school year to use an alternative assessment to assess the literacy of pupils enrolled in an elementary school if the alternative assessment satisfies certain criteria; requiring the Department of Education to award a grant to the Washoe County School District in an amount equal to the savings to the Department for not administering the statewide assessment to pupils enrolled in the School District; requiring a report concerning the program to be submitted to the Department and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to prepare a plan to improve the literacy of pupils enrolled in an elementary school. Such a plan must include procedures to assess the proficiency of a pupil in reading during each grade level of elementary school, as is determined to be necessary, by using assessments that have been approved by the State Board of Education by regulation. (NRS 388.157) This bill authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County School District to establish and administer a pilot program during the …