Assembly Bill No. 223–Committee on Education

 

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AN ACT relating to educational personnel; authorizing the commission on professional standards in education to adopt regulations that provide an exemption from the examinations required for initial licensure for certain teachers and other educational personnel with previous experience; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. NRS 391.021 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   391.021  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.027, the

commission shall adopt regulations governing examinations for the initial

licensing of teachers and other educational personnel. The examinations

must test the ability of the applicant to teach and his knowledge of each

specific subject he proposes to teach. Each examination must include the

following subjects:

   1.  The laws of Nevada relating to schools;

   2.  The constitution of the State of Nevada; and

   3.  The Constitution of the United States.

The provisions of this section do not prohibit the commission from

adopting regulations pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 391.032 that

provide an exemption from the examinations for teachers and other

educational personnel who have previous experience in teaching or

performing other educational functions in another state.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 391.032 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   391.032  1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.027, the

commission shall:

   (a) Consider and may adopt regulations which provide for the issuance

of conditional licenses to teachers and other educational personnel before

completion of all courses of study or other requirements for a license in

this state.

   (b) Adopt regulations which provide for the reciprocal licensure of

educational personnel from other states.

   2.  The regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1

may provide an exemption from the examinations required for initial

licensure for teachers and other educational personnel who have

previous experience in teaching or performing other educational

functions in another state. If the commission adopts regulations

providing such an exemption, the commission shall identify the

examinations to which the exemption applies.

   3.  A person who is issued a conditional license must complete all

courses of study and other requirements for a license in this state which is

not conditional within 3 years after the date on which a conditional license

is issued.

   Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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