Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB278: Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-788)
Status: Chaptered, May 31, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to education; requiring the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to consider certain changes when adopting regulations governing licensure for teachers and other educational personnel; eliminating the use of local assessments to determine whether a pupil has a deficiency in the subject area of reading for certain purposes; revising certain reporting requirements concerning pupils who receive certain services and instruction to address a deficiency in the subject area of reading; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, May 23, 2025:
AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to consider certain changes when adopting regulations governing licensure for teachers and other educational personnel; eliminating the use of local assessments to determine whether a pupil has a deficiency in the subject area of reading for certain purposes; revising certain reporting requirements concerning pupils who receive certain services and instruction to address a deficiency in the subject area of reading; 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) Section 1.1 of this bill requires the Commission to consider any changes necessary to improve access to licensure or endorsement when adopting such regulations. Existing law requires a public elementary school to provide certain programs, services and instruction to certain pupils who have a deficiency in the subject area of reading based on state or local assessments and other relevant information. (NRS 392.750, 392.755) Sections 2.6 and 3 of this bill eliminate the use of local assessments to determine whether a pupil has a deficiency in the subject area of reading. Section 3 further provides that a pupil is not required to continue receiving services or instruction …