EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 391.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 391.160 1. The salaries of teachers and other employees must be

1-3 determined by the character of the service required. A school district shall

1-4 not discriminate between male and female employees in the matter of salary.

1-5 2. Each year when determining the salary of a teacher who holds

1-6 certification issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching

1-7 Standards, a school district shall add 5 percent to the salary that the teacher

1-8 would otherwise receive in 1 year for his classification on the schedule of

1-9 salaries for the school district if:

1-10 (a) On or before September 15 of the school year, the teacher has

1-11 submitted evidence satisfactory to the school district of his current

1-12 certification; and

2-1 (b) The teacher is assigned by the school district to provide classroom

2-2 instruction during that school year.

2-3 No increase in salary may be given during a particular school year to a

2-4 teacher who submits evidence of certification after September 15 of that

2-5 school year. Once a teacher has submitted evidence of such certification to

2-6 the school district, the school district shall retain the evidence in its records,

2-7 as applicable, for future school years. An increase in salary given in

2-8 accordance with this subsection is in addition to any other increase to which

2-9 the teacher may otherwise be entitled.

2-10 3. In determining the salary of a licensed teacher who is employed by a

2-11 school district after [having] the teacher has been employed by another

2-12 school district in this state, the present employer shall, except as otherwise

2-13 provided in subsection [4:] 5:

2-14 (a) Give the teacher the same credit for previous teaching service as he

2-15 was receiving from his former employer at the end of his former

2-16 employment; and

2-17 (b) Give [him] the teacher credit for his final year of service with his

2-18 former employer, if credit for that service is not included in credit given

2-19 pursuant to paragraph (a).

2-20 4. A school district may give the credit required by subsection 3 for

2-21 previous teaching service earned in another state if the commission has

2-22 approved the standards for licensing teachers of that state. The

2-23 commission shall adopt regulations that establish the criteria by which

2-24 the commission will consider the standards for licensing teachers of other

2-25 states for the purposes of this subsection. The criteria may include,

2-26 without limitation, whether the commission has authorized reciprocal

2-27 licensure of educational personnel from the state under consideration.

2-28 5. This section does not:

2-29 (a) Require a school district to allow a teacher more credit for previous

2-30 teaching service than the maximum credit for teaching experience provided

2-31 for in the schedule of salaries established by it for its licensed personnel.

2-32 (b) Permit a school district to deny a teacher credit for his previous

2-33 teaching service on the ground that the service differs in kind from the

2-34 teaching experience for which credit is otherwise given by the school

2-35 district.

2-36 [5.] 6. As used in this section, "previous teaching service" means the

2-37 total of:

2-38 (a) Any period of teaching service for which a teacher received credit

2-39 from his former employer at the beginning of his former employment; and

2-40 (b) His period of teaching service in his former employment.

2-41 Sec. 2. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to the

2-42 salaries of teachers who are hired by a school district in this state before

2-43 July 1, 2000.

3-1 Sec. 3. The commission on professional standards in education shall

3-2 adopt the regulations required by the amendatory provisions of section 1 of

3-3 this act on or before January 1, 2000.

3-4 Sec. 4. 1. This section and sections 2 and 3 of this act become

3-5 effective upon passage and approval.

3-6 2. Section 1 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 1999,

3-7 for the purpose of adopting regulations and on July 1, 2000, for all other

3-8 purposes.