Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB400: Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-108)
Status: Chaptered, June 9, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to education; revising provisions governing the services which a school district is required to provide to a child with a disability who transfers from a different school district; revising provisions governing the qualifications of music teachers and art teachers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, June 2, 2025:
AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the services which a school district is required to provide to a child with a disability who transfers from a different school district; revising provisions governing the qualifications of music teachers and art teachers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires each state educational agency, other state agency or local educational agency to conduct an initial evaluation of a child before determining whether the child requires special education services. (20 U.S.C. § 1414(a)) The Act additionally requires each state educational agency, other state agency or local educational agency to, at the beginning of each school year, have an individualized education program in effect for each child with a disability. (20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(2)(A)) Furthermore, the Act provides that, if a child with a disability who has an individualized education program transfers to a new school district during the academic year, the local educational agency to which he or she transfers is required to provide services comparable to those in the individualized education program from the previous school district, in consultation with the parent or legal guardian of the child, until: (1) if the new school district is in the same state, the local educational agency adopts the individualized education program from …
Sponsors
- Marilyn Loop (D, 8) · primary sponsor
- Fabian Doñate (D, 10)
- James Ohrenschall (D, 21)
- Julie Pazina (D, 12)
- Angela Taylor (D, 15)
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor. Chapter 450.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : To enrollment.
- : In Senate.
- : Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 1, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- : From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- : From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 731.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 267.) Notice of eligibility for exemption. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
Votes
- Assembly (2nd Reprint) (May 31, 2025): 40 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate (1st Reprint) (May 27, 2025): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB400?
- SB400 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-108).
- What does SB400 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to education; revising provisions governing the services which a school district is required to provide to a child with a disability who transfers from a different school district; revising provisions governing the qualifications of music teachers and art teachers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
- What is the status of SB400?
- Chaptered as of June 9, 2025. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 450. (June 9, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB400?
- Marilyn Loop (D, 8), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB400?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12717/Overview
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