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NevadaSB8183rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to create and conduct certain surveys of public school employees; revising provisions governing the reimbursement of certain hospitals or other facilities that provide educational services; revising terminology related to services provided to certain students; revising various reporting requirements relating to education; revising provisions governing the authority of the State Board of Education; revising provisions governing the ratios of pupils to licensed teachers; eliminating certain audits of empowerment schools; revising provisions governing the licensure of administrators; repealing provisions governing the Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship Program and the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching Grant Program; revising provisions governing certain scholarship and grant programs for students in education and related fields of study; requiring the Department to create a program of block grants for such scholarship and grant programs; eliminating provisions requiring the Department to recommend that a minimum amount be spent by public schools on textbooks and other instructional supplies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Education
Signed by Governor
BDR 34-276
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
14 provisions identified: 7 benefits, 0 costs, 7 mixed.
Faster alternative path to licensure
The state creates an approved alternative route to a Nevada teaching license. Programs can finish in two years or less and include supervised school‑based experience and ongoing support, in person or online. Applicants with qualifying test scores may have coursework limited or waived. You can apply for a regular license even without a job offer.
Help for students in hospitals
When a Nevada student gets schooling in a hospital or similar facility, the state pays a daily rate. The daily rate equals the district or charter base funding divided by 180, and the first 7 school days do not count. Extra amounts apply for pupils with disabilities using the statewide multiplier. Hospitals must tell the Department and the child’s school at admission and send records as rules require. The Department sets rules and can audit to ensure proper payments and protections.
More aid for future teachers, with terms
Starting July 1, 2025, the Department runs a block‑grant program that sends lump‑sum funds to colleges to provide scholarships and stipends for teacher prep students. Colleges must use the money for tuition help in the last three semesters and stipends during final clinical work. Students who accept funds must finish the program and then teach in a Nevada public school for five straight years, unless the Department grants a good‑cause waiver. On July 1, 2027, older scholarship and grant statutes, including Nevada Teacher Advancement and Incentivizing Pathways sections, are repealed. Also beginning in 2027, the Department issues a detailed yearly report on Teach Nevada scholarships.
Scholarships for current Nevada teachers
The Department runs the Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship Account. Starting July 1, 2025, you can apply only if you taught in a Nevada public school for at least 2 of the last 5 years. Providers pay 75% of each semester award up front and hold 25% until you finish the program and then teach in a Nevada public school for 3 straight school years (unless waived) and meet other rules; you must request the held funds within the required timeline. If a student does not complete the program, the provider must return undisbursed money and pay back up to $1,000. If a student finishes on schedule, the Department may pay the provider $1,000 when funds are available.
Teach Nevada scholarships expanded and prioritized
The Department runs the Teach Nevada Scholarship Account and awards grants to approved providers. It decides how many scholarships to fund and keeps 25% of each award for later payment after recipients meet program requirements. Priority goes to providers serving more veterans or spouses, shortage endorsements or subjects, high‑shortage schools, and low‑income or minority students. Starting July 1, 2025, applicants must attend or be accepted to an approved program and meet listed diploma or equivalency tests, and recipients must complete the program and apply for a Nevada license (provisional licensees must earn a full license within 3 years). Starting July 1, 2027, scholarships can fund approved traditional or alternative licensure, early childhood specialization, and advanced degrees; awards cannot exceed cost of attendance and last up to 6 semesters (bachelor’s), 3 semesters (graduate), or 3 years (alternative licensure); providers may pay the full semester amount at the start of each semester. On June 30, 2027, leftover funds from the Teacher Advancement and Incentivizing Pathways accounts move into the Teach Nevada account.
Funding for schooling in hospitals
Hospitals or residential treatment facilities that run an accredited school can ask the Department of Education to reimburse the cost of teaching a child who is their patient or resident. The child must attend the program for more than 7 school days. This support helps keep education going during treatment. Reimbursement is only for education, not health care.
Class-size plans and public ratios
Each district, with teacher groups, must file a class‑size reduction plan by October 1 every year, using only funds set aside for class‑size reduction. The Department monitors plans and data, gives guidance, and sets expectations for how reduction money is used, including the expected number of teachers. Boards must report and post average daily enrollment and K–3 pupil‑teacher ratios by October 15 and April 15, and identify schools with variances. The State Board sends variance reports twice a year, and the Department reports statewide teacher and pupil counts by November 15.
Funding rules for at-risk and English learners
The law uses two clear categories for targeted help: services for at‑risk pupils and services for pupils who are English learners. Districts can spend weighted funds on interventions and instructional supports. They may also use the money for hiring and retention incentives for teachers who serve these students.
Online spending lists and new deadlines
District clerks must post a list of last quarter’s spending on the district website each quarter; newspaper posting is no longer required. Districts, charters, and the university school for profoundly gifted pupils follow updated calendars: average daily enrollment is due Oct 1, Jan 1, Apr 1, and Jul 1; annual district and charter reports are due in the first full five‑business‑day week of January; the Superintendent compiles reports by the last Friday in January; and the gifted school’s spending report is due that same January week. If a charter gets one of the two lowest ratings three years in a row and is not closing or changing sponsor, its sponsor must report actions taken by February 15 of odd‑numbered years.
School climate and staff surveys
The Department of Education runs surveys at every public school when funds are available. In odd‑numbered years, schools get a school‑climate survey; in even‑numbered years, a working‑conditions survey. Districts and charters must use the results to improve staff retention and school climate. Survey data cannot be used to evaluate schools or staff. Principals must write improvement plans with staff input using the survey results, and schools get recognition if at least 85% of staff respond.
School staff surveys and reports
Each year, the Department sends a report of school employee survey data to the Commission on School Funding and the State Board. The Department can hire a qualified vendor to run the surveys if money is available. This improves transparency and supports planning.
Limits on admin costs and reserves
The Department sets a statewide limit on how much a district may deduct for admin costs from adjusted base per‑pupil funds. Each year, districts must transfer any ending fund balance above 16.6% of total spending to the Education Stabilization Account. The transfer happens after last year’s close and before this year’s close. These rules aim to send more money to schools and move extra reserves to the state account.
Old education laws repealed in 2025
Beginning July 1, 2025, NRS 387.206, 387.2062, and 391A.205 are repealed. This removes those laws and may end or change any programs or duties they created.
State education oversight rule changes
The State Board may request, not direct, the Superintendent to conduct career and technical education studies. The Superintendent now designates a program professional to review how certain CTE grants are spent and reports results to the State Board. The State Board sets rules for counting enrollment and attendance for detained children in instructional facilities, replacing older trustee reporting rules.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Education
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (3rd Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/30/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 491.
6/11/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/10/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/6/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/4/2025SenateAssembly Amendment No. 956 concurred in.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/2/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
6/2/2025HouseFrom printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint.
6/2/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 956.) To printer.
6/1/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
6/1/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
6/1/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
5/31/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/31/2025HouseFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
5/31/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.
5/30/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/30/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 869.)
5/30/2025SenatePlaced on General File.
5/30/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/30/2025SenateTo committee.
4/23/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/23/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
4/21/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 423.)
4/21/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025Senate
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