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.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a child is

1-4  exempt from compulsory attendance pursuant to NRS 392.070, 392.100

1-5  or 392.110, and the child is employed to work in the entertainment

1-6  industry pursuant to a written contract for a period of more than 91

1-7  school days, including, without limitation, employment with a motion

1-8  picture company or employment with a production company hired by a

1-9  casino or resort hotel, the entity that employs the child shall, upon the

1-10  request of the parent or legal guardian of the child, pay the costs for the

1-11  child to receive at least 3 hours of tutoring per day for at least 5 days per

1-12  week. The parent or legal guardian of such a child may agree with the

1-13  entity that employs the child that the entity will pay the costs for the child

1-14  to receive a different amount of tutoring than is required by this

1-15  subsection.

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

2-2  NRS 392.100 or 392.110, the tutoring received by the child pursuant to

2-3  subsection 1 must be approved by the board of trustees of the school

2-4  district in which the child resides.

2-5    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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