(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 14, 2025)
FIRST REPRINT S.B. 45
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SENATE BILL NO. 45–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)
PREFILED NOVEMBER 19, 2024
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Referred to Committee on Education
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to educational programs.
(BDR 34-275)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
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 educational programs; revising provisions
governing the award of grants by the State Board of
Education for programs of career and technical education;
revising provisions governing reporting requirements for
public schools that offer work-based learning programs;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district in a county 1
whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties), and 2
authorizes the board of trustees of any other school district, to establish and 3
maintain a program of career and technical education to provide instruction in 4
subjects approved by the State Board of Education. (NRS 388.380) Existing law 5
authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board to award 6
grants to school districts and charter schools for programs of career and technical 7
education, including, without limitation, grants awarded based on criteria 8
established by the State Board but limited in amount according to the proportional 9
enrollment of pupils in programs of career and technical education in a school 10
district or charter school. (NRS 388.392-388.395) Section 1 of this bill revises the 11
calculation of the limit on the amount of this grant by providing that the limit is 12
based on the proportion of pupils enrolled in advanced courses within a program of 13
career and technical education rather than the proportion of all pupils enrolled in a 14
program of career and technical education. 15
The federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century 16
Act provides grants to certain state agencies to, without limitation, promote 17
programs of career and technical education. (20 U.S.C. §§ 2301 et seq.) The Act 18
additionally sets forth certain: (1) reporting requirements that a state agency that 19
receives a grant pursuant to the Act must follow; (2) information that is required to 20
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be included in such a report; and (3) characteristics for which certain performance 21
data must be disaggregated. (20 U.S.C. § 2323(b)(3)(C)) Existing law: (1) 22
authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a 23
charter school to offer a work-based learning program upon the approval of the 24
Superintendent of Public Instruction; and (2) requires a school district or charter 25
school that offers a work-based learning program to submit a report to the State 26
Board and the Legislature that contains certain information about the program, 27
including the number of participating pupils, disaggregated based on certain 28
characteristics. (NRS 389.167) Section 2 of this bill instead requires that the report 29
contain the information required to be included in the report submitted pursuant to 30
the Act, disaggregated according to the characteristics set forth in the Act. 31
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 388.395 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
388.395 1. The board of trustees of a school district or the 2
governing body of a charter school may apply to the State Board of 3
Education for a grant for a program of career and technical 4
education, to be paid for from the remainder of state money 5
described in subsection 3 of NRS 388.392. 6
2. The State Board of Education shall review all applications 7
submitted pursuant to subsection 1 and award grants based on the 8
criteria established by regulation of the State Board of Education. 9
3. The proportion of the total amount awarded pursuant to 10
subsection 2 to a school district or charter school during a fiscal year 11
must not exceed the proportion of the enrollment of pupils in 12
advanced courses within programs of career and technical 13
education in the school district or charter school during the previous 14
fiscal year, as compared to the enrollments of pupils in advanced 15
courses within programs of career and technical education 16
throughout the State during the previous fiscal year. 17
4. As used in this section: 18
(a) “Advanced course” means: 19
(1) A CTE concentrator course; 20
(2) A work-based learning program pursuant to 21
NRS 389.167; 22
(3) An activity for pupils to earn industry-recognized 23
credentials, as identified by the Governor’s Office of Workforce 24
Innovation pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 4 of 25
NRS 232.975; 26
(4) A dual credit course in a program of career and 27
technical education; or 28
(5) A course in a program of career and technical 29
education that requires the completion of a CTE concentrator 30
course as a prerequisite for enrollment. 31
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(b) “CTE concentrator” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 1
U.S.C. § 2302(12). 2
(c) “CTE concentrator course” means a course within a 3
program of career and technical education which may be used, in 4
combination with another course, to meet the course requirements 5
to be a CTE concentrator. 6
Sec. 2. NRS 389.167 is hereby amended to read as follows: 7
389.167 1. A pupil enrolled at a public school must be 8
allowed to apply one or more credits toward the total number of 9
credits required for graduation from high school if the pupil 10
successfully completes the number of hours in a work-based 11
learning program required by regulation of the State Board to earn 12
such credits. Any credits earned for successful completion of a 13
work-based learning program must be applied toward the pupil’s 14
elective course credits and not toward a course that is required for 15
graduation from high school. 16
2. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing 17
body of a charter school may offer a work-based learning program 18
upon application to and with the approval of the Superintendent of 19
Public Instruction. An application to offer a work-based learning 20
program must include, without limitation: 21
(a) The fields, trades or occupations in which a work-based 22
learning program will be offered. 23
(b) The qualifications of a pupil to participate in the work-based 24
learning program. Such qualifications must allow a majority of 25
pupils to be eligible to participate in the work-based learning 26
program. 27
(c) A description of the process that will be used by pupils to 28
apply to participate in a work-based learning program. 29
(d) A description of the manner in which participation in a 30
work-based learning program and completion of the requirements of 31
a work-based learning program will be verified. 32
(e) A description of the manner in which the performance of a 33
pupil who participates in the work-based learning program will be 34
evaluated, which must include, without limitation, an on-site 35
evaluation of the performance of the pupil. 36
3. Upon approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction 37
of an application to offer a work-based learning program submitted 38
pursuant to subsection 2, the board of trustees or the governing body 39
shall: 40
(a) Designate an employee of the school district or charter 41
school, as applicable, to serve as a work-based learning coordinator 42
to coordinate and oversee work-based learning programs. Such an 43
employee must ensure that each business, agency or organization 44
that will offer employment and supervision of a pupil as part of the 45
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work-based learning program is suitable for participation in a work-1
based learning program. 2
(b) Establish and maintain a list of businesses, agencies and 3
organizations that have been found suitable by the work-based 4
learning coordinator pursuant to paragraph (a). 5
4. To receive approval from the Superintendent of Public 6
Instruction to offer a work-based learning program, the work-based 7
learning program must include, without limitation, requirements 8
that: 9
(a) A detailed training agreement and training plan be completed 10
for each pupil participating in the work-based learning program for 11
credit that identifies the specific tasks in which the pupil will 12
participate that will develop competency of the pupil in the 13
workplace; 14
(b) A pupil participating in the work-based learning program be 15
allowed to leave the public school in which he or she is enrolled 16
during the school day to participate in such a program; 17
(c) Participation by a pupil in the work-based learning program 18
will develop a broad range of skills and will allow a pupil to focus 19
on his or her chosen career pathway; and 20
(d) Training be completed by each pupil participating in the 21
work-based learning program on: 22
(1) Identifying and reporting harassment in the workplace; 23
(2) Developing and maintaining healthy relationships in the 24
workplace; and 25
(3) Identifying the signs of a person engaging in predatory 26
conduct to prepare a pupil for sexual activity or to foster an 27
inappropriate personal or professional relationship with a pupil, 28
including, without limitation, through communicating or attempting 29
to befriend or establish a relationship or other connection with a 30
parent or legal guardian of a pupil in furtherance of such conduct. 31
5. A school district or charter school may allow a pupil who 32
successfully completes a work-based learning program to earn dual 33
credit for participation in the work-based learning program. 34
6. On or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the 35
board of trustees of a school district and the governing body of a 36
charter school that offers a work-based learning program shall 37
prepare a report concerning the manner in which the work-based 38
learning program has been carried out and submit the report to the 39
State Board and the Legislature. The report must include, without 40
limitation [: 41
(a) The number of pupils participating in the work-based 42
learning program; and 43
(b) The types of work-based learning offered through the work-44
based learning program. 45
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7. The number of pupils participating in the work-based 1
learning program reported pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 6] 2
, the information required to be included in the report submitted 3
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 2323(b)(4)(B), which must be 4
disaggregated on the basis of the [following] characteristics [: 5
(a) Pupils who are American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, 6
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or 7
Pacific Islander, white or two or more races; 8
(b) Gender of pupils; 9
(c) Pupils who are migrants; and 10
(d) Pupils] set forth in 20 U.S.C. § 2323(b)(4)(B)(ii), including, 11
without limitation, the number of pupils who are members of 12
special populations, as defined in 20 U.S.C. § 2302(48). 13
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval. 14
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