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AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising requirements relating to the standards of content and performance for certain courses; prohibiting the State Board of Education from taking certain actions relating to certain courses of study; prohibiting certain persons and entities from refusing to enforce or taking certain other actions with respect to certain courses of study and standards of content and performance; prohibiting the governing body of certain governmental entities or certain public employees in direct supervisory roles from taking adverse employment actions against certain employees based on certain characteristics or activities; prohibiting certain actions against such employees based on certain characteristics and activities or the performance of certain duties; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising requirements relating to the standards of content and performance for certain courses; prohibiting the State Board of Education from taking certain actions relating to certain courses of study; prohibiting certain persons and entities from refusing to enforce or taking certain other actions with respect to certain courses of study and standards of content and performance; prohibiting the governing body of certain governmental entities or certain public employees in direct supervisory roles from taking adverse employment actions against certain employees based on certain characteristics or activities; prohibiting certain actions against such employees based on certain characteristics and activities or the performance of certain duties; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, March 17, 2025
Primary Sponsor
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Public exhibits
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Support 2 · Opp 1 · Neutral 0
Auditor findings
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recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising requirements relating to the standards of content and performan
Existing law requires the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools to establish standards of content and performance for certain courses of study, including: (1) English language arts; (2) science; (3) social studies, which includes only the subjects of history, geography, economics, civics, financial literacy and multicultural education; (4) the arts; and (5) health. Existing law requires the Council to forward the standards of content and performance to the State Board of Education for adoption by the State Board. (NRS 389.520) Existing law requires the State Board to prescribe and cause to be enforced the courses of study for all public schools in this State, which must comply with the standards of content and performance established by the Council. (NRS 385.114) Section 1 of this bill prohibits the State Board from repealing, abrogating or refusing to enforce any course of study or any part of a course of study relating to certain topics, such as genocides and other atrocities experienced by people from various racial and ethnic backgrounds and the history of different ethnicities and cultures, which were established by the State Board and in existence as of the effective date of this bill. Similarly, section 1.7 of this bill prohibits the Council from repealing, abrogating, reducing the priority assigned to or otherwise revising to substantially weaken any standard of content and performance relating to certain topics which were established by the Counc
NELIS exhibits (5 on file)
Support (2)
- NSEA (Testimony)
- Chris Daly — Nevad State Education Association (Statement)
Opposition (1)
- (unnamed) (Testimony)
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