Existing law requires each school district and public school in this State to create and post on the Internet on or before October 1 of each year a report relating to educational expenditures, personnel employed and services provided by the school district or public school, as applicable, during the immediately preceding school year. (NRS 387.12468) Section 1 of this bill extends the deadline for the creation and posting of the report to on or before January 1 of each year. Existing law prohibits the State Board of Education from using more than 7.5 percent of the money appropriated for programs of career and technical education to provide certain leadership and training activities, including: (1) activities by or for a pupil organization; (2) training and conferences for teachers; (3) marketing of career and technical education classes; and (4) the development of standards and assessments of career and technical education. (NRS 388.392) Section 2 of this bill increases this limitation to 20 percent of such appropriated money and expands the activities for which money within the 20 percent limitation may be used to include: (1) certain specific training activities for teachers of classes or programs of career and technical education; and (2) certain activities relating to work-based learning, industry-recognized credentials and career exploration. Existing law requires the State Board to prescribe criterion-referenced examinations to measure the achievement of pupils who are enrolled in grades 3 to 12, inclusive. (NRS 390.105) Existing law also requires the State Board to select a college and career readiness assessment to be administered to pupils who are enrolled in grade 11. (NRS 390.610) Existing law additionally requires the State Board to adopt regulations regarding end-of-course finals, including the courses for which an end-of-course final must be administered. (NRS 390.700) Sections 3 and 5 of this bill eliminate end-of-course finals. The federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 requires local educational agencies to develop a written policy for meaningful parental and family involvement with the education of the pupil. (20 U.S.C. § 6318) Existing state law also requires all public schools in the State to use educational involvement accords, which are agreements between the schools and parents concerning the responsibilities of the parents, pupils and schools. Existing law requires: (1) the Department of Education to prescribe a form for educational involvement accords that complies with the policies of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 and the policies of this State to involve parents and families in the education of the pupil; and (2) the board of trustees of each school district to adopt a policy providing for the development and distribution of educational involvement accords. (NRS 392.4575) Section 4 of this bill removes the requirement for the Department to prescribe such a form and, instead, requires the Department to ensure that public schools use educational involvement accords that comply with certain federal and state policies. Section 5 also eliminates a form prescribed by the Department that teachers in elementary schools are authorized to use to provide reports to parents and legal guardians concerning parental involvement and compliance by pupils with certain school policies. (NRS 392.456)

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 387.12468, 388.392, 389.0186, 392.4575
As Enrolled: 387.12468, 388.392, 389.0186, 392.4575
BDR: 387.12468, 388.392, 389.0186, 392.4575