2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A SB391 R1 1191
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 the bill as a whole by deleting section 1 and renumbering sections 2 and 3 as sections 1 and 2.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 24 through 30 and inserting:
“Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s fund for student loans created pursuant to NRS 397.063:
For the fiscal year 2001-2002............................................................................................. $25,000
For the fiscal year 2002-2003............................................................................................. $50,000
2. The three commissioners from the State of Nevada, acting jointly, shall use the money appropriated pursuant to subsection 1 solely to provide scholarships to 10 students who are certified to study to practice in the profession of teaching or nursing.
3. The scholarships provided pursuant to subsection 2 must be used by the student to attend an out-of-state university or community college.
4. As a condition for receipt of a scholarship, a student must agree to practice for at least 1 year in an underserved area of this state in the profession in which he is certified to study. The terms and conditions of the scholarship, including, without limitation, the terms and conditions for repayment of the scholarship, must be set forth in a contract between the student and the grantor.
5. If a student who receives a scholarship does not practice for at least 1 year in an underserved area of this state in the profession in which he was certified to study, the student shall repay the scholarship subject to the terms and conditions prescribed pursuant to subsection 6.
6. The three commissioners from the State of Nevada, acting jointly:
(a) Shall adopt regulations that prescribe the terms and conditions for repayment of a scholarship if a student fails to practice for at least 1 year in an underserved area of this state in the profession in which he was certified to study.
(b) May adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
7. Any balance of the appropriations made by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.”.
Amend sec. 3, page 2, by deleting lines 31 through 34 and inserting:
“Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to education; making an appropriation to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s fund for student loans to provide scholarships to certain students; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
“SUMMARY—Makes appropriation to Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s fund for student loans to provide scholarships to certain students. (BDR S‑282)”.