Existing law creates the Commission on Professional Standards in Education and requires the Commission to adopt regulations prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and other educational personnel. (NRS 391.011, 391.019) Section 1.1 of this bill requires the Commission to consider any changes necessary to improve access to licensure or endorsement when adopting such regulations. Existing law requires a public elementary school to provide certain programs, services and instruction to certain pupils who have a deficiency in the subject area of reading based on state or local assessments and other relevant information. (NRS 392.750, 392.755) Sections 2.6 and 3 of this bill eliminate the use of local assessments to determine whether a pupil has a deficiency in the subject area of reading. Section 3 further provides that a pupil is not required to continue receiving services or instruction to correct a deficiency in the subject area of reading if the pupil achieves a score on the statewide assessment that falls within the level established by the State Board of Education for the grade level in which the pupil is enrolled. Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of a charter school to prepare a report containing certain information regarding pupils who receive intervention services and intensive instruction to address a deficiency in the subject area of reading. (NRS 388A.487, 392.775) Sections 1 and 3.5 of this bill eliminate this requirement. Section 2.2 of this bill prohibits any entity other than the State Board of Education from requiring a public school, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to report information concerning pupils who receive intervention services and intensive instruction to address a deficiency in the subject area of reading. Section 2.4 of this bill applies the existing definition of “subject area of reading” to the provisions of section 2.2.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 391.019, 391.100, 392.755
Reprint 1: 388A.487, 391.019, 392.748, 392.750, 392.755, 392.775
As Enrolled: 388A.487, 391.019, 392.748, 392.750, 392.755, 392.775
BDR: 391.019, 391.100, 392.755