Senate Bill No. 236–Senators Care, Neal, Carlton, Mathews, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus and Wiener

 

February 22, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Koivisto, Angle, Beers, Cegavske, Chowning, Collins, Manendo, McClain, Mortenson, Parks and Tiffany

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Requires certain entities that employ children in entertainment industry to pay for tutoring. (BDR 34‑1035)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain entities that employ children in the entertainment industry to pay for those children to receive tutoring upon the request of a parent or guardian; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. Chapter 392 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2  new section to read as follows:

1-3    1.  If a child is exempt from compulsory attendance pursuant to NRS

1-4  392.070, 392.100 or 392.110, and the child is employed to work in the

1-5  entertainment industry, including, without limitation, employment with a

1-6  motion picture company or employment with a production company

1-7  hired by a casino or resort hotel, the entity that employs the child shall,

1-8  upon the request of the parent or legal guardian of the child, pay the

1-9  costs for the child to receive at least 3 hours of tutoring per day for at

1-10  least 5 days per week.

1-11    2.  If such a child is exempt from compulsory attendance pursuant to

1-12  NRS 392.100 or 392.110, the tutoring received by the child pursuant to

1-13  subsection 1 must be approved by the board of trustees of the school

1-14  district in which the child resides.

 

2-1    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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