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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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Weighted funds go straight to schools
Districts must send weighted funding directly to the school that serves the students who generate it. Each school must keep separate accounts for adjusted base funding and each weighted category. Weighted funds must add to base funds and be used only for extra services for those students. Allowed uses include free prekindergarten, summer or intersession programs with transportation, extended day, reading centers, teacher training, family engagement, paraprofessionals, and hiring or retention incentives. If a student qualifies for more than one category, the school must provide services for each category.
Cap on education stabilization fund
The Education Stabilization Account cannot be more than 20% of the prior year’s State Education Fund appropriations (excluding that account). Any extra money goes back to the State Education Fund.
Education Stabilization Account and transfers
Each year, districts must move any ending fund balance above 16.6% of expenditures into the Education Stabilization Account. On June 30 of odd‑numbered fiscal years, uncommitted State Education Fund money also moves into the Account unless that would push it above 20% of the prior year’s appropriations. Money in the Account is a continuing appropriation for the purposes in the law. Districts exclude certain deposits when calculating the ending balance (pre‑June 30, 2020 money, authorized capital or debt funds, and designated continuing appropriations). The Interim Finance Committee can transfer Account funds back to cover enrollment growth, revenue shortfalls, audit errors, or funding‑plan mistakes. The Account can also provide temporary advances to keep payments for profoundly gifted pupils on time, with repayment due by August 31 after the fiscal year ends.
How Nevada counts students for funding
Schools must report average daily enrollment each quarter by Oct 1, Jan 1, Apr 1, and Jul 1 (or by 5 p.m. the next business day). Yearly funding equals the adjusted base per pupil times a sum of pupil counts (K–12, full‑time and part‑time distance education, special education with a 0.6 factor for under‑5, detained children, part‑semester, and challenge schools), plus specified appropriations. If a quarter’s enrollment is 95% or less of the same quarter last year, the state uses last year’s count for monthly payments, unless the Department finds the drop was deliberate. The Department sets a process to reconcile moves and leavers, and students excused for exams still count as attending. Pupils in state prisons and adults in high school diploma courses are not counted for apportionment.
More teacher prep aid and faster payouts
The Department of Education runs the Teach Nevada account and decides how many scholarships are offered each year. Scholarships can fund traditional or approved alternative licensure programs, shortage‑area training, early childhood specialization, or advanced certificates/degrees. Experienced Nevada public school teachers with a bachelor’s degree and at least two years of teaching can qualify. Schools and approved providers must pay recipients the full semester award at the start of each term.
Base funding rules and admin caps
Districts must keep adjusted base per-pupil money in a separate account, take only limited administrative costs, and give the rest to schools so each student has a fair chance. The Department sets the cap on administrative deductions. Districts may move adjusted base money to meet federal maintenance-of-effort rules for special education. Schools must track special education and gifted spending in detail, and keep federal funds in a separate account.
Education pay for kids in treatment
Hospitals or facilities with an accredited, state‑approved school program can get paid for teaching Nevada resident children who are admitted by a doctor because needed treatment was not available in Nevada. Payment starts after the first 7 school days and covers only instruction days, up to the state’s minimum free school days. The daily rate is the district’s adjusted base per pupil divided by 180, or for charters the statewide base/adjusted base divided by 180. For pupils with disabilities, the rate rises by the statewide multiplier if the provider follows federal and state special education law. Providers must notify the Department and the child’s district or charter and send the student’s records. Reimbursement never covers health care costs, and the child’s district or charter remains the local education agency for special education duties.
Faster paths and new endorsements for educators
The law creates quicker alternative routes to a teacher license with supervised school experience and mentoring. You can finish in two years or less and apply for a regular license even without a job offer. Paraprofessionals and school psychology staff may complete required teaching or internships while staying employed. Nevada accepts qualifying student teaching done in another state or country. The Commission sets rules for moving into administrator roles and adds cultural competency and financial literacy endorsements. Applicants for middle or high school licenses must show subject skill by coursework or a test. Teachers must also complete coursework on parent and family engagement.
New rules for Teacher Advancement scholarships
Starting July 1, 2025, the Department runs the Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship account and sets the number of awards. To apply, you must attend an approved program and have taught in a Nevada public school for at least 2 of the last 5 years. Each semester, 75% is paid at the start and 25% is held. You get the held 25% only after you finish the program and then teach in a Nevada public school for three straight years, and you must request it within the set time window.
Teacher pathway grants with five-year service
Starting July 1, 2025, the Department runs the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching grants. You may get tuition help and a stipend only if you attend an approved traditional licensure program and agree to complete an ESL or special education endorsement. If you accept aid, you must teach in a Nevada public school for five straight years after finishing, unless waived for good cause. On July 1, 2027, the laws for both this grant program and the Teacher Advancement scholarships are repealed.
Teacher scholarships and provider payments
Starting July 1, 2025, if a student completes on time, the Department pays the provider $1,000 for program costs when money is available. If the student does not finish, the provider must return any undisbursed money and pay up to $1,000 (or the amount disbursed, if less). The Department creates a block grant program that pays one lump‑sum to institutions that win grants under NRS 391A.580. After June 30, 2027, any remaining money in the Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship Account and unspent Incentivizing Pathways funds for FY 2026–2027 move to the Teach Nevada Scholarship Program Account. These steps shift funds to teacher prep, recruitment, and advancement programs and add on‑time completion incentives.
New staff surveys guide school improvements
The state runs staff surveys at every public and charter school when money is available. Odd-year school years focus on school climate. Even-year school years focus on working conditions. Districts and charters must use the results to improve staff retention and school conditions. These survey data cannot be used in statewide ratings or in teacher or administrator evaluations. Schools that reach at least an 85% response rate get recognition. The Department can hire a vendor to run the surveys when funding allows.
New school spending reports and deadlines
District annual reports are due in early January, and the Superintendent’s compilation is due by the last Friday in January. Districts must post quarterly spending lists online instead of in a newspaper. The State Board may request, not direct, career and technical education studies. Three listed statutes are repealed on July 1, 2025.
State reimburses education in treatment facilities
Hospitals or residential treatment facilities that run a licensed private school can seek reimbursement from the Department of Education for a child’s education. The child must be a patient or resident and attend the private school for more than seven school days. The provider and the private school must be properly licensed.
New rules for ASL teachers
The state sets education requirements for an American Sign Language teaching endorsement. Teachers or other school staff who also interpret sign language while teaching must register with the Aging and Disability Services Division.
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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