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83rd Session bill

AB425

AN ACT relating to education; providing that certain teachers have sole authority to determine the grade assigned to a pupil and the components and weights used to calculate such a grade; prohibiting regulations, policies or directives that interfere with such authority; prohibiting certain acts intended to interfere with the grade assigned to a pupil or the components or weights used to calculate such a grade; eliminating provisions requiring certain teachers and administrators to develop learning goals for pupils that are used in the evaluations of such teachers and administrators; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to education; providing that certain teachers have sole authority to determine the grade assigned to a pupil and the components and weights used to calculate such a grade; prohibiting regulations, policies or directives that interfere with such authority; prohibiting certain acts intended to interfere with the grade assigned to a pupil or the components or weights used to calculate such a grade; eliminating provisions requiring certain teachers and administrators to develop learning goals for pupils that are used in the evaluations of such teachers and administrators; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

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AN ACT relating to education; providing that certain teachers have sole authority to determine the grade assigned to a p

Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt regulations that provide a uniform grading scale for all public high schools, including, without limitation, a grading scale for dual credit courses, international baccalaureate courses, advanced placement courses and honors courses. (NRS 389.007) Section 2 of this bill provides that the teacher who provides instruction to a pupil, regardless of the grade in which the pupil is enrolled, maintains sole discretion over: (1) the assignment of a grade to the pupil; and (2) the determination of any components or weights used in calculating the grade assigned to a pupil. Section 2 provides that a person or entity, including, without limitation, the State Board of Education, the Department of Education, the board of trustees of a school district, an administrator or a teacher other than the instructor of the course, is prohibited from interfering with the professional judgment of a teacher in assigning a grade to a pupil. Section 2 further: (1) prohibits any such person or entity from adopting a regulation, policy or other directive that interferes with the professional judgment of a teacher in assigning a grade to a pupil; and (2) voids and makes unenforceable any regulation, policy or other directive that interferes with the professional judgment of a teacher in assigning a grade to a pupil. Section 4 of this bill makes a conforming change by removing the authority of a public high school to determine how the results of t

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