Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt regulations requiring a pupil enrolled in grade 11 to take a college and career readiness assessment to receive a standard high school diploma. (NRS 390.600) Under existing law, the State Board is required to select such an assessment, and the Department of Education is required to develop an informational pamphlet concerning the assessment. (NRS 390.610, 390.620) Section 33 of this bill eliminates the requirement for a pupil to take a college and career readiness assessment to receive a standard high school diploma. Section 37 of this bill repeals the requirement that the: (1) State Board select a college and career readiness assessment; and (2) Department develop an informational pamphlet concerning the assessment. Section 30 of this bill makes a conforming change to remove an internal reference to one of the sections that is repealed by section 37. Existing law requires the inclusion of information concerning the college and career readiness assessment in certain plans and reports. (NRS 385.112, 385A.200, 385A.280, 385A.410, 385A.480, 385A.490, 385A.610, 385A.620, 385A.730, 388G.120) Sections 1-3, 5-7, 9-11 and 20 of this bill eliminate the requirement to include information concerning the college and career readiness assessment in such plans and reports. Existing law requires that a pupil, the parent or legal guardian of a pupil and the public be provided with certain information concerning the college and career readiness assessment. (NRS 388.205, 388.208, 390.015) Sections 12, 13 and 22 of this bill eliminate the requirement for certain persons to provide such information. Existing law provides for the college and career readiness assessment to be administered to pupils of charter schools, empowerment schools and pupils in a program of distance education. (NRS 388.874, 388A.366, 388G.210) Sections 16, 17 and 21 of this bill eliminate requirements related to providing the assessment to such pupils. Existing law authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to adopt a policy to provide individual graduation plans to certain pupils including, without limitation, pupils who performed poorly on the college and career readiness assessment. (NRS 388.227) Section 14 of this bill eliminates the authority to provide for an individual graduation plan on the basis of a pupil's performance on the assessment. Existing law excludes the college and career readiness assessment from the applicability of certain provisions governing the security of data concerning pupils. (NRS 388.283) Section 15 eliminates this provision in conformance with the elimination of the requirement for a pupil to take the assessment to receive a standard high school diploma. Existing law requires the Department of Education and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt a plan setting forth procedures to ensure the security of the criterion-referenced examinations and the college and career readiness assessment and provides other provisions governing the administration and security of such examinations and assessments, including provisions authorizing the Department to enter into a contract for the scoring of such examinations and assessments and penalties for personnel who breach the security of such examinations and assessments. (NRS 390.250-390.430, 390.840, 391.330, 391.750) Sections 23-29 and 31-36 of this bill revise these provisions to remove references to the college and career readiness assessment, thereby limiting the applicability of these provisions to just the criterion-referenced examinations. Sections 4, 8, 18 and 19 of this bill make conforming changes to reflect the renumbering of certain provisions in section 33.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 385.112, 385A.200, 385A.280, 385A.290, 385A.410, 385A.480, 385A.490, 385A.500, 385A.610, 385A.620, 385A.730, 388.205, 388.208, 388.227, 388.283, 388.874, 388A.366, 388A.405, 388C.120, 388G.120, 388G.210, 390.015, 390.255, 390.260, 390.270, 390.275, 390.280, 390.285, 390.300, 390.350, 390.365, 390.370, 390.600, 390.840, 391.330, 391.750
BDR: 385.112, 385A.200, 385A.280, 385A.290, 385A.410, 385A.480, 385A.490, 385A.500, 385A.610, 385A.620, 385A.730, 388.205, 388.208, 388.227, 388.283, 388.874, 388A.366, 388A.405, 388C.120, 388G.120, 388G.210, 390.015, 390.255, 390.260, 390.270, 390.275, 390.280, 390.285, 390.300, 390.350, 390.365, 390.370, 390.600, 390.840, 391.330, 391.750