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From YouTube: 5/13/2021 - Assembly Committee on Education
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A
We
will
call
this
assembly
committee
on
education
committee
meeting
to
order.
Madam
secretary,
would
please
call
the
role.
A
Thank
here
and
assemblywoman
krasner
was
walking
in,
as
you
were
calling
her
name.
So
I'm
not
sure
if
you
saw
her,
we
do
have
a
quorum
and
please
mark
the
other
members
present
as
they
enter.
We
had
a
long
floor,
late
late
and
long
floor,
so
I
know
we
have
a
couple
senators
in
the
room.
A
And
I
I
apologize
senator
if
I'm
gonna
have
you
guys
hold
back
for
a
minute.
We
just
have
a
a
quick
presentation,
I'm
skipping
the
housekeeping
rules.
I
think
you
guys
know
it
by
now.
A
Today,
I'm
very
excited,
as
we
have
a
presentation
from
one
of
our
seniors
at
carson
high
school
christian,
garcia
perez.
Some
of
you
may
recognize
him
from
his
recent
articles
about
him
on
carson
now
and
also
on
kolo
8
news.
Mr
garcia
perez
is
here
today
to
share
his
story
and
experience,
as
as
he
gets
ready
to
head
to
dartmouth
college
a
college
with
an
only
six
percent
acceptance
rate
in
the
fall.
A
I'd
also
like
to
note
that,
in
addition
to
those
supporting
by
watching
online
here
in
the
room
with
him
is
his
high
school
counselor,
ms
gordon
johnson
and
principal
mr
chambers,
and
with
that
please
come
forward
and
tell
us
your
story,
because
I
think
it's
quite
remarkable
and
I
hope
the
committee
enjoys
it
as
much
as
I.
D
Have
I
want
to
begin
by
saying
thank
you
to
madam
chair
to
the
vice
chair
and
to
the
committee
for
giving
me
your
time
to
speak
today,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
guys
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
present
my
statement
in
hopes
of
improving
equity
for
first
generation
students.
D
I
myself
am
a
first
generation
student,
so
thank
you
so,
upon
beginning
my
journey
of
education,
I
was
born
in
this
country.
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
be
born
in
the
united
states.
I
was
born
in
reno
nevada.
Unfortunately,
for
many
students,
this
is
not
an
opportunity
that
they
have.
Many
students
are
not
from
here,
so
they
already
feel
as
if
they
have
been
excluded
from
the
educational
system.
D
Upon
growing
up,
I
was
actually
moved
back
to
mexico,
where
I
lived
for
a
couple
months
up
to
a
year
or
two
I
think
upon
living
here,
I
was
able
to
you,
know,
cherish
the
culture,
get
really
strong
in
my
spanish
speaking
skills
and
learn
what
it
meant
to
be
a
hispanic
upon.
Moving
back
here
to
the
united
states,
I
grew
up
in
a
pretty
harsh
environment.
D
My
parents
had
given
away
everything
so
that
I
could
be
here
what
that
meant
was
that
growing
up
there
was
times
when
my
family
did
not
have
enough
money
to
buy
groceries.
There
was
times
when
my
dad
would
stress
out
wondering
how
we
were
going
to
pay
the
bills
and,
upon
growing
up,
I
was
able
to
see
all
of
that
so
being
this
student,
who
I
knew
I
wanted
to
do
something
more.
I
wanted
to
help
my
family
out.
D
I
knew
in
that
instant
that
I
had
to
make
a
change,
and
I
had
to
help
my
family
out.
So
I
began
my
journey
by
first
having
to
learn
english
many
times,
students
when
they
are
first
only
spanish
speakers,
or
they
speak
another
language
they
feel
as
if
they
have
to
throw
away
their
whole
culture.
They
feel
as
if
they
are
inferior
to
other
students,
because
they
don't
speak
english
right
away.
D
I
believe
that
I
think
I
believe
that
being
able
to
speak,
multiple
languages
is
actually
an
amazing
advantage
that
students
have
and
it's
something
that
they
should
embrace.
They
should
be
happy
about
the
culture
they
have
within
them.
They
should
be
happy
about
the
heritage
that
has
been
based
around
them
so
upon
elementary
school
I
was
working
hard.
I
knew
that
I
was
going
to
work
hard
so
that
I
could
help
my
family.
This
is
when
I
first
had
the
first
doses
of
I'm
pretty
good
at
academia.
D
This
is
when
I
want
to
keep
pursuing,
and
that
is
when
I
entered
middle
school
and
everything
went
downhill
once
more
upon
entering
middle
school.
They
have
their
school
systems
separated
from
students
who
are
in
gate
and
students
who
are
just
in
regular
classes,
gate
promotes
students
who
are
gifted
and
intelligent.
D
I
took
the
exam
three
times
to
get
into
gait.
I
got
rejected
all
three
times
when
I
was
in
gay
when
I,
when
I
got
rejected
from
gay
it
felt
like
I
had
failed.
My
family,
I
had
felt
like
you
know,
what's
the
point
in
me
working
hard?
What's
the
point
in
me
trying
to
become
someone
if
I
can't
even
pass
this
simple
exam
like
how
am
I
supposed
to
pass
medical
exams
board
exams?
D
How
am
I
supposed
to
pass
like
these
bigger
exams
in
the
future
if
I
can't
pass
a
simple
gait
exam
so
that
right
there
was
like
a
slap
to
my
face.
I
felt
like
what
am
I
going
to
do
with
myself,
so
that
time
was
a
lot
of
confusion
for
myself
I
was
always
stuck
between.
Should
I
keep
working
hard
in
school
or
should
I
pave
another
way
for
myself
so
that
actually
led
to
me
trying
new
things?
I
became
a
youtuber.
D
D
Ultimately,
we
failed
in
everything,
but
at
the
same
time
we
gained
everything
because
we
learned
how
to
market.
I
actually
ended
up
having
around
over
a
thousand
subscribers
and
was
averaging
around
28
000
views
a
month
and
as
of
right
now
I
think
the
channel
was
up
to
a
million,
so
it
was
really
interesting
to
see
what
I
was
able
to
do
and
it
wasn't
until
one
of
the
last
weeks
of
eighth
grade.
When
my
teacher
came
up
to
my
desk,
mr
smith,
he
gave
me
a
book
title.
D
Then
there
were
none
by
agatha
christie
and
said
here's
your
summer
assignment
at
that
instant.
I
was
super
confused
cause,
I'm
like.
Why
are
you
giving
me
homework?
You
know
we're
about
to
go
into
summer
and
he's
like
oh
no.
This
is
this
is
the
homework
for
honors
english
one,
and
at
that
instant
I
knew
wow.
D
I
have
a
whole
another
shot
to
try
this
all
over
again
that
book,
although
it
just
seemed
like
an
assignment
to
many
for
me,
it
was
hope
it
was
hope
that
I
was
able
to
start
back
from
the
beginning,
and
you
know
set
my
place.
You
know
achieve
what
I
wanted
to
achieve
so
transitioning
onto
my
high
school,
my
freshman
year,
I
started
off
with
high
morale.
I
was
excited.
I
was
ready
to
accomplish
all
these
great
things,
but
then
that
question
raised
again.
Where
do
I
begin?
What
classes
do
I
take?
D
How
do
I
ask
for
help
so
with
help
of
my
teachers,
because
I
explained
my
goals
to
them
with
help
by
my
counselors,
because
they
knew
of
the
position
I
was
in,
they
were
able
to
guide
me
into
specific
programs
like
the
cte
programs,
for
example
the
hosa
program
they
knew.
I
was
aware
that
I
always
wanted
to
become
a
doctor
that
I
always
wanted
to
help
people,
so
they
said,
have
you
considered
taking
the
hosa
program
and
the
host
program,
as
of
today,
I've
been
able
to
actually
volunteer
at
hospitals.
D
Work
at
fire
stations
actually
engage
with
physical
contact
with
patients
learn
the
terminology
and,
as
of
probably
in
two
weeks,
I
will
be
getting
my
emt
license.
So
that's
very
exciting.
At
times
I
was
also
like,
oh
I'm,
interested
in
business.
How
do
I
do
that?
Fbla
program
help
me
present
and
I
was
actually
able
to
make
my
own
business,
which
I
called
bully
kings,
where
we
sold
dog
products
and
10
of
the
proceeds
went
to
the
humane
society.
D
So
all
these
things
I
learned
through
cte
programs
and
then
from
there
I
also
was
able
to
branch
off
and
try
all
these
new
things.
I
tried
football
for
the
first
time
I
tried
tread
for
the
first
time.
I
went
from
being
this
unathletic
kid
in
middle
school,
who
was
scared
to
run
the
mile,
because
I
thought
I
was
going
to
get
such
a
horrible
time
to
actually
being
able
to
play
varsity
level
sports
and
being
pretty
good
at
them.
D
So
that
was
super
cool
and
then
sophomore
year
came
around
just
when
I
thought
everything
was
perfect.
It
all
went
back
downhill
because
I
got
my
first
b
and
I
thought
like
in
that
instant
I'm
like
yeah.
I
know
it
sounds
crazy,
like
a
b
like
that's,
not
really
that
bad.
But
in
my
views
like
I
said
again,
I'm
like
how
am
I
getting
a
beat
this
early
in
my
age?
If
you
know,
if
I
want
to
be
a
doctor,
I
have
to
be
perfect,
and
you
know
I
never
had
parents
who
were
gonna.
D
Tell
me
like.
Oh,
it's,
okay,
you
know
like
a
b
is
okay,
because
they
don't
understand
how
grades
work,
my
parents,
since
they
went
to
mexico
and
they
both
never
went
to
college,
never
went
to
high
school.
They
both
dropped
out
around
the
third
grade.
They've
only
ever
been
exposed
to
the
one
to
ten
system,
which
is
one
is
your
ranked
lowest
ten.
So
when
I'd
be
like,
I
got
a
b
they'd
be
like
what
is
that
or
like
or
like
they
would
never
say,
you're
gonna
try
harder,
or
they
wouldn't
say
it's
okay.
D
They
would
just
you
know
they
felt
like
they
had
no
voice
because
they
didn't
know
the
position
I
was
in.
So
when
I
had
that
be
I
viewed
it
as
like.
This
is
the
end.
You
know
how
did
I
fail
my
in
my
way
that
was
failing?
How
did
I
fail
algebra
2
honors,
algebra
2,
but
then
again
I
was
my
own
teacher
who
gave
me
the
v.
D
I
was
able
to
get
back
and
eventually
pass
that
class
with
an
a
now
because
of
all
the
guidance
I've
had
by
counselors
teachers
and
the
support
I've
had
by
fellow
peers.
I
have
not
been
able
to
accomplish
many
great
things.
I
have
been
able
to
travel
to
las
vegas
to
give
conference
speeches
to
represent
the
hosa
program
as
a
leader.
I've
been
able
to
compete
and
actually
win
titles
where
I've
been
invited
to
go
to
orlando
florida
to
compete
at
that
level
for
hosa
for
business
classes.
D
I
was
actually
one
of
the
finalists
for
the
presentation
and
you
actually
compete
for
real
money,
but
I
ended
up
having
a
104
fever,
so
I
had
to
eliminate
myself,
but
but
yes,
I've
learned
and
like
up
till
this
point,
I
was
not
sure
where
I
was
going
to
go
in
life.
It
was
always
between
is
college.
For
me.
Can
I
go
to
college?
Can
I
afford
college
and
like
at
times
up
until
this
year,
even
in
the
beginning
of
this
year,
I
still
had
the
debate
of.
D
Am
I
if
I
go
to
college,
I'm
just
going
to
go
to
wnc
or
a
community
college,
but
most
of
the
time
I
wasn't
thinking
college,
I
was
thinking
I'm
going
to
go
work
with
my
dad.
I'm
going
to
help
my
dad
because
he's
a
labor
worker
and
his
body
can
only
last
for
so
long,
so
I'm
like
I'm
gonna,
help
them
and
then
see
what
I
can
do
from
there.
Maybe
get
a
contractor's
license.
Maybe
work
my
way
up
in
that
specific
area.
D
But
that's
when
my
counselor
ms
gordon
exposed
me
quest
bridge
quest
bridge
was
this
amazing
opportunity
that
many
students
will
never
hear
about
because
many
students
don't
get
the
proper
counseling.
It
was
a
program
that
said,
if
you
write
all
these
essays,
if
you
have
these
phenomenal
grades,
you've
helped
to
you
know:
you've
helped
your
community.
We
can
enter
you
in
this
contest
where
you
compete
against
all
these
other
students
who
are
also
first-generation
low-income
students,
and
if
you
get
selected,
they
will
pay
for
your
whole
college.
D
Ultimately,
I
ended
up
becoming
a
finalist
for
quest
bridge
and
I
ended
up
winning
around
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
attend
dartmouth
college.
I
not
only
got
accepted
to
dartmouth,
but
I
got
accepted
into
three
ivy
league
schools.
I
got
into
cornell
the
university
of
pennsylvania
and
dartmouth.
Along
from
that,
I
also
got
into
usc
duke
carlton
pepperdine
and
many
other
schools
like
vanderbilt,
etc.
D
So
I
was
lucky
enough
to
be
exposed
from
the
guidance
from
my
counselors
from
my
teachers
and
although
I
had
all
those
times
of
giving
up,
because
I
felt
inferior
because
I
felt
like
oh
I'm
just
another
hispanic
student,
you
know
it's
in
me
to
not
be
able
to
excel
this
high.
I
continue
to
push
myself
and
grow.
I
accepted
that.
Yes,
I
was
hispanic.
D
Yes,
I
did
not
start
from
the
best
background,
but
that
is
not
that
doesn't
mean.
I
should
limit
myself
and
many
times.
I
see
this
within
students,
many
students
in
my
own
neighborhood
they
already
decide
like.
Oh,
I
want
to
join
a
gang
or
oh,
I
want
to
you
know:
I'm
not
set
up
to
be
someone
big
in
the
future
because
I'm
hispanics
and
they
feel
that
pressure
that
society
tells
them
like.
D
Oh
you're,
just
another
hispanic
student
you're
not
going
to
grow
up
to
be
anything
big,
but
that's
really
saddening,
because
now
that
I've
actually
had
the
opportunity
to
go
back
to
my
elementary
school
go
back
to
mark
twain,
these
title
one
schools,
I've
been
able
to
see
from
first
perspective,
usually
a
question
I
always
start
off.
When
I
give
my
speeches
to
these
schools
is
how
many
of
you
guys
are.
First
generation
students.
Almost
everyone
raises
their
hands.
I
then
proceed
by
saying
how
many
of
your
parents
are
immigrants.
D
Then
again,
I
see
the
same
pattern.
Almost
everyone
raises
their
hands.
The
thing
is:
all
these
students
have
the
same,
similar
background
as
me,
but
not
all
these
students
will
feel
comfortable
with
talking
to
their
teachers,
or
maybe
students
feel
like
they're
limited
because
of
the
way
they
grow
up.
So
throughout
my
presentation,
I
exposed
to
them
what
I
did,
how
I
built
connections
with
teachers,
how
I
explain
my
goals
to
teachers
and
it's
interesting
to
see
how
all
these
kids
just
get
these
grins
on
their
faces,
how
they
get
excited?
D
Which
I
just
started
talking
about,
how
be
grateful
for
the
culture
you
have
be
hate,
be
grateful
for
your
heritage.
Being
hispanic
is
not
something
to
frown
upon,
and
it's
just
so
exciting
to
see
how
these
students
just
start,
you
know
being
excited
how
they
start
jumping,
and
I
think
what
even
touched
me
even
more
was
that
at
the
very
end
of
my
presentations,
I'd
asked:
do
you
have
any
questions
and
almost
all
of
them
would
raise
their
hands
asking?
Where
do
I
get
started?
D
How
do
I
take
advantage
of
this
like
if
I
want
to
be
a
doctor?
What
what
do
you
recommend
or
what's
a
good
college,
to
go
major
in
computer
science?
What's
a
good
college,
they
just
ask
me
so
many
questions,
so
that
is
how
I
know
these
kids
are
interested
in
a
good
future
they're
interested
in
accomplishing
great
things,
but
they
just
don't
have
the
resources
to
get
there
because
most
of
their
parents,
just
like
mine,
can't
give
them
that
support.
They
can't
tell
them.
Oh
go!
Take
this
class.
D
If
you
want
to
do
this,
oh
you
should
do
this
as
a
study
habit.
Most
of
them
just
don't
know
where
to
go
so
as
of
right
now,
my
future
goals
is
to
attend.
Dartmouth
college,
hopefully
go
to
pre-med,
you
know,
do
the
pre-med
route
and
continue
helping
these
students.
I've
currently
built
some
websites,
I
mean
through
tick,
tock.
I've
been
able
to
yeah
I've
been
able
to
make
these
videos
where
I
explain
the
process
I
see
tick.
D
Tock
is
very
popular
amongst
teenagers
among
kids
and
it's
interesting
because
I
one
of
my
videos
actually
got
around
200
000
views,
and
I
explained
here's
how
you
can
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity.
Here's
how
you
should
write
a
college
essay,
because
even
myself,
when
I
was
applying
to
college,
I
was
like
how
do
I
do
this,
so
my
college
was
actually
like
my
big
essay
was
I
wrote
about
my
life
to
the
perspective
of
a
cockroach,
and
this
was
the
reason
I
wrote.
D
That
was
because,
when
many
people
think
of
cockroaches,
they
think
of
disgust,
they
think
of
nasty.
My
first
sentence
in
that
essay
was
the
cockroach,
the
most
beautiful
insect
in
the
world,
which
is
just
a
complete
paradox
because
there's
nothing
attractive
about
cockroach,
except
in
my
essays.
I
put
my
life
through
that
perspective.
D
If
I
explain
how,
although
I'm
viewed
as
this
pest,
I'm
viewed
as
this
nasty
cockroach,
I've
been
able
to
take
all
these
harsh
environments
and
I've
been
able
to
fight
like
a
cockroach,
because
if
you
know
cockroaches,
when
you
rip
off
their
heads,
they
won't
die
for
a
month.
The
only
reason
they
die
is
because
it's
because
you
know
they
starve
and
the
main
reason
I
put
my
attention
towards
the
cockroach
was
because
I've
been
raised
in
an
apartment.
D
D
So
that
is
the
the
support
I've
been
giving
to
these
students.
I've
been
explaining.
You
know
writing
a
college.
Essay
doesn't
just
have
to
be
on
everything.
You've
accomplished,
it
can
be
anything
like
I
could
grab
this
germax
bottle
and
explain
how
it
pertains
to
my
life.
If
I
was
able
to
make
that
connection,
but
that's
just
things:
I've
been
explaining
or
like
what
extracurriculars,
what
paths
the
kids
should
take.
So
that's
just
my
goal
for
helping
children
in
the
future
and
thank
you
guys
for
your
time.
A
So
you
you
don't
realize,
but
you're
among
some
tick-tock
royalty
in
this
we've
got
two
tick-tock
stars
over
here.
So
thank
you
for
sharing
and
and
thank
you
senators
for
for
allowing
me
to
do
this.
I
I
sometimes
think
that
we
are
in
a
bubble,
and
we
kind
of
forget,
like
the
impact,
that
of
what
we're
doing
here.
So,
thank
you
very
much,
and
we
please
check
in
with
us
and
let
us
know
how
you're
doing
from
from
now
on.
So
thank
you
for
being
here.
C
C
We
we
have
some
popular
videos
with
over
150
000
views,
so
we'd
be
more
than
happy
to
join
you
in
doing
a
video
while
we're
here
the
next
couple
weeks,
but
I
I
you
know,
I
just
want
to
change
that
narrative
you
know,
being
latino
in
our
community
is
exactly
who
you
are
and
what
we
are
you
know
being
latino
is
something
that
we
should
be
proud
of
in
this
country
and
every
single
day
you
know.
C
You
know
when
I
eat
rice
and
beans,
I'm
proud
of
that
just
as
much
as
I'm
proud
to
put
on
this
suit
and
to
come
to
serve
the
people
of
state
of
nevada,
so
continue
to
be
proud
of
your
culture
every
single
day
and
every
part
of
where
we
come
from
and
who
we
are,
and
sometimes
that
might
look
different
than
what
others
might
have
and
that's,
okay,
we're
proud
of
it
all
of
the
time,
because
we
celebrate
that
journey.
Definitely.
E
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
just
wanted
to
echo
these
remarks
from
my
colleagues
and
just
say
how
proud
we
are
of
you,
go
out
there
conquer
the
world,
but
make
make
sure
you
bring
all
that
talent
back
to
the
state
after
you,
you
get
all
that
education,
you
see
the
world.
We
need
folk
like
you
in
this
state
right
and
we
need
you
to
replace
folk
like
myself
in
this
seat.
B
D
Yeah,
it's
interesting
because
I
had
a
lot
more
things
on
my
flash
cards,
but
then
I
just
pushed
them
aside
because
I
feel
like
I
just
speak
a
lot
better
when
I
just
speak
like
because
that's
how
I
write
my
essays.
Usually
when
I
write
my
essays
I'll
click,
the
microphone
button,
I
feel
I
just
speak.
D
Like
I'm
shakespeare,
I
call
it
the
shakespeare
touch,
because
I
can
only
write
at
certain
times,
usually
it'll,
be
after
I'm
very
emotional
or
after
I
listen
to
a
song,
and
I
just
feel
like
shakespeare
himself
is
guiding
my
finger
and
then
I'll
just
start
writing
these
essays.
So
you
know
I'm
not
really
of
a
cards
person.
D
F
F
I
am
proud
of
you
that
you've
never
given
up,
and
I
just
want
you
to
promise
that,
no
matter
how
successful
you
get,
which
I
know
you
will
be
that
you
always
tell
your
story
because
the
more
you
tell
your
story,
the
more
you
just
engage
with
these
children
and
give
them
hope
right
and
the
understanding
that
anything
is
possible
if
you
just
work
hard.
So
I'm
super
proud
of
you.
A
Okay,
so
thank
you
committee,
and
we
are
now
going
to
go
to
our
work
session,
so
we
will
be
taking
the
bills
out
of
order.
I
I
believe
senator
dennis
you
wanted
to
go
last.
Is
that
correct?
A
G
Thank
you
chair
bill,
ray
axelrod
for
the
record,
christy
robusto
research,
division
of
the
legislative
council
bureau
as
nonpartisan
staff-
I'm
not
here
to
advocate
for
issues
I'm
here
to
assist
the
members
with
policy
issues
brought
forward
to
this
committee
for
your
reference,
all
the
work
session
documents
can
be
found
on
the
committee's
web
page
on
nellis,
and
they
should
have
been
distributed
to
the
members
as
well.
Our
first
bill
on
work
session
today
is
senate
bill
36,
sponsored
by
nde
and
heard
by
this
committee
on
april
27th.
G
The
bill
provides
that
the
schools
crisis
committee
must
include
a
health
and
parent
representative
on
it
and
requires
certain
plans
developed
by
the
committee
must
be
used
for
responding
to
all
hazards
and
that
a
notice
of
the
plan's
review
and
update
must
be
posted
on
the
website.
Additionally,
nde
needs
to
include
a
procedure
for
responding
to
an
epidemic
and
its
model
plan
for
managing
a
crisis,
emergency
or
suicide.
G
Finally,
the
bill
requires
that
the
schools
designate
a
school
safety
specialist
who
must
provide
certain
employees
or
public
safety
agencies
with
an
opportunity
to
become
familiar
with
the
school's
blueprint
every
three
years.
There's
one
proposed
amendment
which
does
the
following:
it
revises
the
name
of
the
crisis
committee
to
the
emergency
operations
plan
development
committee,
as
presented
by
washoe
county
school
district
on
the
following
page.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
A
E
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
our
amazing,
lcb
staff
for
getting
back
to
me
with
some
of
my
questions
that
I
raised
around
the
membership
of
law
enforcement
and
emergency
management
folks
in
engaging
in
these
plans,
and-
and
they
did
assure
me
that
that
is
elsewhere
in
another
chapter
and
so
and
I
thank
the
department
of
education
also
for
following
up
so
I'm
happy
to
support
thanks.
A
A
Okay,
next
bill
is
senate
bill
102
ms
robusto.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
senate
bill
102,
sponsored
by
senator
hammond
heard
by
the
committee
on
april.
27Th
changes
from
september
30th
to
august
7th
the
dates
by
which
a
child
must
be
a
certain
age
at
the
beginning
of
a
school
year
in
order
to
be
admitted
to
certain
grades,
there's
one
proposed
amendment
which
does
the
following:
it
changes
when
a
child
must
be
five
years
of
age
to
enter
kindergarten
from
august
7th
to
on
or
before
the
first
day
of
school
and
adds
the
chair
as
a
primary
co-sponsor
to
the
bill.
Thank
you.
G
A
You
miss
robusto
before
we
take
a
motion.
Are
there
any
questions?
A
E
E
I
do
really
wrestle
through
this
one,
because
this
would
have
made
a
major
major
impact
on
on
our
family
and
the
way
that
the
birth
dates
lined
up,
but
I
have
had
conversations
with
the
sponsor
I'm
going
to
continue
to
have
conversations
with
the
sponsor
about
even
perhaps
just
moving
the
implementation
date
out
just
one
more
year
to
get
families
some
time
to
prepare,
but
I
will
be
a
yes
and
I
also
thank
the
lcb
staff
for
helping
answer
my
questions
in
regards
to
how
how
this
works.
E
A
G
Finally,
the
bill
requires
school,
counselors,
psychologists
and
social
workers
to
complete
continuing
education
requirements,
as
established
by
the
commission
on
professional
standards
in
education
and
the
board
of
examiners
for
social
workers
respectively.
There
are
no
amendments
for
this
measure.
A
A
Assemblyman
krasner
has
made
the
motion.
Do
I
have
a
second
second
from
assemblywoman
hardy,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
no
motion
passes
unanimously.
I
will
give
assemblyman
krasner
that
floor
statement.
G
Thank
you.
Madam
chair
assembly,
senate
bill
160,
sponsored
by
senator
keith
keffer
heard
by
the
committee
on
april.
29Th
authorizes
the
university
school
for
profoundly
gifted
students
to
enter
into
a
cooperative
agreement
to
offer
dual
credit
courses.
The
bill
clarifies
that
such
agreements
must
be
made
with
regionally
accredited
high
education
institution
located
in
nevada
and
that
each
school
may
enter
into
such
an
agreement
with
a
regionally
accredited
higher
education
institution
in
another
state.
G
A
A
G
You
madam
chair
senate
bill
193,
sponsored
by
the
legislative
committee
on
senior
citizens,
veterans
and
adults
with
special
needs
heard
by
the
committee
on
may.
6
requires
the
board
of
regents
to
submit
a
report
to
the
legislature
concerning
student
veterans
and
to
give
preference
and
admission
to
certain
veterans
in
each
nursing
program
and
program
for
the
education
of
teachers.
G
The
bill
further
removes
the
time
limitation
for
matriculating
within
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education
for
veterans,
prohibits
the
assessment
of
tuition
charges
against
veterans,
spouses
and
dependents
using
post-911
education
assistance
and
prohibits
assessment
of
tuition
charges
using
survivors
and
dependence,
education
assistance.
There
are
no
amendments
for
this
measure.
A
A
I
will
take
the
motion
from
assemblywoman
hardy
in
a
second
by
assemblywoman
torres
all
in
any
comments
before
we
okay
scene,
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye.
Those
opposed,
nay
motion
passes
unanimously
and
I
believe
assembly
macarthur
you're,
a
veteran
correct.
Would
you
take
the
floor
statement
all
right?
G
A
Thank
you,
miss
robusto.
Do
we
have
any
questions
on
the
bill?
A
B
Thank
you
chair.
I
I
have
great
respect
for
senate
the
senator
and
it
pains
me
to
be
a
no
in
committee.
I'm
hoping
I
can
get
some
comfort
before
floor
so
but
at
this
point
I
appreciate
what
the
intention
is,
but
I'm
just
not
there
quite
yet
so
hopefully
we
can
have
some
more
discussions,
but
I
appreciate
again
your
work
and
your
intent.
Thank
you.
H
You
chair
and
this
my
comments
actually
not
directed
toward
the
bill,
sponsor
because
I
understand
the
intention
and
the
need
for
this
type
of
legislation
it's
actually
directed
to
on
the
school
districts,
and
I
see
that
we
have
a
representative
here
and
I
know
all
the
school
districts
are
generally
listening,
but
just
that
as
we
go
forward
oftentimes
when
we
have
legislation
like
this,
when
it
comes
to
practicality,
some
district
policies
around
it.
H
So
that
again-
because
even
this
being
said,
we
don't
know
if
this
will
be
communicated
accurately
to
all
of
our
staff,
our
counselors
and
those
in
the
school
buildings
that
would
be
involved.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
going
forward
that
that
this
information
is
disseminated
properly
out
to
our
school
staff.
Thank
you.
C
Maybe
maybe
if
I
can
hit
my
mic
button,
I
appreciate
the
senator
for
for
this
piece
of
legislation.
I
just
don't
know
where
I'm
at
with
it
and
so
for
that
reason
I'll
go
ahead
and
be
a
guest
in
committee
and
I
reserve
my
route
for
the
floor.
But
I
would
like
to
speak
to
the
bill
sponsor
before
that.
A
B
A
Are
you
raising
your
hand,
okay,
no
okay,
then
all
in
favor
say
aye,
aye,
there's
a
pose,
say,
nay.
A
Was
that
raise
your
hand
was
that
just
okay,
so
the
motion
passes
with
assembly
woman
hanson
as
a
no
and
I
will
assign
the
floor
statement
to.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
senate
bill
2,
sponsored
by
clark,
county
school
district
heard
by
the
committee
on
may
4th
requires
the
school
district
and
charter
schools
to
assess
the
reading
proficiency
of
a
pupil
during
each
elementary
school
grade
level
as
necessary.
The
bill
allows
nde
to
prescribe
regulations
for
assessing
the
development
of
a
pupil
enrolled
in
kindergarten
and
finally
revises
the
height
and
weight
measurement
requirements
for
certain
pupils
in
certain
grades.
There
are
no
amendments
for
this
measure.
A
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I'm
just
curious
taking
the
height
and
weight
of
students.
What
are
we
doing
with
that
information?
I
A
Would
you
like
to
come
up?
I
think
we
had
several
people
come
and
talk
about
it.
We
I
know,
for
we
had
southern
nevada
health
district.
I
know
dhhs
uses
it
for
grants,
but
if
you
want
to
say
anything
else,.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair
brad,
keating
for
the
record
representing
clark
county
school
district
to
the
assemblyman's
question
that
what
madam
chair
said
is
exactly
correct.
The
southern
nevada,
health
district,
the
washoe
county
health
district
and
the
nevada
department
of
health
and
human
services
uses
that
information
to
go
out
and
apply
for
grants
related
to
childhood
obesity
and
different
family
type.
Grants.
A
Yes-
and
I
I
I'm
wondering
if
your
concern
might
be
that
hipaa
violations
or
anything
that
is
all
completely
aggregated,
and
so
it's
it's
done-
that's
not
connected
with
any
student.
So
have
that
clarified
any
other
questions
on
the
bill.
Okay,
be
so
I
will
take
a
motion
to
do
pass
senate
bill
2..
H
You
chair,
and
I
I
believe
this
question
may
be-
needs
to
be
directed
to
the
department.
If
we
have
anyone
from
the
department
of
education
on
they're
on
zoom,
okay,
we
can't
see
right
now.
So
can
we
hear.
A
H
Okay,
hi
hi
miss
mcgill,
so
my
question
is
in
regarding,
with
the
passage
of
this
bill,
referring
to
the
part-
and
I
know
we
had
a
robust
discussion
and
questions
about
the
testing
for
kindergarten
students,
and
so
we
got
the
response
today
and
it
does
stay.
You
know
that
standardized
testing
is
required
from
the
federal
government
in
just
grades,
three
through
eight
and
once
in
high
school,
but
it
also
when
it
comes
to
kindergarten.
H
Specifically,
we
already
per
the
state
are
required
to
test
them
within
their
first
30
days,
but
then,
with
this
bill,
it
would
also
say
that
then
we
would
instead
require
to
adopt
that
the
department
to
adopt
regulations
again
to
assess
development
of
early
learning
loss
within
the
for
first
45
days.
So
my
question
is:
is
that
opening
the
door
for
additional
assessments
and
tests
on
the
kindergarten
students,
and
especially
in
addition
to
what's
already.
F
F
Are
there
delays
that
need
to
be
referred
to
child
fine,
and
if
or
is
it
something
that's
just
a
red
flag
that
they
need
to
maybe
keep
an
eye
on,
intensify,
and
so
it's
it's
so
that
instruction
can
be
individualized
for
children
as
they
enter
kindergarten.
And,
as
you
know,
when
children
enter
kindergarten,
they
can
be
really
across
the
spectrum
of
the
development
and
how
used
they
are
to
public
school.
F
So
it
really
is,
does
help
the
families
and
teachers
kind
of
understand.
We,
as
a
department
collect
this
information
as
part
of
a
longitudinal
study
that
starts
in
early
childhood
programs
all
the
way
from
the
child
care
subsidy
program
and
we
use
the
same
screener
all
the
way
across
it
could
be
as
early
as
birth,
just
to
see
how
children
are
doing
and
to
give
the
types
of
programs
that
they
are
in,
but
not
not
to
specifically
track
a.
H
Child
follow-up.
Okay,
so
with
that
you,
you
mentioned
some
things
that
bring
additional
concern
to
me
is
the
test.
Then,
when
you
talk
about
whether
or
not
we
need
to
refer
someone
to
child
fine
is
the
test
to
measure
their
academic
learning
loss
or
is
it
to
measure
some
type
of
behavioral
social
home
situations?
That's
going
on
and
and
if.
C
F
This
is
patioya
for
the
record,
it
is
a
screener,
so
it
is,
and
it
is
a
developmental
screener
that
covers
five
five
domains
across
different
domains.
Motor
language,
social,
emotional,
cognitive,
but
it
is
greener,
so
best
practice
would
be.
F
If
the
child
fell
below
typical
scoring
for
their
age
group,
then
we
would
refer
to
an
assessment
or
child
fine,
depending
on
those
results
and
the
family,
history
and
those
kind
of
things,
but
it's
a
screener,
and
so
we
just
want
to
know
if
children
are
following
in
a
typical
period
of
development
or
above
average
or
below,
and
it
just
triggers
that
for
a
teacher
to
say
this
is
something
that
a
five-year-old
should
know.
F
A
Chair
vice
chair,
I'm
gonna,
move
on
and
nice
to
see
you
miss
oya
we've
go
back
a
long
time
with
early
childhood,
both
in
our
our
blood.
I
think
so.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
for
clarifying
that
information,
and
I
know
that
earlier
that
we
can
decipher
these
issues,
whether
it
be
in
preschool
or
before
preschool,
or
you
know,
in
kindergarten,
the
better
for
the
outcome
of
the
child.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Are
there
any
other
questions?
A
Do
we
have
a
motion
assembly?
One
win
makes
the
motion
to
do.
Pastor
of
a
second.
Second
is
assemblywoman
marzola.
Any
comments
go
ahead.
H
H
I
know
there's
tests
that
everyone
will
say
in
every
data
and
it
reports
that
it
takes
60
minutes
and
yet
typically
it
takes
my
students,
my
class
four
days
to
do
which
equals
in
a
block
schedule
six
to
eight
hours.
And
this
isn't
anything
that's
you
know
I
I
I
was
at
a
five
star
school,
so
I'm
telling
you
if
the
prescription
says
60
minutes
and
the
teachers
are
telling
you
the
reality
is
six
to
eight
hours.
My
concern
about
does
this.
A
Thank
you
vice
chair,
and
I
I
will
say
that
I
I
respect.
Obviously
you
you're
in
the
classroom,
but
I
know
from
my
years
of
working
with
family
family,
which
is
zero
to
five,
that
those
assessments
are
not
done.
Something
I
mean
it's
it's
it's
it's
a
pretty
easy
assessment
for
a
five-year-old
and
it's
so
so
very
important
to
get
those
early
intervention.
A
If
you
want
to
have
the
outcomes
that
we
we
want
to
have
so
that
being
said,
I'll
go
ahead,
all
in
favor
say
aye,
those
opposed,
nay,
we
have
assembly
macarthur
as
in
nay
anyone
else.
Okay
motion
passes
with
everyone
except
assemblyman
mcarthur.
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
senate
bill
128,
sponsored
by
senator
dennis
heard
by
the
committee
on
april.
29Th
requires
the
state
treasurer
to
contract
with
one
or
more
qualified
independent
consultants
to
conduct
a
study
concerning
the
effectiveness
of
publicly
funded
scholarship
and
grant
programs
in
nevada
and
outlines
what
the
study
must
include,
including
student
outcomes
for
scholarship
and
grant
recipients,
and
an
evaluation
of
the
financial
viability
of
these
programs.
G
A
report
of
the
findings
must
be
submitted
to
the
legislative
committee
on
education,
which
must
be
also
be
charged
with
administering
publicly
funded,
reviewing
the
report
and
consulting
with
persons
and
entities
charged
with
administering
publicly
funded
scholarships
and
grant
programs.
Finally,
sb
128
provides
that
the
cost
of
carrying
out
the
study
must
be
paid
from
the
endowment
account
created
by
the
straight
state
treasurer.
There
are
no
amendments
to
this
measure.
A
A
E
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman,
okay,
and
with
that
we'll
say
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
and
the
motion
passes
unanimously.
Assemblywoman
told.
Would
you
take
that
floor
statement.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
senate
bill
172,
sponsored
by
senator
dennis
heard
by
the
committee
on
may
11th,
removes
the
enrollment
application
process
and
prerequisite
requirements
for
a
student
to
participate
in
a
dual
credit
course.
The
bill
removes
provisions
relating
to
cooperative
agreements
to
dual
to
offer
dual
credit
courses
and
instead
requires
the
school
districts
and
charter
schools
establish
a
dual
credit
program
or
partner
with
an
established
program
where
a
student
may
enroll
in
such
a
course
at
a
higher
education
institution.
G
Additionally,
the
bill
requires
that
courses
must
provide
you
that
a
uniform
grading
scale
must
be
provided
for
dual
credit
and
international
baccalaureate
classes
and
the
same
way
to
such
courses
as
assigned
to
the
advanced
placement
courses
in
certain
circumstances.
Finally,
the
bill
requires
certain
reports
and
outlines
that
the
contents
must
be
provided
as
well.
There
are
no
amendments
to
this
measure.
A
A
A
You
know
it's
the
little
things
in
life
that
bring
me
joy.
Okay,
next
bill,
we
have
some
senate
bill,
215.
G
Senate
bill
215,
sponsored
by
senator
dennis
heard
by
the
committee
on
april
29th,
requires
the
board
of
trustees
and
the
charter,
schools
and
the
university
school
for
profoundly
gifted,
develop,
present
and
present
plans
for
distance
education
and
to
share
those
plans
with
the
school
community
families
and
school
employees.
The
entities
must
also
develop
and
implement
a
plan
to
make
the
necessary
technology
available
for
certain
pupils
and
school
employees.
G
Further
the
bill
defines
distance
education
and
distance
education
eligibility
and
allows
students
who
demonstrate
proficiency
and
distance
ed
courses
to
complete
the
course
in
a
shorter
time
than
normally
allowed.
The
bill
removes
certain
limitations
on
instruction
programs
based
on
the
alternative
schedule.
G
There
is
one
amendment
proposed
by
nde,
which
does
the
following
revises
section:
3.5,
subsection
1,
so
that
students
may
attend
full-time
programs
of
distance
education
in
their
district
of
residence
that
are
sponsored
by
a
school
district
or
charter
school
and
two
restores
language
in
section
3.5,
subsection
2,
excluding
private
school
and
home
school
pupils
from
being
eligible
to
enroll
in
such
a
distance
education
program,
the
conceptual
amendment
is
provided
on
the
next
page
for
the
committee's
review.
Thank
you.
Madam
chair.
A
B
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
senate
bill
352,
sponsored
by
the
senate
committee
on
education
heard
by
this
committee
on
may.
4Th
requires
the
commission
of
professional
standards
in
education
to
adopt
regulations
to
authorize
a
currently
employed
paraprofessional,
who
is
enrolled
in
a
program
to
become
a
teacher
to
complete
an
accelerated
student
teaching
program
in
the
same
or
similar
area
in
which
the
person
is
currently
employed.
G
The
commission
must
also
adopt
regulations
that
require
nde
to
accept
student
teaching
experience
completed
outside
of
nevada
if
the
experience
substantially
fulfills
nevada's
requirements.
There
is
one
proposed
amendment
submitted
by
senator
dennis
which
does
the
following
authorizes:
a
person
who
is
currently
employed
by
a
public
school
to
provide
support
or
other
services
relating
to
school
psychology
without
a
license
or
endorsement
to
complete
a
program
of
internship
and
psychology
to
obtain
such
license
or
endorsement,
while
remaining
employed.
The
proposed
amendment
is
provided
on
the
next
page
for
the
committee's
review.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
A
H
Thank
you,
a
chair
I
just
just
in
in
conversations
because
I
do
still
have
a
lot
of
questions
with
this
bill
and
a
lot
of
it
goes
around
the
concern
during
the
bill
presentation,
and
so
this
is
really
more
for
the
department
of
ed
about
that.
The
fact
that
the
regulations
aren't
yet
developed
around
this
and
that
yet
the
language
is
permissive
for
people
to
begin
of
this
process
without
having
those
parameters
in
place.
H
So
I
did
discuss
that
with
the
department
yesterday,
but
I
just-
and
I
just
saw
that
the
district
physically
walked
out,
but
I'm
sure
there's
other
people
listening
and
watching
so
for
those
from
the
districts,
the
districts
that
are
listening
and
watching
and,
of
course,
from
the
department.
H
Again,
it's
just
my
urgency
to
make
sure
that
there
are
these
policies
in
place
and
parameters
and
structure
and
requirements
around
this,
because
I
know
even
one
thing
that
that
was
brought
up
yesterday
is
that
you
know
this
applies
to
support
staff
that
are
currently
working
in
certain
positions.
For
instance,
a
classroom
aide,
not
someone
who's
working
in
an
office
or
working.
You
know
in
a
number
of
our
support
positions,
but
may
not
be
you
know,
directly
related
and
integrated
into
that
classroom
experience.
H
J
Thank
you
chair.
I
want
to
echo
my
colleagues
sentiments.
I
truly
appreciate
the
intent
of
this
bill
to
get
more
teachers
in
the
classroom,
but
at
what
cost?
There's
a
quantity
versus
a
quality
of
teacher,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
in
those
regs
we
know
that
the
people
that
are
going
to
be
going
into
the
classroom
are
very
well
prepared
and
they
know
what
they're
getting
themselves
into.
So
they
don't
quit
two
or
three
years
later.
J
Being
an
aide
is
a
very
different
position
than
being
a
teacher,
and
I
think
we
need
respect
that
those
who
have
teaching
licenses
and
have
gone
through
their
student
teaching.
They
know
what
they're
getting
into
they've
been
properly
trained
and
I'm
just
not
quite
there
yet.
On
this
I
will
be
a
yes
to
get
out
of
committee,
but
I
do
want
to
continue
the
conversations
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
just
plugging
holes
and
putting
people
in
the
classroom,
but
making
sure
we
have
quality
teachers
that
are
going
into
the
classroom.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
Some
of
you,
aguero,
there's
some
confusion
going
on
over
in
the
one
side
of
our
committee
room,
assemblyman
taurus,
did
you
have
a
question
on
the
bill
that
we
are
hearing
that
we're
working
on
right.
A
A
A
G
Senate
bill
354,
sponsored
by
senate
committee
on
education
heard
by
this
committee
on
may
11,
requires
nde
to
develop
a
statewide
framework
for
restorative
justice
and
requires
that
plans
and
policies
developed
must
align
with
the
statewide
framework
developed
by
nde.
The
bill
requires
one:
a
plan
of
action
based
on
restorative
justice
to
be
provided
before
the
suspension
or
removal
of
a
student
maker,
two
a
school
to
offer
certain
services
to
a
people
who
is
temporarily
removed
from
school
and
three
a
school
to
recognize
students
who
are
homeless
in
foster
care
or
unaccompanied.
G
When
considering
disciplinary
action,
further
pupil
may
not
be
expelled
or
suspended
from
school
unless
it
has
been
determined
that
the
behavior
of
the
pupil
was
not
caused
by
homelessness
or
being
in
foster.
Care.
Nde
must
include
certain
data
in
their
system
of
accountability,
reporting,
recognizing
public
schools
that
reduce
the
frequency
of
suspension,
expulsion
and
removal
of
students.
G
A
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
miss
robusta.
Before
we
take
a
motion.
Are
there
any
questions
on
senate
bill?
354,
assemblywoman
taurus?
No,
you
have
a
comment,
not
a
question
you're
good.
Now,
okay,
boy,
any
other,
any
other
questions,
any
questions,
no
okay,
and
with
that
I
would
take
a
motion
to
amend
a
new
pass.
A
Assemblywoman
wynn
has
made
the
motion.
Assemblywoman
taurus
has
made
the
second
do.
We
have
any
comments
comment
please.
Thank
you,
chair
I'll,
be
a
yes
to
get
this
out
of
committee,
but
reserve
my
right
to
change
prior
to
floor.
Thank
you,
samuel
and
hardy.
B
C
You
54.,
I
appreciate
the
clarification
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
really
appreciate
the
amendment
and
that
confirms
I
will
be
supporting
sv354.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Okay,
any
other
comments.
Okay,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say.
Nay.
We
have
one
nay
guess
who
samuel
macarthur
said
lemon
macarthur
is
the
nay
motion
carries.
I
will
assign
that
floor
statement
to
assemblyman
flores.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
senate
bill
363,
sponsored
by
the
legislative
committee
on
education
heard
by
this
committee
on
may.
4Th
requires
each
of
the
governing
bodies
of
a
charter
school
that
have
a
contract
with
an
emo
to
report
the
amount
paid
to
the
respective
management
organization
to
the
sponsor
of
the
charter
school.
Additionally,
this
information
must
be
submitted
in
a
report
to
the
legislature,
and
these
reports
must
be
submitted
by
november
1st
on
each
even
year
even
numbered
year.
There
are
no
amendments
for
this
measure.
A
A
See
no
comments,
all
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
motion
carries
unanimously,
and
I
think
the
only
person
who
hasn't
got
a
floor
statement
is
something
when
gorlo
is
that
correct?
So
you
get
this
one
all
right,
wonderful!
We
did
it
give
yourselves
a
round
of
applause
all
right,
so
I
will
close
the
work
session
on
the
agenda
and
we'll
move
to
our
final
thing,
which
is
public
comment.
A
You
guys
know
the
drill
for
public
comment.
Is
there
anyone
in
the
room
who
would
like
to
offer
a
public
comment?
There
you
go.
You
have
two
minutes.
I
Thank
you,
chair
and
assembly
committee
members.
My
name
is
brian
rippett
b-r-I-a-n-r-I-p-p-e-t,
I'm
a
chemistry
and
physics
teacher
in
douglas
county
and
serving
as
the
president
of
the
nevada
state
education
association.
I'm
here
just
to
highlight
a
couple
of
the
challenges
we
continue
to
see
with
education
and
also
including
the
people
center.
The
new
funding
bill,
while
sitting
here
in
the
work
session,
I
have
a
new
number
one.
I
want
to
tag
on
with
assemblywoman
miller's
questions
about
assessment
of
kindergartners.
I
I
firmly
believe
that
we
do
not
need
any
more
data.
What
we
need
is
more
time
more
time
to
explore
and
more
time
to
teach.
Now.
If
we
think
about
that
15
minutes
to
do
a
screener,
I
would
imagine
that
a
screener
must
be
done
in
a
one-on-one
fashion.
So
when
one
student
and
one
teacher
are
being
screened,
what
are
the
other
24
kids
doing
and
at
15
minutes
a
pop?
That's
an
entire
day
of
screening.
I
The
professionals
in
the
classroom
essentially
know
what
is
going
to
be
told
on
on
these
tests
and
just
be
careful
about
mandating
new
ones
and
new
data,
because
that
information
is
probably
there
from
somewhere
else
or
could
be,
could
be
gleaned
from
what
we
already
do.
Just
a
couple.
Other
things,
the
people,
feathered,
people
started
funding,
plan
and,
and
the
implementation,
as
you
know,
has
a
whole
harmless
provision
that
does
not
include
increases
for
the
cost
of
doing
business,
and
so
we
hope
that
we
can
get
a
fix
on
that.
I
We
will
have
continued
giant
class
sizes
and
caseloads,
which
will
make
it
difficult
for
educators
to
help
students
like
christian
that
was
here
earlier,
to
find
their
voice
and
tell
their
story
if
we
don't
get
a
handle
on
on
the
amount
of
time,
and
if
we
keep
taking
time
via
assessment,
we
won't
have
time
to
teach
and
reach
we're
hoping
that
we
can
get
a
return
of
class
size
reduction
funding.
So
once
again,
we
can
decrease
the
ratio
and
increase
the
amount
of
time
that
educators
are
with
individual
students.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair
chris
daley,
also
from
the
nevada
state
education
association.
I
think
most
of
you
probably
know
that
on
saturday
morning
the
k-12
education
budget
will
be
deliberated
by
the
money
committees.
I
know
only
a
few
of
you
serve
both
here
on
education
and
on
waze,
but
after
all
of
your
education
policy
discussions
this
session.
I
know
that
each
of
you
appreciate
the
significant
intersection
between
education
policy
and
education
funding.
K
K-12
public
education
has
been
woefully
underfunded
for
decades,
ranking
48th,
saying
48
among
the
states
and
per-pupil
funding.
Nevada
also
has
the
largest
student-to-teacher
ratio
in
the
country.
A
156
million
dollar
cut
to
class
size
reduction
over
the
next
biennium
would
mean
a
loss
of
about
1
000
teachers
across
the
state,
meaning
even
more
students
packed
into
nevada
classrooms.
K
This
committee
has
contemplated
the
impact
of
overcrowded
classrooms
on
students
and
teachers
alike,
and
you
know
smaller
class
size
has
real
benefits
for
students.
Smaller
class
size
can
help
close
the
racial
achievement
gap
lead
to
earlier
identification
of
learning
disabilities,
improve
high
school
graduation
rates
and
student
behavior
and
allow
for
more
engagement.
Lessons
for
educators,
smaller
class
size,
allows
for
more
individual
and
differentiated
instruction,
less
time
on
paperwork,
more
time
for
parental
engagement
and
stronger
classroom
management,
as
teachers
become
more
aware
of
individual
students,
strengths
and
weaknesses.
K
Since
the
interim
are
subject
to
the
budget
decisions
made
in
other
hearing
rooms
as
the
assembly's
resident
experts
in
education,
I
would
ask
each
of
you
to
be
advocates
and
lobbyists
on
behalf
of
public
schools
over
the
next
two
weeks.
Please
engage
your
colleagues
on
ways
or,
if
you
find
yourself
downstairs
in
finance
in
the
hallways
and
caucus
rooms,
on
the
importance
of
education
funding
and
the
interconnectedness
of
the
work
you've
done
here
and
the
work
that's
happening
on
the
budget.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
J
J
J
First,
I
tried
to
alter
a
drip
coffee
filter
to
fit
the
cone.
Then
I
tried
folding
a
paper
towel
to
approximate
the
needed
filter
in
the
first
attempt.
The
coffee
looked
like
tea.
In
the
second
attempt,
it
produced
coffee
that
of
a
better
quality,
but
the
grounds
had
escaped
into
the
craft,
making
it
undrinkable.
J
The
end
result
was
that
the
coffee
produced
was
substandard,
not
because
of
the
lack
of
my
effort
or
my
motivation,
but
because
I
lack
the
tools
to
accomplish
this
task.
This
situation
is
not,
unlike
the
one
educators
find
themselves
in
every
day,
as
they
try
to
provide
meaningful
learning
experiences
for
their
students.
They
lack
the
tools
to
do
their
best
work
and
sometimes
the
end
result
of
those
efforts
comes
up
short.
When
teachers
are
provided
the
resources
they
need,
their
students
performance
improves
reflecting
that
investment.
J
J
One
lesson
learned
during
the
pandemic
is
that
the
critic
is
the
critical
value
of
our
public
schools
to
our
state
economy.
Public
schools
educate
the
next
generation,
but
they
also
literally
provide
an
enriching
safe
environment
for
children
of
all
ages
to
grow
and
learn
while
their
parents
are
at
work.
Companies
are
enticed
to
relocate
to
nevada,
with
a
variety
of
tax
incentives
and
abatements.
Yet
upon
closer
examination,
they
may
reconsider
when
they
learn
that
not
all
that
glitters
in
nevada
is
made
of
gold.
J
In
fact,
nevada
is
near
the
bottom
of
the
pur
pupil
funding
list,
ranking
48
and
has
the
additional
distinction
of
the
highest
class
sizes
in
the
nation.
You
don't
have
to
take
my
word
for
it,
quoting
mike
kozmerski
president
and
ceo
of
edon
quote
nevada's
funding
for
education
and
our
public
education
rankings
have
already
discouraged
new
companies
from
investing
in
our
state
and
are
putting
our
kids
at
a
distinct
advantage
disadvantage
in
the
new
economy.
J
A
Thank
you
for
your
comments.
Bps.
Are
there
any
other
comment
callers
on
the
line
for
public
comment.
A
Thank
you,
and
with
that
I
will
close
public
comment
so
committee.
We
are
going
to
adjourn
and
then
we
have
a
possible
meeting
at
the
call
of
the
chair
tomorrow.
Just
in
case
anything
comes
up.
I
don't
anticipate
it,
but
we've
all
been
in
this
building
long
enough
to
know
that
we
just
need
to
cover
our
bases
so.
A
One
second,
so
we
will
call
the
chair
so
just
have
your
attitudes
paying
attention
to
that
and
then,
if
we
don't
meet
tomorrow,
then
we
will
meet
on
tuesday
and
assemblywoman
tolls.
A
Is
thank
you
we'll
still
be
back
so
yeah
just
have
your
your
attaches
watching
to
see
if
we
call
tomorrow
and
then
I
know
we
haven't
done
our
picture
yet,
but
I'm
kind
of
hangry
because
I
haven't
eaten
yet
so
I'm
gonna
we'll
push
it
off
to
next
week
or
whatever.
Okay.
So
that's
it.
Thank
you.
Everyone
and
this
meeting
is.