# Nevada SB254: AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to adopt a model policy concerning screening for the behavioral, social and emotional well-being of pupils; authorizing public and private schools to adopt the policy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada SB254, AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to adopt a model policy concerning screening for the behavioral, social and emotional well-being of pupils; authorizing public and private schools to adopt the policy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Education; status failed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada SB254
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to adopt a model policy concerning screening for the behavioral, social and emotional well-being of pupils; authorizing public and private schools to adopt the policy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.)
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Education
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR 34-592
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Nevada schools get optional well-being screening guidance: benefit, low. Nevada’s education department must work with education and child mental and behavioral health experts to create and share a model screening policy. The policy covers students’ behavioral, social, and emotional well-being. It starts with screening all students and moves to individual support plans f…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Education

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB254.pdf)
- Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB254_R1.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB254.pdf)
- [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB254_R1.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB254-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).