Nevada SB460: Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-16)

What the bill says

An act relating to education; revising provisions governing plans to improve academic achievement; providing for the waiver of certain reporting requirements; revising provisions governing the annual report of accountability for a school district; revising the duties of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; providing for the impaneling of a Public Education Oversight Board; revising provisions governing boards of trustees of certain school districts…

From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing plans to improve academic achievement; providing for the waiver of certain reporting requirements; revising provisions governing the annual report of accountability for a school district; revising the duties of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; providing for the impaneling of a Public Education Oversight Board; revising provisions governing boards of trustees of certain school districts; establishing certain measures for the designation of focus and priority school districts, sponsors of charter schools and public schools; revising provisions governing the Commission on School Funding; revising provisions governing the Early Childhood Literacy and Readiness Account; revising provisions governing prekindergarten programs; revising provisions governing assessments used to assess the literacy of certain pupils; revising provisions governing membership of the State Public Charter School Authority; revising provisions governing the formation of charter schools, the termination and amendment of charter contracts and the employment of teachers by charter schools; revising provisions governing the Nevada Educational Choice Scholarship Program; revising certain provisions governing instruction in English language arts; creating the Commission on Recruitment and Retention; revising provisions relating to the Commission on Professional Standards in Education; revising provisions governing background investigations of applicants for certain licenses; establishing requirements governing the hiring of a superintendent of schools; revising provisions governing certain evaluations; requiring the creation of a differential …

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Sponsors

• Nicole Cannizzaro (D, 6) · primary sponsor
• Marilyn Loop (D, 8) · primary sponsor
• Julie Pazina (D, 12) · primary sponsor
• Michelee Cruz-Crawford (D, 1)
• Richard Daly (D, 13)
• Fabian Doñate (D, 10)
• Edgar Flores (D, 2)
• Roberta Lange (D, 7)
• Dina Neal (D, 4)
• Rochelle Nguyen (D, 3)
• James Ohrenschall (D, 21)
• Melanie Scheible (D, 9)

Latest actions

1. June 11, 2025: Chapter 506.
2. June 10, 2025: Approved by the Governor.
3. June 6, 2025: Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
4. June 4, 2025: To enrollment.
5. June 2, 2025: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 976.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 38, Nays: 4.) To printer. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Assembly Amendment No. 976 concurred in.
6. June 1, 2025: Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 925.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee. Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means. Rereferred to Committee on Education. To committee.
7. May 31, 2025: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
8. May 30, 2025: From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
9. April 30, 2025: From printer. To committee.
10. April 29, 2025: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. Waiver granted effective: April 29, 2025.

Votes

• Assembly (1st Reprint) (June 2, 2025): 38 yea, 4 nay, passed
• Senate (As Introduced) (June 1, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB460?

SB460 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-16).

What does SB460 do?

In its own words: An act relating to education; revising provisions governing plans to improve academic achievement; providing for the waiver of certain reporting requirements; revising provisions governing the annual report of accountability for a school district; revising the duties of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; providing for the impaneling of a Public Education Oversight Board; revising provisions governing boards of trustees of certain school districts…

What is the status of SB460?

Chaptered as of June 11, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 506. (June 11, 2025).

Who sponsored SB460?

Nicole Cannizzaro (D, 6), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB460?

On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12863/Overview