# Nevada SB403: AN ACT relating to education; creating the Subcommittee on Metrics of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; revising provisions governing competency-based learning; authorizing an alternative schedule for public schools; authorizing local educational agencies to develop, maintain and publish certain materials related to career exploration; requiring the Board of Economic Development to make certain recommendations relating to opportunities for pupils for career exploration in schools; authorizing the Office of Economic Development to require applicants for certain transferable tax credits and certain tax abatements to agree to a plan to provide work-based learning opportunities to pupils or instructors for career and technical education courses; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada SB403, AN ACT relating to education; creating the Subcommittee on Metrics of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; revising provisions governing competency-based learning; authorizing an alternative schedule for public schools; authorizing local educational agencies to develop, maintain and publish certain materials related to career exploration; requiring the Board of Economic Development to make certain recommendations relating to opportunities for pupils for career exploration in schools; authorizing the Office of Economic Development to require applicants for certain transferable tax credits and certain tax abatements to agree to a plan to provide work-based learning opportunities to pupils or instructors for career and technical education courses; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Marilyn Dondero Loop (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB403-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada SB403 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to education; creating the Subcommittee on Metrics of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; revising provisions governing competency-based learning; authorizing an alternative schedule for public schools; authorizing local educational agencies to develop, maintain and publish certain materials related to career exploration; requiring the Board of Economic Development to make certain recommendations relating to opportunities for pupils for career exploration in schools; authorizing the Office of Economic Development to require applicants for certain transferable tax credits and certain tax abatements to agree to a plan to provide work-based learning opportunities to pupils or instructors for career and technical education courses; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-17 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsor: Marilyn Dondero Loop (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 8 - Subjects: BDR 34-611 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (21 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 13 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Career resources for elementary school families: benefit, low. Local education agencies can develop, maintain, and publish online recommendations for career-exploration materials. The materials must be suitable for pupils in grades 1 through 5. Publishing them is optional, so availability depends on the local agency. - Nevada funds education staff and oversight: benefit, low. Nevada provides $68,910 in each of fiscal years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027 for one education implementation staff position. Department personnel and operating costs receive $222,763 in 2025–2026 and $279,956 in 2026–2027. Commission and Metrics Subcommittee travel receives $25,000 in each year. Unspen… - Nevada funds training for personalized learning: benefit, low. Nevada provides $2.25 million for the Department of Education to contract with a qualified group. The contract funds educator training on personalized, competency-based learning and school redesign. It also supports developing and carrying out recommendations for the education Commission and Depart… - New ways to measure student progress: benefit, low. The law creates an education subcommittee to develop optional measures of student, school, and district progress. It works with the Nevada Department of Education on measures covering learning, well-being, and civic engagement. The Department must review the Portrait of a Nevada Learner, the state'… - Schools gain more flexible calendar options: benefit, low. Districts can request alternative calendars, including fewer school days, while keeping at least the teaching minutes of a 180-day program. The state Superintendent must approve or deny an application within 30 days. Districts must develop schedules under Nevada's public-sector labor rules. This re… - Students need exams for proficiency credit: cost, medium. Public school pupils can earn course credit without attending regular classes by showing proficiency through an authorized exam. The exam can be prescribed by the State Board or approved by the principal as at least equally rigorous. A principal and teacher can also develop an exam for areas where… - Nevada ends its personalized learning pilot: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada ends its competency-based education pilot and its associated support. The Department of Education's pilot duties and authority to award pilot grants end. Those duties included participation and instruction requirements, public awareness work, and meetings with superin… - Businesses face tax break compliance rules: cost, low. For the specified partial tax breaks, a full-time worker must hold a permanent job averaging at least 30 hours weekly. Businesses must repay covered tax relief, plus interest under Nevada law, if they stop meeting requirements or close early. The agreed operating period determines whether a closure… - Personalized learning options with school safeguards: mixed, low. Personalized, competency-based learning lets students advance by showing mastery, with pacing and learning paths suited to them. Districts, charter schools, and university schools for profoundly gifted pupils can apply to offer these programs. Charter-formation committees and charter management org… - Aircraft businesses get conditional tax breaks: mixed, low. Qualifying aircraft businesses can receive partial personal-property and local sales-and-use tax breaks for up to 10 years. Businesses need a Nevada license, an agreement within one year after application receipt, and at least five years of operation. New businesses need five full-time workers with… - Data center tax breaks carry conditions: mixed, low. Nevada can approve partial property- and sales-tax breaks for qualifying new or expanded data centers. Terms up to 10 years require 10 Nevada-resident full-time workers within five years and $25 million invested per county. Terms over 10 and up to 20 years require 50 such workers within five years… - Data center tenants get limited relief: mixed, low. Businesses using an approved data center can receive partial tax breaks with a Nevada license and a contract lasting at least two years. Their tax-break percentage cannot exceed the data center's percentage, and relief cannot last longer than their contract. A tenant business must repay the relief… - Tax incentives can require student learning: mixed, low. Nevada's Office of Economic Development can require work-based learning plans from applicants for specified tax credits or partial tax breaks. Covered applicants include data centers, aircraft businesses, production companies, qualified projects, and businesses seeking designated-area or general bu… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Marilyn Dondero Loop (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Angela D. Taylor (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Fabian Doñate (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James Ohrenschall (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Julie Pazina (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Melanie Scheible (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-Crawford (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nicole J. Cannizzaro (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rochelle T. Nguyen (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-30 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint) | pass | 21 | 0 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House) - 2025-06-01: Read second time. (House) - 2025-06-01: Placed on Second Reading File. (House) - 2025-06-01: From committee: Do pass. (House) - 2025-05-31: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee. (House) - 2025-05-31: In Assembly. (House) - 2025-05-31: From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. (Senate) - 2025-05-30: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. (Senate) - 2025-05-30: Reprinting dispensed with. (Senate) - 2025-05-30: Placed on General File. (Senate) - 2025-05-30: Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 874.) (Senate) - 2025-05-30: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate) - 2025-04-24: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 418.) (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (Senate) - 2025-03-19: From printer. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB403.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB403_R1.pdf) - Reprint 2: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB403_R2.pdf) ## Related bills - SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain… (vetoed) - AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of M… (vetoed) - AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revisi… (vetoed) - AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing and reimbursement for certain drugs; creating a cause of action for violating su… (vetoed) - AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating… (vetoed) - SB352: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain health insurers and providers of health care from engaging in certain discriminatory actions; and providing… (vetoed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB403.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB403_R1.pdf) - [Reprint 2 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB403_R2.pdf) ## Related - [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025) - [AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB499-83rd2025) - [AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waiv…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB397-83rd2025) - [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025) - [AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB188-83rd2025) - [SB352: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain health insurers and provide…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB352-83rd2025) - [Nevada bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada/bills) - [Nevada state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB403-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).