Under existing law, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada shall require employees of the Nevada System of Higher Education to provide to the board of trustees of each school district in this State information regarding the: (1) number of pupils who graduated from a high school in the district in the immediately preceding year and enrolled in certain remedial courses; and (2) costs incurred by the System in providing such remedial instruction. (NRS 396.548) Section 1 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to establish and maintain a data dashboard that includes statistical data relating to the number of: (1) students who graduated from a high school in this State and enroll in a university, state college or community college within the System; (2) students who graduated from a high school in this State and enroll in remedial courses in reading, writing or mathematics at a university, state college or community college within the System; (3) years it takes for each student to graduate from a university, state college or community college within the System; and (4) students who graduate from a university, state college or community college within the System and, within 1 year of graduation, are unemployed or receiving benefits from a program of public assistance. Section 1: (1) requires that the data dashboard be posted on the Internet website of the System; and (2) authorizes any state agency or local government, including, without limitation, a school district, to assist the Board of Regents in establishing and maintaining the data dashboard.
Section 2 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to conduct an interim study relating to the financial issues facing students of the System. The study must include: (1) the development of a policy to allow any student who is within two semesters of graduation and has outstanding debts or delinquent fees owed to the System to complete the requirements for graduation while paying off any of the outstanding debts or delinquent fees; (2) an examination of issues relating to the use of open educational resources within the System; and (3) an examination of the food insecurity issues experienced by students of the System and recommendations for ways to reduce the food insecurity experienced by students of the System.