Existing law requires the board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) and authorizes any other board of trustees of a school district to establish a program of career and technical education. (NRS 388.380) Existing law additionally authorizes the State Board of Education to administer career and technical education in this State and establish certain policies governing career and technical education. (NRS 388.360) Section 1 of this bill requires that, to receive credit for completing a program of career and technical education, a pupil enrolled in programs of career and technical education to be a certified nursing assistant, emergency medical technician or cosmetologist must complete any licensing examination and application required to receive a professional license or certificate. Section 1 additionally requires: (1) the board of trustees of each school district to cover registration costs for certain pupils to take such an examination if the examination is administered by an entity other than a state professional licensing board; (2) certain state professional licensing boards to waive each examination fee and application fee charged by the board or offer a payment plan to certain pupils; (3) certain professional licensing boards to waive the requirement that a person be at least 18 years of age to receive a license or certificate if he or she completes the requirements set forth in section 1; and (4) the Department of Education to collaborate with the board of trustees of certain school districts and licensing boards to carry out certain provisions of section 1. Section 2 of this bill includes section 1 among the provisions governing how the money for career and technical education is required to be provided for and raised. (NRS 388.400) Section 12 of this bill provides that the provisions of sections 1 and 2 do not apply to pupils enrolled in a program of career and technical education before the 2027-2028 school year. Existing law provides that, to receive a license or certificate as a cosmetologist, hair designer, advanced esthetician, esthetician, nail technologist, hair braider or electrologist, as applicable, a person must be at least 18 years of age. (NRS 644A.300, 644A.315, 644A.328, 644A.330, 644A.345, 644A.360, 644A.400) Sections 5-11 of this bill make a conforming change to eliminate this requirement for pupils who complete the requirements set forth in section 1. Existing law authorizes a student to receive a Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship if the student meets certain eligibility requirements, including, without limitation, enrolling in a certain number of credit hours in eligible institutions. (NRS 396.930) Section 3 of this bill eliminates the requirement that, to be eligible to receive a Millennium Scholarship, a student must be enrolled in at least 12 semester credit hours at certain institutions, thereby authorizing a part-time student enrolled in such institutions to obtain a Millennium Scholarship. Section 3 additionally provides that, for a part-time student to be eligible to receive a Millennium Scholarship, he or she must be enrolled in 24 semester credit hours in a calendar year at an institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education. Because a Millennium Scholarship is awarded on a semester-basis, section 3 provides for the forfeiture of eligibility for a Millennium Scholarship if a part-time student receives a Millennium Scholarship for a semester but does not enroll in 24 semester credit hours in the 12-month period beginning with that semester. Existing law provides that a student who is eligible to receive a Millennium Scholarship is prohibited from receiving more than the cost of 15 semester credits per semester. Existing law additionally provides that a student may have his or her scholarship revoked upon failure to meet certain academic requirements. (NRS 396.934) Section 4 of this bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish procedures: (1) for certain students who received a Millennium Scholarship to, under certain conditions, request additional disbursements in their final 2 years of enrollment; and (2) governing a process for a student to appeal the revocation of his or her Millennium Scholarship. Section 4 additionally requires the Board of Regents to: (1) prepare an annual report including certain information relating to such appeals; and (2) submit the report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 388.400, 396.930, 396.934, 644A.300, 644A.315, 644A.328, 644A.330, 644A.345, 644A.360, 644A.400
BDR: 388.400, 396.930, 396.934, 644A.300, 644A.315, 644A.328, 644A.330, 644A.345, 644A.360, 644A.400