2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                     A SB305 R1 1243

Amendment No. 1243

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 305  First Reprint                                                      (BDR S‑263)

Proposed by: Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will ADD an unfunded mandate not requested by the affected local government to SB305 R1 (§ 2).

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 16 through 18 and inserting:

     “Section 1. 1.  During the 2001-2003 legislative interim, the Legislative Committee on Education may, within the limits of available time and money, conduct a study concerning”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 1 through 21 and inserting:

     “2.  If the Legislative Committee on Education conducts a study pursuant to subsection 1, the committee shall:

     (a) Include, without limitation, the following topics in its study:

          (1) An overview, evaluation and analysis of research-based programs of education and counseling that have proven effective with pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school and using drugs, including, without limitation, “Reconnecting Youth,” which is produced by the National Education Service; and

          (2) An examination of the possible options for funding such programs.

     (b) Provide for the dissemination of information to local school districts regarding the programs that are a part of its study, including, without limitation, information concerning “Reconnecting Youth,” which is designed for at-risk youth to increase school performance and prevent drug abuse, school dropout, depression and suicidal behavior.

     (c) Submit a report of its findings and any recommendations for legislation to the 72nd session of the Nevada Legislature.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 2 as sec. 3 and adding a new section designated sec. 2, following section 1, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 2. 1.  The board of trustees of each school district in a county whose population is 400,000 or more shall carry out an analysis setting forth:

     (a) The services that the school district is required by law to provide;

     (b) The services that the school district actually provides; and

     (c) The services that the school district is required by law to provide but does not provide.

     2.  The analysis described in subsection 1 must include:

     (a) An explanation of all programs carried out by the school district that are required pursuant to federal or state law;

     (b) If certain programs carried out by the school district are not required pursuant to federal or state law, an explanation of those programs and the reason for their existence; and

     (c) For each classification of program that the school district carries out and each classification of service that the school district provides, including, without limitation, facilities, operations, educational programs and extracurricular programs:

          (1) The amount of money that the school district allots or reserves for expenditure;

          (2) If the school district possesses sufficient information to assess the outcome of a particular classification of program or service, recommendations concerning the ways in which the school district may improve performance in that classification of program or service; and

          (3) If the school district does not possess sufficient information to assess the outcome of a particular classification of program or service:

              (I) Recommendations concerning the ways in which the school district may take action to obtain information sufficient to assess the outcome of that classification of program or service; and

              (II) An estimate of the costs that the school district will incur to establish a system pursuant to which the school district may assess the outcome of a classification of program or service.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the Legislative Committee on Education to conduct a study of and disseminate information regarding programs for pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school and using drugs; requiring certain larger school districts to review certain programs that the school district carries out and to review certain services that the school district provides; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY¾Authorizes Legislative Committee on Education to conduct study of and disseminate information regarding programs for certain at-risk pupils and requires certain larger school districts to review certain programs and services. (BDR S‑263)”.