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3	3	- 82nd Session (2023)
4	4	Senate Bill No. 291–Senators Cannizzaro, Dondero Loop, Lange,
5	5	Flores, Neal; Daly, Donate, D. Harris, Nguyen, Ohrenschall,
6	6	Pazina, Scheible and Spearman
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8	8	CHAPTER..........
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10	10	AN ACT relating to education; revising requirements for certain
11	11	student teachers to be employed as a substitute teacher for a
12	12	school district; making an appropriation to the Department of
13	13	Education for the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator
14	14	Preparation; and providing other matters properly relating
15	15	thereto.
16	16	Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
17	17	Existing law authorizes a school district to enter into an agreement with the
18	18	Nevada System of Higher Education or certain accredited postsecondary
19	19	educational institutions to provide for the assignment of students for training
20	20	purposes as a student teacher. These student teachers are authorized, under the
21	21	direction and supervision of a licensed teacher, to instruct and supervise pupils in
22	22	the school, on school grounds and on authorized field trips. (NRS 391.095)
23	23	Existing law also provides that, before assigning a long-term substitute who is
24	24	not a licensed teacher to fill a teaching position, the board of trustees of a school
25	25	district that has entered into an agreement concerning student teachers is required to
26	26	select a student teacher who has: (1) completed at least 4 weeks of student teaching;
27	27	and (2) applied to the board of trustees for employment as a substitute teacher by
28	28	submitting an application that includes the written approval of the teacher who
29	29	supervises the student teacher through his or her educational institution and the
30	30	teacher who supervises the student teacher in the classroom. If a student teacher is
31	31	employed as a substitute teacher by the school district, the student teacher: (1) is
32	32	entitled to the rate of pay otherwise payable to a substitute teacher employed by the
33	33	school district for each day the student works as a substitute teacher; (2) must be
34	34	assigned to teach in the subject area and grade level, as applicable, in which the
35	35	student teacher is completing his or her student teaching; and (3) must be
36	36	supervised by a licensed teacher who must be available to assist and observe the
37	37	student teacher on a periodic basis and oversee the management of the classroom
38	38	and instructional duties.
39	39	Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that, to qualify for employment
40	40	as a substitute teacher, a student teacher must have completed at least 4 weeks of
41	41	student teaching in a school district.
42	42	Existing law authorizes a college or university within the Nevada System of
43	43	Higher Education to apply to the State Board of Education for a grant of money to
44	44	establish the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation and
45	45	establishes certain requirements for the Institute. Existing law requires the Nevada
46	46	Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation, which has been established at the
47	47	University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to: (1) establish a highly selective program for
48	48	the education and training of teachers; (2) conduct research concerning approaches
49	49	and methods used to educate and train teachers and to teach pupils; and (3)
50	50	evaluate, develop and disseminate approaches to teaching. (NRS 396.5185) Section
51	51	2 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Department of Education for the Nevada
52	52	Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation.
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60	60	EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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63	63	THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
64	64	SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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66	66	Section 1. NRS 391.096 is hereby amended to read as follows:
67	67	391.096 1. A board of trustees of a school district that has
68	68	entered into an agreement pursuant to NRS 391.095 shall, before
69	69	assigning a long-term substitute who is not a licensed teacher, assign
70	70	a student teacher who [satisfies the requirements of subsection 2] is
71	71	employed by the school district as a substitute teacher [.] pursuant
72	72	to this section.
73	73	2. A student teacher [who has completed not less than 4 weeks
74	74	of student teaching in a school district pursuant to NRS 391.095]
75	75	may apply to the board of trustees of [that] a school district for
76	76	employment as a substitute teacher. The application must include
77	77	the written approval of:
78	78	(a) The teacher who supervises the student teacher through the
79	79	Nevada System of Higher Education or accredited postsecondary
80	80	educational institution, as applicable; and
81	81	(b) The teacher who is responsible for supervising the student
82	82	teacher in the classroom.
83	83	3. If a school district employs a student teacher as a substitute
84	84	teacher pursuant to this section, the school district shall ensure that
85	85	the student teacher is:
86	86	(a) Assigned to teach in the subject area and grade level, as
87	87	applicable, in which the student teacher is completing his or her
88	88	student teaching.
89	89	(b) Supervised by a licensed teacher. A licensed teacher so
90	90	assigned must:
91	91	(1) Be available to assist the student teacher and observe the
92	92	student teacher on a periodic basis; and
93	93	(2) Oversee the management of the classroom, instructional
94	94	duties and administrative duties of the student teacher.
95	95	4. A student teacher who is employed as a substitute teacher
96	96	pursuant to this section is entitled to the rate of pay otherwise
97	97	payable to substitute teachers employed by the school district for
98	98	each day the student teacher works as a substitute teacher. Nothing
99	99	in this section entitles a student teacher who is not employed as a
100	100	substitute teacher to be paid for time spent completing his or her
101	101	student teaching, including, without limitation, time spent
102	102	completing course work and assignments required for completion of
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107	107	a program of study offered by the Nevada System of Higher
108	108	Education or an accredited postsecondary educational institution.
109	109	5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the board of
110	110	trustees of a school district that employs a student teacher as a
111	111	substitute teacher pursuant to this section shall, in consultation with
112	112	the employee organization representing licensed teachers in the
113	113	school district, provide for compensation of the licensed teacher
114	114	who supervises the student teacher pursuant to subsection 3 that is in
115	115	addition to the regular salary of the licensed teacher. The board of
116	116	trustees is not required to provide additional compensation to:
117	117	(a) A licensed teacher who is employed by the school district for
118	118	the primary purpose of supervising student teachers and who is not
119	119	otherwise employed for the purpose of providing classroom
120	120	instruction to pupils; or
121	121	(b) A licensed teacher who receives compensation from the
122	122	Nevada System of Higher Education or an accredited postsecondary
123	123	educational institution for supervising student teachers.
124	124	6. As used in this section, “student teacher” means a student of
125	125	a branch of the Nevada System of Higher Education or an accredited
126	126	postsecondary educational institution who is assigned to teach for
127	127	training purposes pursuant to NRS 391.095.
128	128	Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State
129	129	General Fund to the Department of Education for the Nevada
130	130	Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation established pursuant
131	131	to NRS 396.5185 the sum of $1,575,000.
132	132	2. In making an expenditure from the money appropriated by
133	133	subsection 1, the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator
134	134	Preparation may expend not more than $75,000 for administrative
135	135	expenses.
136	136	3. The Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation
137	137	shall:
138	138	(a) Prepare and transmit a report to the Interim Finance
139	139	Committee on or before December 20, 2024, that describes each
140	140	expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1
141	141	from the date on which the money was received by the Institute
142	142	through December 1, 2024; and
143	143	(b) Prepare and transmit a final report to the Interim Finance
144	144	Committee on or before October 1, 2025, that describes each
145	145	expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1
146	146	from the date on which the money was received by the Institute
147	147	through June 30, 2025.
148	148	4. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by
149	149	subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30,
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154	154	2025, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity
155	155	to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise
156	156	transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated
157	157	money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after
158	158	September 19, 2025, by either the entity to which the money was
159	159	appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently
160	160	granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General
161	161	Fund on or before September 19, 2025.
162	162	Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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