Existing law creates the Commission on School Funding and establishes the duties of the Commission. Existing law requires: (1) each school district and each charter school to submit a quarterly report to the Commission that contains certain information; and (2) the Commission to review the reports and transmit the reports, along with any commentary or recommendations, to certain entities. (NRS 387.1246, 387.12463) Section 1 of this bill requires the Commission to make such a transmittal on or before the Friday of the second full week of November. Section 3 of this bill requires the Department of Education to establish a dashboard, or use an existing platform that is appropriate for such services, for: (1) tracking attendance data for pupils in each school district; and (2) displaying the data to the Department and the board of trustees of each school district in real time. Section 3 additionally requires: (1) the board of trustees of each school district to use the dashboard to report and monitor daily attendance data; (2) the Department to publish on its Internet website any trends or rates related to absenteeism based on data reported to the dashboard; and (3) the Department to ensure that the dashboard complies with any privacy policies or procedures adopted by the Department. Section 4 of this bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to appoint a task force to develop a rubric to compare the academic performance of pupils in this State to the academic performance of pupils in other states. Section 4 additionally sets forth: (1) the metrics that must be included in developing the rubric; and (2) requirements for the Department concerning the use of the rubric. Section 5 of this bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to appoint a committee to review, study and make recommendations concerning the use of artificial intelligence in education in this State. Section 5 additionally requires the committee to: (1) make certain considerations in performing its duties; and (2) submit recommendations for legislation related to the use of artificial intelligence in education to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to appoint a subcommittee to review and make recommendations on the manner in which to provide age-appropriate and historically accurate instruction relating to the Holocaust and other genocides, such as the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, Guatemalan and Rwandan genocides, in certain courses of study. (NRS 388.887) Section 6 of this bill provides that the State Board is required to report its findings and any recommendations, including, without limitation, any recommendations made by the subcommittee, to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education on or before August 1 of each even-numbered year instead of October 1 of each even-numbered year. Under existing law, the State Board consists of four elected members and several appointed members, including: (1) one member appointed by the Governor; (2) one member appointed by the Governor who is nominated by the Majority Leader of the Senate; and (3) one member appointed by the Governor who is nominated by the Speaker of the Assembly. Existing law provides that these members serve a term of 2 years, except that each member continues to serve until a successor is appointed. (NRS 385.021) Section 7 of this bill staggers the terms of those members and revises the length of the initial term of a member appointed by the Governor.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 387.12463, 388.887
BDR: 387.12463, 388.887