AB314
AN ACT relating to economic development; requiring the State Treasurer to include in an existing tuition reimbursement program a program to provide reimbursement for certain fees related to the education of persons who are preparing for certain careers in health care; revising certain provisions governing that tuition reimbursement program; requiring the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation within the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to include health care in the Career Pathways Demonstration Program; requiring large school districts and authorizing other school districts to offer a Health Care Workforce Pathway Program; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to enter into certain agreements related to the Health Care Workforce Pathway Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to economic development; requiring the State Treasurer to include in an existing tuition reimbursement program a program to provide reimbursement for certain fees related to the education of persons who are preparing for certain careers in health care; revising certain provisions governing that tuition reimbursement program; requiring the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation within the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to include health care in the Career Pathways Demonstration Program; requiring large school districts and authorizing other school districts to offer a Health Care Workforce Pathway Program; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to enter into certain agreements related to the Health Care Workforce Pathway Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Support 6 · Opp 0 · Neutral 0
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AN ACT relating to economic development; requiring the State Treasurer to include in an existing tuition reimbursement p
Existing law creates the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation within the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and prescribes the duties of the Office and its Executive Director, which include, without limitation, defining career pathways and identifying priority career pathways for secondary and postsecondary education. (NRS 232.965, 232.975) Under existing law, the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation is required to establish and administer a Career Pathways Demonstration Program. Pursuant to the Program, the Office is required to identify not more than three priority industries, including K-12 education, for the development and implementation of career pathways and to take certain steps to implement the Program, including, without limitation, establishing measurable objectives for the outcomes of the Program and implementing a competitive process to select proposals for career pathway projects. (NRS 232.985) Section 3.5 of this bill requires one of the priority industries for the purposes of the Program to be health care. Existing law: (1) requires each large school district in this State, meaning any school district which has more than 100,000 pupils enrolled in its public schools (currently only the Clark County School District), to offer a Teacher Academy College Pathway Program at every high school in the school district with 250 or more pupils enrolled to enable pupils in grades 9 to 12 to prepare for employment in professions in K-12
NELIS exhibits (8 on file)
Support (6)
- Andrea Gregg — Chief Executive Officer, High Sierra AHEC (Statement)
- Marie Neisess — President, Clark County Education Association (Statement)
- Dr. Danielle Knoeppel — President, Clark County Education Association (Statement)
- Charlie DeLaPaz — Nevada Nurses Association (Statement)
- Brett Salmon — President/CEO, Nevada Health Crae ASsociation (Statement)
- John Packham — PhD, Co-Director, Nevada Health Workforce Research Center (Statement)
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