Existing law authorizes a school district to enter into an agreement with the Nevada System of Higher Education or certain accredited postsecondary educational institutions to provide for the assignment of students for training purposes as a student teacher. These student teachers are authorized, under the direction and supervision of a licensed teacher, to instruct and supervise pupils in the school, on school grounds and on authorized field trips. (NRS 391.095) Existing law also provides that, before assigning a long-term substitute who is not a licensed teacher to fill a teaching position, the board of trustees of a school district that has entered into an agreement concerning student teachers is required to select a student teacher who has: (1) completed at least 4 weeks of student teaching; and (2) applied to the board of trustees for employment as a substitute teacher by submitting an application that includes the written approval of the teacher who supervises the student teacher through his or her educational institution and the teacher who supervises the student teacher in the classroom. If a student teacher is employed as a substitute teacher by the school district, the student teacher: (1) is entitled to the rate of pay otherwise payable to a substitute teacher employed by the school district for each day the student works as a substitute teacher; (2) must be assigned to teach in the subject area and grade level, as applicable, in which the student teacher is completing his or her student teaching; and (3) must be supervised by a licensed teacher who must be available to assist and observe the student teacher on a periodic basis and oversee the management of the classroom and instructional duties. Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that, to qualify for employment as a substitute teacher, a student teacher must have completed at least 4 weeks of student teaching in a school district. Existing law authorizes a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education to apply to the State Board of Education for a grant of money to establish the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation and establishes certain requirements for the Institute. Existing law requires the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation, which has been established at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to: (1) establish a highly selective program for the education and training of teachers; (2) conduct research concerning approaches and methods used to educate and train teachers and to teach pupils; and (3) evaluate, develop and disseminate approaches to teaching. (NRS 396.5185) Section 2 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Department of Education for the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 391.096
As Enrolled: 391.096
BDR: 1.055, 1.070, 1.080, 1.090, 1.117, 1.130, 1.140, 1.235, 1.360, 1.400, 1.500, 1.510, 1.520, 1.530, 1.540, 1.545, 2.040, 2.120, 2.150, 2.195, 2.200, 2.290, 2.295, 2.300, 2.410, 3.025, 3.100, 4.155, 4.157, 5.021, 33.020, 50.054, 50.0545, 62D.405, 281.010