Amendment No. 488

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 37 (BDR 34-322)

Proposed by: Committee on Education

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 8 and 9 and inserting:

"state. If the state board adopts regulations to carry out these codified statutes or if additions or amendments are made to [the school law, he] these codified statutes, the superintendent shall have [them] the regulations, additions or".

Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting line 13 and inserting:

"regulations, additions or amendments in the school library.".

Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 1 through 22 and inserting:

"3. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 2, the superintendent shall, not later than July 1 of each year, provide to the board of trustees of each school district a memorandum that describes each statute newly enacted by the legislature which affects the public schools in this state and the pupils who are enrolled in the public schools in this state. The memorandum may compile all the statutes into one document. If a statute requires the state board to take action to carry out the statute, the memorandum must include a brief plan for carrying out the statute by the state board. In addition, the memorandum must include the date on which the statute becomes effective and the date by which it must be carried into effect by a school district or public school.

4. Not later than 60 days after receipt of such a memorandum from the superintendent, the board of trustees of a school district shall determine which statutes directly affect pupils, parents, teachers, administrators or other educational personnel and require a plan for implementation. If the board of trustees determines that a statute requires a plan for implementation, the board of trustees shall prepare a brief plan, which must ensure that the school district and the public schools within the school district will comply with the statute on the date on which the statute becomes effective and thereafter. The board of trustees shall provide written notice of the information contained in the memorandum provided pursuant to subsection 3 that directly affects pupils, parents, teachers, administrators or other educational personnel and a brief plan for implementation of the statutes, if any, to the parents and legal guardians of pupils who are enrolled in public schools within the school district and all teachers, administrators and other educational personnel who are employed by the board of trustees. The written notice to the parents and legal guardians may be:

(a) Included in other notices that the board of trustees provides to parents and legal guardians.

(b) Provided in a language other than English if the board of trustees determines that it is necessary for the parent or legal guardian to understand the notice.".

Amend section 1, page 2, line 23, by deleting "4." and inserting "5.".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 27 through 33 and inserting:

"that all teachers, administrators and other educational personnel who are employed by the board of trustees receive information concerning the statutes that directly affect the duties and responsibilities of the teachers, administrators and other educational personnel in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4 of NRS 385.210.".

Amend sec. 3, page 3, line 3, by deleting "subsection 3" and inserting:

"subsections 3 and 4".

Amend sec. 4, page 3, line 6, by deleting "July" and inserting "August".

Amend the title of the bill, fourth line, after "information" by inserting "concerning statutes".