Amendment No. 152

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 138                                                                (BDR 34‑385)

Proposed by: Committee on Education

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

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 renumbering sections 1 and 2 as sections 3 and 4 and adding new sections designated sections 1 and 2, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     Section 1.  Chapter 392 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     1.  The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy concerning the use and possession by pupils of a pager, cellular telephone or any other similar electronic device used for communication while on the premises of a public school or while at an activity sponsored by a public school.

     2.  The policy adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must:

     (a) Prescribe appropriate measures for disciplining a pupil who violates the policy.

     (b) Be included within each copy of the rules of behavior for pupils that the school district provides to pupils pursuant to NRS 392.463.

     Sec. 2. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy required by section 1 of this act on or before September 1, 2003.”.

     Amend the title of the bill, first line, after “to pupils;” by inserting:

“requiring the boards of trustees of school districts to adopt policies concerning the use and possession by pupils of pagers, cellular telephones and other similar electronic devices while on the premises of a public school or while at an activity sponsored by a public school;”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing use of cellular telephones, pagers and other electronic devices on school property. (BDR 34‑385)”.