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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 21, 2025)
FIRST REPRINT A.B. 345
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 345–ASSEMBLYMEMBER MOSCA
MARCH 3, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Education
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to education.
(BDR 34-97)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Yes.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Board of Regents of
the University of Nevada to establish a data dashboard
setting forth certain statistical information relating to
student outcomes; requiring the Board of Regents to
establish a policy for the use of low-cost course materials
and no-cost open educational resources in courses offered
at an institution within the Nevada System of Higher
Education; requiring the Board of Regents to conduct a
study during the 2025-2026 interim relating to certain
issues facing students of the Nevada System of Higher
Education; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Under existing law, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada shall 1
require employees of the Nevada System of Higher Education to provide to the 2
board of trustees of each school district in this State information regarding the: (1) 3
number of pupils who graduated from a high school in the district in the 4
immediately preceding year and enrolled in certain remedial courses; and (2) costs 5
incurred by the System in providing such remedial instruction. (NRS 396.548) 6
Section 1.3 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to establish and maintain a 7
data dashboard that includes statistical data relating to the number of: (1) students 8
who graduated from a public high school in this State and enroll in a university, 9
state college or community college within the System; (2) students who graduated 10
from a high school in this State and enroll in remedial courses in reading, writing or 11
mathematics at a university, state college or community college within the System 12
or who are identified as not college-ready in such subjects and enrolled in a 13
corequisite support course; (3) years it takes for students, on average, to graduate 14
from a university, state college or community college within the System; and (4) 15
subject to the availability of data, the number of students who graduate from a 16
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university, state college or community college within the System and, within 2 17
years of graduation, have not received wages from an employer in this State and are 18
not enrolled in an institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education or 19
have received unemployment benefits or benefits from a program of public 20
assistance. Section 1.3 also: (1) requires that the data dashboard be posted or 21
accessible on the Internet website of the System by September 1, 2026; and (2) 22
authorizes any state agency or local government, including, without limitation, a 23
school district, to assist the Board of Regents in establishing and maintaining the 24
data dashboard. 25
Section 1.5 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to establish a policy for 26
the use of low-cost course materials and no-cost open educational resources in 27
courses offered at an institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education. 28
Section 1.5 requires the policy to include, without limitation: (1) the definition of 29
“low-cost course materials” and “no-cost open educational resources”; and (2) a 30
uniform system to identify, and mark for identification within the course 31
registration system used at each institution, each course that exclusively uses low-32
cost course materials and no-cost open educational resources. 33
Section 2 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to conduct an interim study 34
relating to financial and food insecurity issues facing students of the System. The 35
study must include: (1) an examination of the financial and food insecurity issues 36
experienced by students of the System; (2) the identification of factors that 37
contribute to the temporary withdrawal of students from enrollment in academic 38
programs due to financial and food insecurity; (3) an evaluation of potential 39
interventions to the financial and food insecurity experienced by students of the 40
System; and (4) data-driven recommendations for ways to reduce the financial and 41
food insecurity experienced by students of the System. 42
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 396 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 1.3 and 1.5 of this act. 2
Sec. 1.3. 1. The Board of Regents shall establish and 3
maintain a data dashboard relating to the educational and 4
professional outcomes of students that includes, without 5
limitation, statistical data relating to the number of: 6
(a) Students who graduated from a public high school in this 7
State and enroll in a university, state college or community college 8
within the System; 9
(b) Students who graduated from a high school in this State 10
and enroll in remedial courses in reading, writing or mathematics 11
at a university, state college or community college within the 12
System or who are identified as not being college-ready in such 13
subjects and enrolled in a corequisite support course; 14
(c) Years it takes for students, on average, to graduate from a 15
university, state college or community college within the System; 16
and 17
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(d) Subject to the availability of data, the number of students 1
who graduate from a university, state college or community 2
college within the System and, within 2 years of graduation, have: 3
(1) Not received wages from an employer in this State and 4
are not enrolled in an institution within the Nevada System of 5
Higher Education; and 6
(2) Received unemployment benefits or benefits from a 7
program of public assistance after graduating. 8
2. The data dashboard established pursuant to subsection 1: 9
(a) Must be posted on or otherwise accessible through the 10
Internet website of the System on or before September 1, 2026; 11
and 12
(b) Must not include any personal identifying information of 13
any student or other person. 14
3. Any state agency or local government, including, without 15
limitation, a school district, may assist the Board of Regents in 16
establishing and maintaining the data dashboard established 17
pursuant to subsection 1. 18
4. As used in this section: 19
(a) “Corequisite support course” means a course taken 20
simultaneously with a first college-level or foundation course for a 21
program of study that supports the topics being covered in the first 22
college-level or foundation course. 23
(b) “Employer” has the meaning ascribed to it in 24
NRS 612.055. 25
Sec. 1.5. The Board of Regents shall establish a policy for 26
the use of low-cost course materials and no-cost open educational 27
resources in courses offered at an institution within the Nevada 28
System of Higher Education. The policy must include, without 29
limitation: 30
1. A definition of “low-cost course materials” and “no-cost 31
open educational resources”; and 32
2. A uniform system to identify, and mark for identification 33
within the course registration system used at each institution, each 34
course that exclusively uses low-cost course materials and no-cost 35
open educational resources. 36
Sec. 2. 1. During the 2025-2026 interim, the Board of 37
Regents of the University of Nevada shall conduct a study on 38
financial and food insecurity among students within the Nevada 39
System of Higher Education. The study must include, without 40
limitation: 41
(a) An examination of the financial and food insecurity issues 42
experienced by students of the System. 43
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(b) The identification of factors that contribute to the temporary 1
withdrawal of students from enrollment in academic programs due 2
to financial and food insecurity. 3
(c) An evaluation of potential interventions to the financial and 4
food insecurity experienced by students in the System, which may 5
include, without limitation, allowing a student who has outstanding 6
debts or delinquent fees owed to the System to register for courses. 7
(d) Data-driven policy recommendations for ways to reduce the 8
financial and food insecurity of students of the System. 9
2. On or before July 1, 2026, the Board of Regents shall 10
prepare and submit a report of its findings to the Director of the 11
Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Joint Interim 12
Standing Committee on Education. 13
3. The Board of Regents may accept gifts, grants and donations 14
to carry out the duties set forth in this section. 15
Sec. 3. 1. This section becomes effective upon passage and 16
approval. 17
2. Sections 1, 1.3 and 2 of this act become effective on July 1, 18
2025. 19
3. Section 1.5 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2026. 20
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