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NevadaAB3983rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to charter schools; revising provisions governing the membership of the State Public Charter School Authority; revising provisions establishing the local educational agency that is responsible for performing certain functions with respect to charter schools; clarifying requirements for certain information to be included in an application to renew the charter contract of a charter school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Education
Signed by Governor
BDR 34-259
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Sponsors must provide special education at charters
The law treats charter sponsors like the local school district (LEA) for the schools they sponsor. The sponsor must provide a free public education and special education and related services to students at those charters. The sponsor must also direct the correct share of federal and state grant funds to eligible charter schools. The law also exempts related local expenses from one existing budgeting rule (NRS 354.599).
Clear timelines for charter school renewals
By June 30 before the final school year, a sponsor must give the school a report on performance and any problems. The school’s governing body may submit a written response. If the school seeks renewal, it must apply by October 15 of the final year with future plans and supporting evidence. The sponsor must decide at a public meeting and notify the school within 60 days, share the data it used, and post a summary online. Renewed contracts can last 3 to 10 years.
How the charter board runs and pays
After the initial stagger, members serve three-year terms starting July 1 and stay until replaced; vacancies are filled the same way. Members choose a Chair and Vice Chair for two-year terms starting July 1 of odd-numbered years. Voting members earn up to $80 per day for official work, plus normal state per diem and travel. New members must take onboarding training, and all voting members take yearly training on applications and governance. The board meets year-round; five voting members make a quorum that can act.
Who can serve on charter board
The state charter board has nine voting members: 2 named by the Governor, 2 by the Senate Majority Leader, 2 by the Assembly Speaker, 2 by the State Board of Education, and 1 by the Charter School Association. Appointers must pick people with charter know-how, at least one parent of a charter student, and experts in K–12, finance, management, testing, technology, and law, and seek ethnic and geographic diversity. Members must live in Nevada, and voting members must be 21 or older. Members cannot have direct money or business ties to charter schools or management groups; up to two may be teachers or administrators only if their school is in good standing.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Education
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/23/2025
Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
House vote • 4/10/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)
Yes: 41 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 219.
6/3/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/3/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/29/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 772 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/27/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/26/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
5/23/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/23/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 772.)
5/23/2025SenateTaken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.
5/23/2025SenateTaken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
5/15/2025SenateRead second time.
5/12/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
5/8/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
4/14/2025SenateIn Senate.
4/14/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
4/10/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
4/7/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
4/3/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
3/31/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
3/27/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
3/26/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
3/25/2025HouseRead second time.
3/24/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File for next legislative day.
3/20/2025HouseTaken from Second Reading File.
3/20/2025House
Bill Text
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As Introduced
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