Nevada SB115: Makes various changes relating to bilingual education. (BDR 34-790)

What the bill says

An act relating to education; authorizing the board of trustees of a school district or governing body of a charter school to provide a stipend to certain teachers who teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education; requiring information concerning such stipends to be included in certain reports prepared by the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school…

From the enrolled text, May 28, 2025:

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the board of trustees of a school district or governing body of a charter school to provide a stipend to certain teachers who teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education; requiring information concerning such stipends to be included in certain reports prepared by the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school; requiring the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to adopt regulations requiring teachers to hold an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law creates the Commission on Professional Standards in Education and requires the Commission to adopt regulations prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and other educational personnel. (NRS 391.011, 391.019) Under existing law, such regulations must include a requirement that to be eligible to teach in a field of specialization, a teacher is required to obtain from the Department of Education an endorsement in that field of specialization, unless the Superintendent of Public Instruction approves a request submitted by the board of trustees of a school district to employ licensed teachers who do not hold an endorsement to teach in a subject area for which there is a shortage of teachers at a public school within …

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Sponsors

• Michelee Cruz-Crawford (D, 1) · primary sponsor
• Fabian Doñate (D, 10) · primary sponsor
• Cinthia Moore (D, 11) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. June 6, 2025: Chapter 302.
2. June 5, 2025: Approved by the Governor.
3. May 29, 2025: Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
4. May 28, 2025: Assembly Amendment No. 612 concurred in. To enrollment.
5. May 23, 2025: From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 38, Nays: 4.) To Senate. In Senate.
6. May 22, 2025: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 612.) To printer.
7. April 24, 2025: In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
8. April 22, 2025: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.
9. April 18, 2025: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 3, Absent: 1.) To printer.
10. April 17, 2025: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 275.) Reprinting dispensed with.

Votes

• Assembly (2nd Reprint) (May 23, 2025): 38 yea, 4 nay, passed
• Senate (1st Reprint) (April 18, 2025): 17 yea, 3 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB115?

SB115 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Makes various changes relating to bilingual education. (BDR 34-790).

What does SB115 do?

In its own words: An act relating to education; authorizing the board of trustees of a school district or governing body of a charter school to provide a stipend to certain teachers who teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education; requiring information concerning such stipends to be included in certain reports prepared by the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school…

What is the status of SB115?

Chaptered as of June 6, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 302. (June 6, 2025).

Who sponsored SB115?

Michelee Cruz-Crawford (D, 1), with 2 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB115?

On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12028/Overview