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      (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Senate Bill No. 388–Senator Porter

 

March 19, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Requires establishment of program to distribute donated books to certain pupils enrolled in preschool programs and elementary schools. (BDR 34‑1100)

 

FISCAL NOTE:                     Effect on Local Government: No.

                             Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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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 school districts to establish a program for the distribution of donated books to certain pupils enrolled in preschool programs and elementary schools; 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 388 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2  new section to read as follows:

1-3    1.  Each school district shall establish a program for the donation

1-4  and distribution of new and used books to qualified pupils enrolled in

1-5  public schools and charter schools in the school district.

1-6    2.  The program must:

1-7    (a) Provide for the solicitation and collection of new and used books

1-8  to be donated by members of the general public, businesses, nonprofit

1-9  organizations and such other sources as the school district deems

1-10  appropriate;

1-11  (b) Include requirements for reviewing the books which are collected

1-12  to ensure that they are in satisfactory condition and appropriate for

1-13  pupils enrolled in preschool programs, kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and

1-14  3;

1-15  (c) Provide for the distribution of the donated books to schools which

1-16  have a high percentage of qualified pupils enrolled in that school;

1-17  (d) Provide for the transportation of the donated books to public

1-18  schools and charter schools for distribution to qualified pupils;

1-19  (e) Include a procedure for the selection of the qualified pupils who

1-20  will receive the donated books;

2-1    (f) Include measures that encourage parental involvement in

2-2  improving the reading skills of their children; and

2-3    (g) Include measures to promote the program and increase public

2-4  awareness of the program.

2-5    3.  A school district may accept gifts or grants to carry out the

2-6  program.

2-7    4.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, to the extent

2-8  money is received by the school district pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS

2-9  179.1187, the school district shall use the first $60,000 received by it each

2-10  year pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 179.1187 to enter into an

2-11  agreement with an educational foundation to purchase and distribute

2-12  books pursuant to the program established in this section. If the school

2-13  district is unable to enter into an agreement with an educational

2-14  foundation pursuant to this subsection, to the extent money is received by

2-15  the school district pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 179.1187, the school

2-16  district shall use the first $60,000 received by it each year pursuant to

2-17  subsection 3 of NRS 179.1187 to purchase and distribute books pursuant

2-18  to the program established in this section.

2-19  5.  As used in this section:

2-20  (a) “Educational foundation” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS

2-21  388.750.

2-22  (b) “Qualified pupil” means a pupil who:

2-23      (1) Is enrolled in a preschool program or in kindergarten or grade

2-24  1, 2 or 3 in a public school or charter school in the county in which the

2-25  school district is located; and

2-26      (2) Qualifies for free or reduced price lunches pursuant to the

2-27  National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751 et seq.

2-28    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

 

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