Section 1.5 of this bill requires: (1) each school to annually submit to its school district a report detailing the aggregate amount of class time used for conducting and preparing for certain examinations and assessments; (2) each school district to submit those reports to the Department of Education; (3) the Department to submit those reports received to standing legislative committees relating to education; and (4) the Department to develop a plan to provide assistance to schools that use more than 2 percent of the total number of annual minutes of attendance required for a pupil for conducting or preparing for certain examinations and assessments and create a corrective action plan for each such school to limit such a use of time. Existing law requires the administration of certain examinations and assessments to measure the achievement and proficiency of pupils in various subjects. (NRS 390.055, 390.105) Existing law also requires the Department to adopt regulations limiting the time taken from instruction to conduct an examination or assessment. (NRS 390.805) Section 2 of this bill requires such regulations to limit, with certain exceptions, the time used for conducting or preparing for an examination or assessment to 2 percent or less of the total number of annual minutes of attendance required for a pupil.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 387.123, 390.805
Reprint 1: 390.805
Reprint 2: 390.805