NevadaSB17683rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET

AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain school districts that offer a program of career and technical education for certified nursing assistants to establish a pilot program to cover the costs of examinations for certain pupils enrolled in the program to obtain an industry-recognized credential as a certified nursing assistant; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Fabian Doñate (Democratic)

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BDR S-45

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Exam fee help for nursing assistant students

Clark, Elko, Lyon, and White Pine County school districts must cover eligible students’ certified nursing assistant exam registration costs. The pilot covers up to $300 per student during the 2026–2027 and 2027–2028 school years. Students must enroll in a qualifying career and technical education program and finish its final course. They must choose the nursing assistant exam instead of the program’s final assessment, meet exam prerequisites, and register for and complete the exam. Students who earn the credential can receive their program completion certificate without taking the program’s final assessment. The state provides $148,800 through the Department of Education. Each school year, Clark receives $60,000; Elko, $3,000; Lyon, $9,000; and White Pine, $2,400. Districts must work with the State Board of Nursing to distribute funding and arrange exams at approved testing sites. They must explain eligibility, monitor fair access, and track participation and credentials earned. Remaining funds cannot be committed after June 30, 2028, or spent after September 22, 2028. Unspent money must return to the State General Fund by September 22, 2028. Regulatory and preparation work begins July 1, 2025; the program provisions take effect for other purposes January 1, 2026.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Fabian Doñate

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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Actions Timeline

  1. (No further action taken.)

    6/3/2025Senate
  2. To committee.

    4/23/2025Senate
  3. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/23/2025Senate
  4. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.

    4/21/2025Senate
  5. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 26.)

    4/21/2025Senate
  6. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

    4/21/2025Senate
  7. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/21/2025Senate
  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/21/2025Senate
  9. Read first time. To committee.

    2/5/2025Senate
  10. From printer.

    2/5/2025Senate
  11. To printer.

    2/4/2025Senate
  12. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Education.

    2/3/2025Senate

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