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Existing law requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program to provide competency-based education, which is a program of instruction by which a pupil advances to a higher level of learning when the pupil demonstrates mastery of a concept or skill, regardless of the time, place or pace at which the pupil progresses. (NRS 389.200, 389.210) Under the pilot program: (1) the Department is required to conduct a public awareness campaign regarding competency-based education and is authorized to distribute competitive grants to carry out the pilot program; (2) the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school is authorized to apply to the State Board of Education for approval for a school to provide competency-based education; and (3) a school selected to participate in the pilot program is required to satisfy certain requirements to implement competency-based education in the school. (NRS 389.210) Section 9 of this bill repeals the pilot program, and sections 2-6 of this bill establish a process by which the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school, a committee to form a charter school or a charter management organization applying to form a charter school, or the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils, may apply to the Department for approval to provide a program of competency-based education. Section 3 establishes requirements for: (1) the board of trustees of a s