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                                                   (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Senate Bill No. 305–Senators Rawson and Wiener

 

March 9, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblywomen Cegavske and Von Tobel

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes 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)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                             Effect on the State: No.

 

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§ 2)

(Not Requested by Affected Local Government)

 

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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; 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.

 

1-1    Whereas, This state has a vital interest in ensuring that its pupils

1-2  refrain from engaging in behaviors which put them at risk of dropping out

1-3  of school and using drugs; and

1-4    Whereas, The failure to identify and implement appropriate means of

1-5  intervention in these patterns of behavior could result in the tragic and

1-6  costly loss of these pupils as productive members of our society; and

1-7    Whereas, The timely identification and implementation of effective

1-8  programs for the assistance of these pupils would substantially improve

1-9  their chances of finishing school, avoiding entanglements with drugs and

1-10  the criminal justice system and fulfilling their potential in life; now,

1-11  therefore,

 

1-12  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

1-13  SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

2-1    Section 1.  1.  During the 2001-2003 legislative interim, the

2-2  Legislative Committee on Education may, within the limits of available

2-3  time and money, conduct a study concerning programs of education and

2-4  counseling for pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school and using

2-5  drugs.

2-6  2.  If the Legislative Committee on Education conducts a study

2-7  pursuant to subsection 1, the committee shall:

2-8    (a) Include, without limitation, the following topics in its study:

2-9       (1) An overview, evaluation and analysis of research-based programs

2-10  of education and counseling that have proven effective with pupils who are

2-11  at risk of dropping out of school and using drugs, including, without

2-12  limitation, “Reconnecting Youth,” which is produced by the National

2-13  Education Service; and

2-14      (2) An examination of the possible options for funding such

2-15  programs.

2-16    (b) Provide for the dissemination of information to local school districts

2-17  regarding the programs that are a part of its study, including, without

2-18  limitation, information concerning “Reconnecting Youth,” which is

2-19  designed for at-risk youth to increase school performance and prevent drug

2-20  abuse, school dropout, depression and suicidal behavior.

2-21    (c) Submit a report of its findings and any recommendations for

2-22  legislation to the 72nd session of the Nevada Legislature.

2-23    Sec. 2. 1.  The board of trustees of each school district in a county

2-24  whose population is 400,000 or more shall carry out an analysis setting

2-25  forth:

2-26    (a) The services that the school district is required by law to provide;

2-27    (b) The services that the school district actually provides; and

2-28    (c) The services that the school district is required by law to provide but

2-29  does not provide.

2-30    2.  The analysis described in subsection 1 must include:

2-31    (a) An explanation of all programs carried out by the school district that

2-32  are required pursuant to federal or state law;

2-33    (b) If certain programs carried out by the school district are not required

2-34  pursuant to federal or state law, an explanation of those programs and the

2-35  reason for their existence; and

2-36    (c) For each classification of program that the school district carries out

2-37  and each classification of service that the school district provides,

2-38  including, without limitation, facilities, operations, educational programs

2-39  and extracurricular programs:

2-40      (1) The amount of money that the school district allots or reserves for

2-41  expenditure;

2-42      (2) If the school district possesses sufficient information to assess the

2-43  outcome of a particular classification of program or service,

2-44  recommendations concerning the ways in which the school district may

2-45  improve performance in that classification of program or service; and

2-46      (3) If the school district does not possess sufficient information to

2-47  assess the outcome of a particular classification of program or service:

3-1          (I) Recommendations concerning the ways in which the school

3-2  district may take action to obtain information sufficient to assess the

3-3  outcome of that classification of program or service; and

3-4          (II) An estimate of the costs that the school district will incur to

3-5  establish a system pursuant to which the school district may assess the

3-6  outcome of a classification of program or service.

3-7    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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