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A
B
A
Thank
you
please
mark
assemblywoman,
hardy
and
assemblywomanhansen
president
when
they
arrive,
they
are
presenting
in
another
committee
and
then
assemblywoman
told
she
should
be
here
momentarily.
She
was
just
running
a
little
bit
late,
so
please
mark
her
present
when
she
arrives
as
well.
A
We
do
have
a
quorum
welcome
to
those
of
you
in
carson
city,
a
lot
of
new
faces,
it's
nice
to
see
you
and
welcome,
and
for
those
of
you
watching
us
online
or
through
our
youtube
channel,
just
a
couple
housekeeping
items
that
I'd
like
to
announce
for
those
of
you
joining
online
on
the
zoom.
If
you
haven't
done
so
already,
please
make
sure
to
mute
your
microphone
when
you
are
not
speaking
to
minimize
the
background
noise.
A
Additionally,
everyone
please
put
your
electronic
devices
into
the
silent
mode,
especially
cell
phones,
for
individuals
presenting
in
our
meeting.
Please
keep
your
face
covering
on
at
all
times
and
maintain
social
distancing.
We
do
expect
courtesy
and
respect
in
this
committee.
We
don't
always
agree
on
policy,
but
we
need
to
be
respectful
to
each
other
in
the
legislative
process.
A
A
As
a
reminder,
meeting
materials
can
be
accessed
on
the
committee's
web
page
in
nellis,
and
just
a
reminder
for
those
of
you
watching
online
in
this
virtual
world
we
do
have
several
screens
as
well
as
documents
that
we're
looking
at.
So
if
we
are
looking
away,
please
don't
take
that
as
a
sign
of
disrespect
we're
just
sort
of
navigating
in
this
virtual
world.
A
So
we
have
three.
Do
we
have
three
bills
today
we
have
three
bills
today,
and
so
we
will
hear
those
in
the
order
that
we
have
them
so
sb2
sb,
352
and
sb
363..
We
are
missing
a
couple
of
members,
so
when
they
arrive,
we
may
do
the
work
session.
A
I
know
we
have
a
few
people
on
zoom
here
for
work
session,
so
we'll
we'll
start
with
sb2
and
then,
if
they're
back
we'll
go
ahead
and
work
session,
the
three
bills
that
we
have
on
work
session,
we
will
take
testimony
and
support
opposition
in
neutral.
A
A
E
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
brad
keating
representing
the
clark
county
school
district.
It's
an
honor
to
be
with
all
of
you,
especially
today
in
this
committee.
I
you
know.
I
cannot
be
prouder
to
be
wearing
purple
today
in
honor
of
our
friend
assemblyman
tyrone
thompson.
E
The
legislation
is
important
to
the
clark
county
school
district
for
a
number
of
reasons
in
terms
of
reporting,
sb2
removes
a
duplicative
report
dealing
with
student
information
related
to
ieps
and
504s,
which
is
already
included
in
the
state
validation
report,
as
it
relates
to
body
mass
index
testing
and
the
brigance
exam
a
kindergarten
assessment.
We
have
worked
with
stakeholders
to
review
each
of
these
items
to
see
how
we
could
ensure
students.
Achievement
is
the
focus
at
all
times
so
to
provide
you
a
quick
walk
through
the
bill.
E
There
are
three
sections
within
the
bill
that
I
will
walk
through
section
one
allows
the
state
board
of
education
to
prescribe
regulations
for
a
new
statewide
screener
for
kindergarten
students
among
the
choices
of
early
domain
options
and
also
gives
teachers
45
days
at
the
start
of
the
school
year
for
teachers
to
screen
their
students.
In
addition,
no
student
that
begins
kindergarten
after
the
first
45
days
of
school
has
to
take
this
new
statewide
screener.
E
The
reason
for
this
change
in
the
bill
is
because,
currently,
all
kindergarten
students
are
required
to
be
individually
screened
in
their
first
30
days
of
school.
Using
the
brigance
exam
ccsd
feels
that
this
test
is
outdated
and
takes
a
great
deal
of
time
from
our
educators,
as
the
exam
has
to
be
administered
individually,
while
our
original
intent
was
to
remove
this
test
completely
and
working
with
the
nevada
department
of
education
and
learning
their
thoughts,
we
felt
that
working
on
a
regulation
towards
a
new
screener
would
be
helpful
for
all
kindergarten
students.
E
E
E
Finally,
section
three
of
the
bill
deals
with
anonymous
height
and
weight
measurements
of
students
that
will
continue
to
be
collected
in
school
districts
in
the
clark
and
washoe
county
school
district
and
fourth
and
seventh
grade
previously.
We
collected
the
collected
this
information
in
fourth,
seventh
and
tenth
grade,
but
this
became
difficult
at
the
high
school
level
and
we
were
forced
to
pull
students
out
of
english
and
math
courses
to
collect
their
height
and
weight,
so
we've
moved
it
to
just
fourth
and
seventh.
E
Because
of
this,
the
data
will
now
be
collected
every
other
year
and
done
at
the
same
time
as
the
hearing,
vision
and
scoliosis
screenings
conducted
by
health
nurses
currently
happening
in
fourth
and
seventh
grade.
This
language
was
supported
by
all
of
our
health
district
partners
so
that
they
can
continue
to
apply
for
grants
in
the
future.
Based
on
the
information
collected,
we
appreciate
them
working
with
school,
the
school
district,
to
reduce
the
burden
on
teachers,
staff
and
schools
by
removing
one
grade
level
and
only
requiring
this
to
occur
every
other
year.
E
With
that,
madam
chair,
I
want
to
thank
you
and
the
committee
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
a
quick
overview
of
this
bill.
It's
been
an
honor
to
work
with
so
many
stakeholders
over
the
last
few
months
and
making
sure
that
this
bill
is
something
that
we
could
be
proud
to
present
now
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
or
the
committee
has
in
relation
to
senate
bill.
2.
A
C
C
We
are
still
assessing
within
45
days
of
kindergarten,
but
the
purpose
of
this
is
to
broaden
it
so
that
we're
not
just
using
so
perhaps
we're
getting
rid
of
brigands,
but
we're
able
to
use
some
other
assessment
within
the
first
45
days.
So
we're
both
replaced.
We're
changing
the
timeline
for
30
days
to
45
days
and
we're
changing
the
way
that
we
assess.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
through
you
to
assemblywoman
tools,
brad
keating
for
the
record.
You
said
it
much
better
than
I
could
have
ever
said
it.
We
are
that's
exactly
what
we're
doing.
We
are
looking
at
a
statewide
level
through
regulation
and
what
the
best
screener
would
be
for
kindergarten
students.
E
So
we
will
do
that
through
the
department
of
education
and
through
regulation
changes
at
the
same
time,
instead
of
keeping
it
a
30-day
timeline
at
the
beginning
of
school,
we've
increased
another
15
days
to
allow
the
teacher
and
staff
and
principals
to
have
additional
time
to
be
able
to
test
those
students
correctly.
So
we
didn't
want
to.
We
didn't
want
to
miss
anybody,
so
we
gave
ourselves
a
buffer
to
do
those
screenings.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
can
I
follow
up
sure
and
if
you
could
answer
just
a
curiosity,
so
what
happens?
If
a
student
was
to
transfer
in
to
kindergarten,
or
you
know,
I
guess
this
applies
to
any
of
the
other
grades,
but
just
specifically
what
if
they
were
to
transfer
into
kindergarten
later
on
in
the
year,
do
they
have
to
be
assessed
within
the
first
45
days.
E
E
What
we
would
do
here
is
we
would
look
to
change
that
to
make
sure
all
students
within
the
first
45
days
are
tested
the
reason
that
we
would
not
continue
testing
after
the
45
day
period
45
day.
Initial
window
is
because
we
move
into
map
growth
assessments
that
the
students
do
a
winter
and
a
spring
assessment.
So,
by
the
time
the
student
arrives
that,
within
that
30-day
window,
they'll
already
be
taking
their
winter
assessment,
so
we'll
be
able
to
track
the
growth
on
those
exams.
C
F
D
I
had
a
question
about
the
height
and
weight
data
that
we're
collecting
it's
my
understanding
that
that
was
going
to
be
used
to
apply
for
grants.
So
could
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
more.
E
Thank
you,
brad
keating,
for
the
record,
the
grant
process,
so
this
bill
began,
I
believe
in
2015
it
was
then
some
changes
were
made
in
the
2017
session
and
senator
dennis
is
here
and
can
correct
any
of
the
information
I'm
providing,
because
these
were
his
bills.
Originally,
so
in
2015,
some
grants
were
were
brought
in
through
the
health
districts
to
help
kind
of
kick-start
the
program
up
to
that.
E
Since
that
time,
though,
there
have
been
no
grants
that
have
been
attained
by
the
health
districts
as
we
have
moved
forward,
which
is
why
we
had
looked
at
tweaking
this
program
and
working
with
the
school
with
the
health
districts
of
both
clark
and
washoe
county.
They
believed,
if
we
minimized
this
to
do
it
every
other
year.
They'd
still
have
the
data
to
be
able
to
apply
for
future
grants
through
the
cdc.
E
D
E
Brad
keating
for
the
record
again,
the
health
districts
should
be
on
the
line,
but
that
is
what
they
have
done
before.
Fam
a
number
of
different
family
opportune
family
grant
opportunities,
community
wellness
and
childhood
obesity
grants.
H
Thank
you
chair.
I
apologize.
I
wasn't
quite
ready
to
answer
the
ask
the
question,
but
on
page
two
of
the
bill
on
the
addition
to
section
one,
that's
subsection
three,
I'm.
I
know
that
we
have
the
first
45
days
of
the
school
year
and
obviously
like
as
an
educator
like
I'm
thinking
like
is
that
45
business
days
at
45
school
days
or
just
45
calendar
days,
and
maybe
that
would
be
a
place
for
clarification
too.
E
Thank
you,
brad
keating,
for
the
record
in
working
with
the
department
of
education,
the
intent
was
for
it
to
be
45
school
days.
If
we
need
to
clarify
that,
we
are
happy
to
do
so.
I
On
the
flip
side,
we
also
know
we
have
kindergarteners
that
come
in
and
can
spell
and
read
and
write
and
alphabet
and
count
and
and
all
kinds
of
different
levels
that
we're
at
so
I've
seen
what
this
is
like
when
elementary
schools
have
to
put
their
kindergartners
through
this
and
I've
also
seen
in
as
as
a
rapper
as
a
workaround,
where
some
actually
start
the
testing
before
school
starts
in
like
a
kindergarten
camp
or
a
welcome
to
school
camp
or
something
because
again
then,
instead
of
spending
weeks
and
weeks
and
utilizing
all
extra
staff
and
time
to
get
these
young
kids,
who
you
know
on
a
computer
to
do
these
tests,
they
can
actually
get
it
done
before
school.
I
I-
and
I
I
can't
imagine
what
that
would
have
done
for
my
love
of
learning
or
education.
If
that
was
my
introduction
to
school.
That
being
said,
I've
made
no
qualms
about
the
over
testing
that
we
do
here
in
the
state
in
the
district.
I
I,
although
I
recognize
that
some
is,
you
know,
required,
but
there's
also
additional
tests
that
the
districts
and
individual
schools
are
piling
on,
in
addition
to
what's
required
by
the
feds
in
the
state,
and
so
with
this,
and
maybe
my
questions
and
I
also
know
there's
a
bill
coming
out
of
interim
ed,
that
was
on
the
senate
side
about
literally
that
examining
the
excessive
testing
that
the
students
are
subject
to.
I
We
know
this
is
a
subject
that
parents,
educators
and
students
all
agree
on,
and
so,
if,
if
these
three
components
of
education,
parents,
students
and
educators
are
agreeing
on
it,
it's
really
time
to
look
at
the
excessive
testing.
So
my
question
is
one,
and
maybe
my
questions
are
better.
Maybe
I
should
maybe
a
department
of
education
can
answer
this.
So
why
are
we
testing
kindergartners
to
begin
with
the
idea
that
we're
supposed
to
measure
growth
and
have
a
baseline
data?
I
We
could
start
even
if
we
started
every
student
at
baseline
zero.
We
would
still
see
that
growth
for
each
individual
student.
So
that's
my
first
question
and
also
our
kindergarten
test,
because
I
still
believe,
there's
still
states
where
kindergarten
isn't
even
required
our
kindergarten
tests
required
at
a
federal
or
state
level,
because
I
know
that
at
the
state
level
they'll
do
what's
required
per
the
feds.
I
So
I
just
want
to
know
if
the
kindergarten
testing
is
it
actually
required,
or
is
this
something
that's
just
happening,
because
if
it's
not
required
by
the
feds
or
the
states,
then
why
are
we
still
doing
it
so
is
depart?
Can
dr
kinning,
can
you
answer
that,
or
is
that
better
for
the
department
of
ed.
E
J
J
Good
afternoon
felicia
gonzalez
deputy
superintendent,
for
the
record,
we
will,
we
will
connect
offline
and
we
will
provide
assembly
assembly
a
woman
miller,
a
response
from
dr
moore's
office.
A
If
you,
if
you
would
go
ahead
and
and
give
that
information
to
my
office
and
we
can
disseminate
it,
but
it
looked
like
vice
chair
miller,
wanted
to
follow
up.
I
Yes,
thank
you,
deputy
director
is
that
does
that
mean
you
have
to
research?
The
answer
that
you
don't
have
the
answer
readily
or
is
that?
Because
you
want
to
make
sure
that
you,
you
find
the
right
federal
requirements
or
something
I'm
just
wondering
it
just
seems
like.
That
would
be
something
that
would
be
known
information,
so
I'm
wondering
why
it
would
be
offline.
I
A
There
any
other
questions
from
committee
members.
We
have
assemblyman
win.
D
And
thank
you
for
this
bill.
I
am
googling
a
language
to
make
sure
I'm
using
the
right
education.
D
First
time
on
education,
but
I
am
familiar
with
some
of
these
things
as
a
parent
like.
D
Looking
at
my
kids
student.
D
Kind
of
can,
I
say
this
to
add,
like
clarifying
language,
to
ensure
that
those
assessments
are
like
the
criterion
referenced,
I'm
hoping
I'm
using
that
correctly.
So
we
know
what
like
as
a
parent.
I
know
what
the
assessment
is
evaluating.
Is
it
student
knowledge
or
is
it
that
norm
referenced
measurement
against
other
students?
D
E
Brad
keating
for
the
record.
I
go
back
to
my
teaching
days
and
you
would
receive
an
a
plus
for
that
question
and
it
was
worded
exactly
appropriately
for
the
conversation.
E
So
again,
I
think
that
would
be
a
question
for
the
department
of
education
regarding
how
the
assessments
are
cr,
what
type
of
assessment
we're
using
again
for
full
transparency.
As
the
committee
can
see
when
this
bill
started,
we
went
we
worked
to
remove
this
exam
period
as
a
brigance
exam
in
working
with
the
department
of
education.
It
was
important
to
them
that
we
continued
a
screener,
a
readiness
screener
to
make
sure
students
were
ready
for
kindergarten.
A
K
B-R-A-D-L-E-Y-M-A-Y-E-R,
testifying
on
behalf
of
the
southern
nevada
health
district
today,
the
southern
nevada
health
district
supports
the
collection
of
height
and
weight
data
for
the
purpose
of
determining
body
mass
index
and
a
sample
of
students
in
clark
and
washoe
counties.
Obesity
continues
to
be
a
serious
problem
in
our
community
in
clark
county.
The
percentage
of
individuals
who
are
overweight
or
obese
continues
to
increase,
and
this
increase
will
likely
accelerate
because
of
the
pandemic.
K
According
to
most
recent
risk,
behavioral
risk
factor,
survey
system
and
youth
risk
behavioral
survey,
data
68
of
adults
in
clark
county
are
overweight
or
obese,
and
29
percent
of
high
school
students
in
clark
county
are
overweight
or
obese.
As
mr
keating
mentioned,
we
work
closely
with
him
and
also
the
counterparts
of
the
washoe
county
school
district
and
washoe
county
health
district
to
come
up
with
an
amendment
that
was
put
on
the
assembly
side
to
allow
us
to
still
collect
this
data.
K
This
amendment
will,
you
know,
require
to
be
collected
for
students
every
other
year
during
their
hearing
vision,
scoliosis
screening.
So
this
data
is,
you
know.
Bmi
is
not
a
perfect
measure
of
this,
but
this
data
is
the
the
best
available
source
of
information,
and
so
it's
important
from
a
public
health
standpoint
to
collect
this
data
so
that
we
can
increase
our
ability
to
identify
trends
and
disparities
and
secure
and
direct
resources
to
where
they
are
most
needed.
The
importance
of
this
data
is
particularly
relevant.
K
Considering
covet
19,
we
anticipate
a
pandemic
to
have
a
negative
impact
on
childhood
obesity
due
in
part
to
increase
food
insecurity,
increase
sedentary
time
and
fewer
opportunities
for
physical
activity
organized
sports.
So
the
health
district
has
used
bmi
data
collected
in
the
past
to
support
federal
funding
and
has
worked
closely
with
the
clark
county
school
district
to
support
the
collection
of
height
and
weight
data,
and
between
2010
and
2012.
K
We
were
able
to
distribute
about
250
000
to
the
school
district,
to
buy
some
of
the
equipment
and
so
and
as
we
go
forward
into
the
future,
we
understand
that
there's
needs
that
are
going
to
be
ongoing,
and
so
it's
good
partners.
We
will
work
with
the
school
district
to
help
provide
them
more.
As
some
of
these
grants
come
in
they're
not
on
a
on
a
guaranteed
cycle,
so
that's
why
the
every
other
year
collection
works.
But,
in
conclusion,
we
support
the
continuation
of
collecting
this
data.
K
It's
important
and
we'll
continue
to
work
collaboratively
with
ccsd
and
other
stakeholders
to
support
the
efforts
to
collect
this
data,
ensure
it's
best
used
to
leverage
our
abilities
to
bring
additional
resources
into
nevada.
To
address
this
issue-
and
that's
concludes
my
testimony
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
A
L
And
I'm
representing
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents,
we
appreciate
clark
county
school
district,
bringing
this
bill
forward.
We
believe
that
it's
time
to
review
and
and
revamp
some
of
this
testing,
that's
done,
especially
with
our
little
children
and
the
change
for
the
height
weight.
L
A
M
Madam
chair,
thank
you.
Chris
dailey
nevada,
state
education,
association,
the
voice
of
nevada
educators
for
over
120
years.
Nsca
also
is
in
support
of
sb2
to
bring
you
know,
some
small
efficiencies
to
public
education.
In
particular,
we
appreciate
any
flexibility
that
can
be
provided
over
the
kindergarten
screening.
M
A
N
Madam
chair
senator
dennis
for
the
record
I
just
wanted
to
come
up
and
support.
I
I
worked
with
the
district
when
it
originally
came
out.
We
we
kind
of
dubbed
the
eliminate
mo
dennis
education
bills
because
he
had
like
two
or
three
of
them
that
they
were
limiting
that
and
one
was
the
height
weight
one.
The
other
one
was
the
civics
exam
and
some
other,
but
we
we
put
that
back
in
and
and
actually
on
the
and
what
I
will
say.
N
N
That's
that's
and
we
were
able
to
get
all
the
health,
the
the
washoe
and
clark
health
districts,
as
well
as
the
the
washroom
and
clark
school
districts
together,
and
we-
and
we
talked
to
the
the
rurals
also
and
the
change
by
doing
it
every
other
year,
eliminating
the
high
school
testing
because
they
were
having
full
kids
out
of
classes
to
do
it.
N
We
actually
are
now
going
to
end
up
with
a
much
better
data
pool,
because
thousands
more
kids
will
be
able
to
be
tested
when
they
do
the
scoliosis,
and
you
know
there
was
a
lot
of
questions
about.
Usually
when
you
talk
about
height
weight,
people
worry
about
somebody,
you
know
pulling
a
child
up
in
front
of
the
class
and
weighing
them-
and
you
know,
and
it's
this
is
all
anonymous,
and
the
data
is
all
anonymous.
N
But,
as
you
already
heard
from
the
health
district,
they
not
only
do
they
apply
for
grants,
but
they
were
able
to
use
it
in
their
decision
making
on
the
things
that
they
do.
You
know
it's
a
huge
issue,
especially
the
reason
I
brought
the
bill
originally
was
in
my
community
in
the
latino
community.
N
N
And
the
other
part
of
this
is
that
I
appreciate,
I
think
it's
important
to
to
look
back
at
legislation
in
the
case
of
especially
with
education.
N
If
there
are
things
that
we
did
that
have
fulfilled
their
purpose,
then
you
know,
then
you
know
to
to
look
and
see
if
we
don't
need
those
anymore,
and
I
know
that
that's
what
they're
trying
to
do
is
trying
to
make
it
more
efficient
and
make
sure
that
we
can
educate
our
children
to
the
best
that
we
can
and
try
to
eliminate
things
that
maybe
are
taking
up
time,
that
that
aren't
as
productive
anymore
and-
and
so
I
think
it
does
that.
So
I
think
this
is.
N
I
think
we
have
a
few
of
these
kind
of
bills
this
time
to
help
kind
of
clean
up
some
of
that.
So
this
is
one
of
those
that
does,
and
I
appreciate
them,
working
with
me
to
make
sure
that
we
could
still
do
the
height
weight
and
we
could
still
our
kids
could
still
do
the
civic
stuff
and
and
as
we
do
that
so
thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you-
and
I
was
just
also
made
aware-
and
I
just
wanted
the
committee
to
know
that
the
division
of
public
and
behavioral
health
also
uses
that
data
to
apply
for
grants,
so
it's
used
in
other
ways
as
well
and
important.
To
get
on
that
record.
Is
there
anybody
else
in
the
room
who
wanted
to
speak
in
support
of
sp2?
A
O
O
D
D
M-A-R-I-E-N-E-I-S-E-S-S,
president
of
the
clark
county
education
association,
cca
supports
senate
bill
2
and
thanks
to
clark
county
school
district
for
bringing
forth
this
bill,
sb2
takes
out
redundant
requirements
for
reporting
and
addresses
previously
underfunded,
mandates
by
giving
the
state
board
of
education
regulatory
authority
to
prescribe
a
statewide
screener
for
kindergarten
students.
The
nevada
education
system
will
have
the
flexibility
to
ensure
the
exam
we
utilize
is
current
and
provides
the
state
with
reliable
data
to
provide
better
outcomes
related
to
student
achievement.
D
Further
ccea
supports
sb2
because
the
changes
in
the
height
and
weight
measurements
will
not
take
students
away
from
time
in
the
classroom.
Cca
appreciates
the
efforts
of
this
committee
and
all
stakeholders
for
this
bill
and
supports
all
efforts
that
allows
educators
to
prioritize
learning,
while
giving
the
flexibility
that
comes
with
regulations
to
ensure
that
the
evolution
of
the
education
system
can
happen.
Cca
supports
the
restoration
to
before
the
pandemic,
related
budget
cuts
and
the
progression
to
optimally
fund
funding
of
the
pupil
center
funding
plan.
D
However,
as
we
wait
for
a
bipartisan
effort
to
target
new
revenue
for
sb
543,
we
must
leverage
all
partnerships
with
government
agencies
to
ensure
that
we
provide
the
wraparound
services
that
our
students
need.
Sb2
takes
a
much
needed
look
at
our
data
collection
in
coordination
with
local
health
districts
and
will
help
to
provide
public
health
program
programming
in
the
long
run
that
promotes
healthy
living
and
eating
habits
in
our
students.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
O
D
G-U-T-M-A-N-D-O-D-S-O-N
representing
the
washoe
county
health
district
this
afternoon,
I
just
want
to
ditto
what
southern
nevada
health
district's
representative
bradley
mayer
said:
we're
in
support
of
this
bill
and
we're
very
empathetic
to
unfunded
mandates,
so
we're
supportive
of
streamlining
whatever
we
can.
We
wanted
to
thank
brad,
brad,
keating
and
lindsey
anderson,
as
well
senator
dennis
for
working
with
us
to
keep
this
measure
in
statute,
so
it
works
for
everybody,
but
it's
a
little
easier
for
the
school
districts
to
maneuver,
and
we
also
want
to
mention
that
we're
here
to
support
washoe
county
school
district.
D
O
F
F
I'd
certainly
like
to
thank
them
for
working
with
us
on
this
piece
of
legislation
as
well,
and
the
clark
county
school
district,
we're
in
support
of
the
amended
version,
and
we
think
this
is
going
to
make
it
a
little
bit
easier
on
our
school
district
to
collect
this
data,
and
I
will
certainly
be
reaching
out
to
the
washoe
county
health
department
and
taking
them
up
on
their
offer.
They
are
already
great
partners.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
O
F
Good
afternoon
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
erica
valdras
e-r-I-c-a
e-r-I-c-a-d-a-l-d-r-I-v
with
the
vegas
chamber,
the
chamber
is
in
support
of
sb2.
The
chamber
believes
this
bill
will
provide
educators,
families
and
students
with
critical
knowledge
about
their
children's
development
and
growth.
These
assessments
can
provide
records
of
development
and
layout
approaches
to
learning.
Thank
you,
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
committee.
For
your
time.
We
urge
your
support
for
sb2.
O
F
A
Thank
you
and
with
that
we
will
close
testimony
in
support
of
sb2
and
move
on
to
opposition
testimony.
Is
there
anyone
in
the
room
who
wanted
to
offer
testimony
in
opposition
not
seen
anyone
and
anyone
on
the
zoom?
We
do
not
have
anyone
on
the
zoom
so
bps
do
you
have
any
callers
on
the
line
for
opposition
to
sb2.
O
A
O
A
Thank
you
bps,
so
we
will
close
testimony
in
the
neutral
position.
Mr
keating
did
you
want
to
come
up
and
make
some
closing
comments
and
he's
walking
up.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
brad,
keating
for
the
record,
just
in
quick
closing
comments
want
to
thank
the
committee
for
hearing
this
bill.
Thank
all
the
stakeholders
for
working
with
us
thank
senator
dennis
for
working
closely
with
us
to
make
sure
it
wasn't
a
repeal
mo
dennis
legacy
bill
and
to
assemblywoman.
E
When
I
realized
when
you
had
asked
the
question,
I
didn't
even
answer
your
question,
so
I
apologize
we
will
have.
I
will
work
closely
with
superintendent
ebert
and
the
department
of
ed
to
receive
additional
information
for
the
committee,
but
the
brigance
exam
is
a
norm
referenced
exam.
So
that
was
the
answer
to
that
question.
So
with
that,
madam
chair,
thank
you
again
for
the
committee
hearing
this
bill.
A
She
was
just
so
happy
to
get
the
a
plus
that
you
could
have
said
anything
I
so
with
that
we
will
close
the
hearing
on
sb2
and
just
because
we
do
have
a
lot
of
folks
on
the
line
for
our
work
session.
I
think
we're
gonna
just
do
our
work
session
really
quickly
and
get
that
out
of
the
way
since
we
have
all
members.
A
So
if
we
could
just
mine
our
next
two
presenters
just
hold
on
for
about
five
five
to
ten
minutes,
and
we
will
open
our
work
session.
P
Thank
you,
chair
bilbray
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
members
with
the
policy
issues
that
are
brought
forward
to
this
committee.
Our
work
session
documents
can
be
found
on
the
committee
website
on
nellis.
P
Our
first
bill
on
work
session
today
is
assembly
bill
450,
which
was
sponsored
by
the
office
of
the
governor
and
heard
by
the
committee
on
april,
22nd
ab450
directs
the
governor
to
appoint
a
committee
to
conduct
an
interim
study
concerning
opportunities
to
align
the
need
for
workforce
training
and
the
programs
offered
by
community
colleges
in
nevada
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
economy
of
the
state.
The
bill
establishes
the
membership
and
the
subjects
that
the
committee
is
required
to
study
and
requires
that
the
committee
provide
a
report
of
its
findings.
P
There
is
one
amendment
that's
been
proposed
by
chair,
bilbray
axelrod
and
adds
one
member
who
is
a
representative
of
a
labor
organization
in
the
state
and
who
has
or
has
had
a
defined
role
as
a
jointly
administered
apprenticeship
program
to
the
committee,
and
the
amendment
provides
a
definition
for
a
labor
organization.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
I
Thank
you
chair
my
question
on
and
it's
just
a
brief
question
on
this
bill,
and
I
don't
know
if
I
saw
someone
from
the
governor's
office
in
the
zoom
earlier.
Oh,
I
did
okay,
so
my
question
would
actually
be
for
them.
After
this
bill
was
presented.
I
actually
had
a
number
of
different
chambers
reach
out
to
me,
because
the
bill
states
that
there
would
be
three
chamber
representatives
from
three
chambers
of
commerce,
one
from
the
north
to
from
the
south
and
obviously
in
clark
county.
I
We
have
dozens
and
dozens
of
different
chambers,
so
the
questions
that
were
coming
to
me
were
just
basically
around
the
process
or
the
application
or
the
selection
process
about
how
chambers
would
actually
be
able
to
petition
or
apply
be
selected.
D
Thank
you
assemblywoman
miller.
This
is
heather
corbulic
representing
governor
sislek.
Thank
you
for
the
question
to
answer
your
question.
We
are
have
the
same,
a
process
for
applying
for
this
mission
or
board
as
any
other
board,
which
is
an
application
process
on
the
governor's
website
and
the
governor
would
then
choose
from
members
who
applied
and
appoint
them
to
the
board.
I
And
just
follow
up
how
quickly,
after
the
passage
of
this
bill,
would
that
process
begin
because
I
know
the
implementation
it
seemed
like.
This
is
definitely
something
that
the
governor
wants
to.
You
know
get
do
quickly.
You
know
that
you
know
kind
of
get
to
work
with
it.
So
do
you
know
how
soon
that
members
could
anticipate
that.
D
Thank
you
for
the
question
heather
corbin
for
the
record,
so
we
anticipate
being
willing
and
able
and
capable
of
taking
applications
for
these
positions
just
as
soon
as
the
bill
passes
and
then
we'll
make
appointments.
You
know
quickly
because
we
have
a
short
timeline
to
get
all
of
this
work
done.
So
it
is
a
priority
of
the
governors
and
we
will
be
working
on
appointments
as
soon
as
possible.
A
L
Go
ahead.
Thank
you,
chair,
bilbray
axelrod.
I
will
be
voting
yes
to
get
this
bill
out
of
committee,
but
want
to
reserve
my
right
to
change
my
vote
prior
to
floor.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and,
and
thank
you
to
the
presenters
on
this
bill.
I'm
going
to
be
a
no
on
this
because
I'm
concerned
that
it's
duplicating
efforts
with
what
we
already
do
through
owen
and
I'm
also
concerned
with
with
the
proposed
move
of
owen
under
dieter
and
then
duplicating
this
under
the
governor's
office.
That
there's
just
would
be
some
silos
there
and
some
lack
of
coordination
that
I
think
is
just
really
important,
so
I'd
rather
keep
it
all
consolidated
together.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
assemblyman
told
us,
and
we
had
had
that
conversation,
so
I
appreciate
that
anyone
else.
Okay,
with
that,
we
will
have
the
secretary
and
it
sounds
like
there
will
be
some
difference
in
voting,
so
we'll
all
have
the
nays
go
ahead
and
raise
their
hand
after
we
take
their
role
or
not.
The
roll
call
that
they're
just
all
in
favor
of
it.
A
A
P
The
summer
school
programs
must
include
options
for
transportation
and
meal
services,
and
the
bill
requires
that
personnel
hired
for
the
program
received
supplemental
pay
equal
to
their
contract
rate,
and
certain
reports
must
be
submitted
as
well.
There
is
one
proposed
amendment
provided
by
senator
dondero
loop,
which
does
the
following
adds.
A
C
C
L
Marilyn
dondero
loop
for
the
record,
while
we
recognize
many
groups
have
some
type
of
summer
program.
This
will
be
a
summer
school
also
just
as
a
reminder
that
we
have
many
different
types
of
counties
within
our
state
and
they
all
do
different
things
because
of
different
type
groups
of
people
that
live
within
their
community.
So
we
have
some
that
have
a
hundred
kids
in
a
county
and
we
have
some
that
have
320
000
kids
in
a
county.
C
H
Torres
thank
you,
and
I
do
appreciate
the
many
parts
of
the
amendment
that
are
presented
with
this
bell
and
I
guess
I'm
still
not
understanding.
Why
we're
not
adding
that
language,
and
I
think
that
this
would
be
really
powerful,
because
these
programs
follow
students
not
just
during
high
school
but
throughout
throughout
the
night,
and
not
just
through
that
one
summer.
It's
not
a
four-week
program.
When
we
look
at
programs
like
trio
deans
for
future
scholars.
H
H
So
I
guess
I'm
still
a
little
uncomfortable
with
that,
and
I
you
know
I
I
just
don't
understand
why
we're
why
it's
not
being
added
in
since
we
know
that
these
programs
are
effective
and
I
think
it's
more
than
just
a
summer
program
or
a
summer
school.
I
what
I
what
I
love
about
these
programs
is
it's
a
it's
a
commitment
to
follow
that
kid.
For
so
long.
L
Thank
you
for
those
comments,
marilyn
dondero
luke
for
the
record.
I
don't
think
anything
in
this
bill
prevents
any
of
that
that
you
just
described.
I
actually
think
that
this
enhances
that
this
is
basically
a
four
week
program
offered
by
any
school
district
in
our
state
and
that
will
allow
these
students
to
go
to
school,
and
I
I
absolutely
would
hope
that
the
programs
that
you're
speaking
about
would
continue
to
embrace
these
students
and
follow
them
and.
H
Again,
just
a
follow-up
for
clarification,
too.
I
think
the
concern
that
you
know
I've
heard
from
my
colleagues
that
work
in
trio
is
that
we're
going
to
be
losing
students
to
these
programs,
because
they're
going
to
go
to
their
neighborhood
school
and
we
want
to
encourage
the
relationship
between
neighborhood
schools.
I
Thank
you
senator
first,
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
adopting
I'm
assuming
you're
you're.
You
adopted
it
because
it's
here
in
the
revised
the
reprint,
the
amen,
the
amended
version
for
what
is
it
section
two
one
and,
of
course
I'm
gonna
address
testing.
I
So
I
I
love
the
amendment
because
I
think
it
gets
at
you
know
what
everyone
wants
to
see,
which
is
you
know
the
growth
that's
made,
because
obviously
a
major
part
of
this
program
is
to
you
know
knowing
that
there's
some
some
learning
loss
there's
also
some
socialization
loss,
but
which
four
weeks
of
summer
school
will
help
too,
but
knowing
there's
some
learning
loss
and
wanting
to
get
our
kids
caught
up,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
program
was
effective
and
I
think
that
this
amendment
is
great.
I
Just
basically
having
to
do.
You
know
a
comparison
group
comparing
the
growth
and
success
of
students
who
went
through
the
four
weeks
and
those
who
didn't,
but
I
I
still
the
way
that
it's
written
for
me.
I
believe
that
this
amendment
could
actually
replace
any
data
or
any
type
of
exam,
because
it
says,
but
it
still
says
one
or
more
measures
of
pupil
achievement,
so
that
would
the
way
it's
written
right
now
mean
that
you
could
still
give
other
tests.
I
I
I
just
think
that
this
amendment
is
suffice
in
itself
and
we
don't
still
need
the
part
of
one
or
more
measures
of
pupil
achievement.
We
don't
need
other
measures
of
pupil
achievement.
We're
just
seeing
have
have
these
kids
demonstrated
growth,
and
I
think
right
there
between
the
comparison
group
that
hey
the
students
that
went
through
the
program
did
demonstrate
growth,
and
this
is
how
much
so
I
don't
know.
If
that's
something
senator,
you
want
to
speak
to
or
department
of
education,
but.
L
Marilyn
dondero
loop
for
the
record,
I'm
happy
to
have
the
department
of
ed
jump
in
if
they'd
like,
but
our
thought
was
is
because
there
was
some
connection
and
some
issues
with
doing
testing
during
that
four
week
period.
What
we
decided
was,
maybe
what
we
could
do
is
say:
okay,
so
a
test
that
happened
this
year
right
and
a
test
that
happens
in
the
next
year,
so
those
tests
will
happen
and
so
we'll
compare
those
as
opposed
to
testing
during
the
summer
school
four
week
session.
I
Follow-Up
chair
and-
and
I
appreciate
that
and
and
think
that
that's
the
best
way
to
to
go.
I
think
this
is
a,
but
I
guess
my
concern
is
still
because
we
all
know
that
there
is
a
difference
between
what
happens
here
in
carson
city
and
what
happens
in
the
classrooms
in
the
school
districts.
And
so
when
I
see
one
or
more
measures
as
you're
you're
speaking
as
a
teacher
and
of
course
we
expect
and
appreciate
all
of
those
in
class
measurements.
L
And
I
appreciate
that
we'll
just
have
to
agree
to
disagree,
because
that
is
not
the
intent
of
the
legislation,
and
we
all
know
that
any
legislation
that
we
that
we
submit
in
this
entire
process
in
120
days
can
always
be
taken
out
of
context
if
it
wants
to
be
or
it
can
be
put
into
context.
L
But
I
will
be
monitoring
this
and
I've
had
many
conversations
with
the
state
department
and
school
districts
and-
and
I
believe
that
everybody
is-
is
good
with
this
process
and
as
a
teacher
for
many
many
years
that
did
many
different
types
of
assessments.
L
A
A
B
P
Being
considered
and
going
to
roll
out.
L
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
senator
don
darrell
luke
for
bringing
this
bill
that
would
allow
the
addressing
of
learning
loss
caused
by
the
cova
19
pandemic
and
allowing
our
kids
to
attend
summer
school
I'll
be
voting.
Yes,.
B
A
A
And
those
of
you
jorney
will
you
please
raise
your
hand,
assemblyman,
macarthur
and
assembly
woman
hanson
rna
motion
does
carry.
I
will
assign
the
floor
statement
to
assemblywoman
anderson,
who
is
on
the
zoom
and
if,
for
some
reason
you
can't
do
it,
which
I
can't
see
that
wouldn't
happen.
I
will
take
it
from
you,
but
congratulations
and
thank
you
for
your
hard
work.
Both
you
and
senator
don
darrell
loop
on
this
important
piece
of
legislation.
Thank.
A
L
P
A
Q
A
Have
12
questions
she
has
12
questions
any
anyone
else.
Okay,
I
would
take
a
motion
to
do.
A
A
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
It's
great
to
be
with
you
this
afternoon,
madam
chair
and
committee
members,
for
the
record
senator
mo
dennis
representing
senate
district
two.
Today
I
have
the
pleasure
presenting
sb
352,
which
ultimately
helps
reduce
additional
barriers
for
those
who
want
to
become
teachers,
and
I'm
excited
to
be
able
to
work
on
this
legislation.
N
So
let
me
give
you
some
background.
The
phrase
chronic
teacher
shortage
has
been
voiced
countless
times
over
the
years
and
remains
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
in
our
education
system.
N
N
What
keeps
me
awake
at
times
is
knowing
that
as
more
of
the
state's
baby
boomers
retire,
our
need
for
new
teachers
will
only
grow.
Making
our
teacher
core
even
younger
and
less
experienced
nevada
is
not
the
only
state
affected
by
this
problem.
Shortages
have
grown
in
recent
years
as
enrollment
and
teacher
preparation
programs
has
declined
nationwide.
N
districts
across
the
country
are
facing
severe
and
chronic
teacher
shortages,
especially
within
certain
subjects
and
specialty
areas.
We
know
these
per
persistent
shortages
can
be
very
costly
for
districts
and
can
have
a
negative
impact
on
workforce
quality,
student
outcomes
and
school
climate,
among
other
things.
Even
worse.
The
great
greatest
impacts
of
these
shortages
are
typically
seen
in
schools
that
can
least
afford
them.
This
legislature
has
done
a
lot
of
great
work
over
the
years
to
address
teacher
shortages,
including
strengthening
recruitment
and
retention
efforts.
N
N
The
bill
before
you
today
is
another
way
to
help
eliminate
barriers
for
those
who
want
to
enter
the
teaching
for
the
teaching
profession,
which
ultimately
helps
build.
Our
teacher
workforce
senate
bill
352
requires
the
commission
on
professional
standards
in
education
to
adopt
regulations
that
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.
N
As
far
as
proposed
amendments.
I
just
realized,
as
I
was
sitting
here,
that
that
they
they
did
that
we
did
have
an
amendment
that
didn't
get
turned
in.
That
is
going
to
help
not
only
with
teachers
but
with
school
psychologists
and
so
you're
going
to
hear
about
that
in
just
a
minute.
That'll
help
remove
those
barriers
so
that
we
can
get
some
more
school
psychologists.
N
I
think
that
what
really
attracted
me
to
this
was
the
fact
that
the
teachers
that
were
talking
about
the
future
teachers
that
we're
talking
about
removing
barriers
are
people
that
are
already
working
in
our
schools,
but
they
can't
afford
to
take
time
off
to
do
student
teaching.
That
was
one
of
the
berries
and
you'll
hear
about
this
from
ms
crawford
as
she
speaks
about
what
why
she
worked
on
this
and
what
and
the
the
survey
that
she
did.
N
I
think
this
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
really
bring
folks
that
are
already
living
in
our
neighborhoods
and
and
going
in
and
rep
or
good
representation
of
our
student
body
that
want
to
be
teachers,
and
that
will
have
that
opportunity.
So
with
that,
I'm
sure
committees.
I
thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
this
bill.
I
urge
support
of
sv
352,
which
ultimately
helps
address
those
barriers
for
which
those
wishing
to
enter
the
teaching
profession
and
the
school
psychology
profession.
N
Yeah
she
either
she
will
or
or
she's.
N
And
we
also
have
the
the
school
psychology
psychologists
here
too,
doctor
dog,
katie
dockweiler.
Please
go.
G
Hello,
thank
you
for
having
me
michelle
is
the
guido's
cruise
crawford
for
the
record
and
thank
you
sponsor
senator
dennis
for
allowing
me
to
present
this
bill
today,
so
this
bill,
I'm
really
excited
to
be
here.
I
am
obsessed
with
removing
barriers
and
public
education
is
my
passion.
G
I
have
started
this
bill
as
a
the
work
started
as
a
building
principal.
I
am
a
current
building
principal
that
has
about
85
percent
lap,
teenex
students
and
20
percent
or
sorry
15,
african
american
students,
so
I
represent
a
majority
minority
community.
I
also
serve
on
the
air
force
guard
in
the
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
headquarters
sector,
so
this
bill
started
because
I
had
some
openings
of
positions
within
my
building
and
I
started
talking
to
my
support
staff
employees.
G
These
are
employees
that
work
in
the
classroom
every
day
and
assist
with
needs
such
as
pulling
small
groups.
Instructional
needs
diapering,
whatever
is
needed
with
it
needed
within
a
special
ed
classroom,
mainly-
and
I
noticed
that
many
of
them
were
going
to
school
very
slowly
because
they
make
under
20
000
a
year,
but
they
were
going
to
school,
but
they
stopped
their
schooling.
Once
they
got
to
student
teaching
student
teaching
takes
about
16
weeks.
G
In
that
time
they
would
have
to
quit
their
job
lose
their
pay
and
benefits
in
order
to
student
teach
in
a
classroom
that
they're
already
working
in,
and
I
just
thought
this
was
absurd
and
it
would
be
common
sense
to
allow
them
to
remain
in
their
role
and
do
their
student
teaching
in
their
job
if
their
area
of
licensure
matched
that.
So
that's
where
this
bill
came
from
and
I
will
address
and
show
you.
J
G
So
the
amendment
that
we
added
the
first
part
of
the
bill
is
to
allow
someone
employed
as
a
paraprofessional
to
do
their
student
teaching,
while
remaining
employed
as
long
as
that
area
of
licensure
matches
that
job
that
they're
doing
the
amendment
is
to
add
school
psychologists.
G
Here
so
currently
within
ccsd
we
have
30
psychological
service
assistants,
so
they're
doing
the
same
job
as
an
assistant
for
the
psychology
department,
for
example
at
my
school
I
have
had
a
new
psychologist
off
and
on
for
the
past
three
years,
and
when
I
do
not
have
a
psychologist
in
my
building,
I
have
a
psychological
service
assistant,
assess
my
students
and
with
this
currently
we
have
30
within
ccsd,
and
29
of
them
are
bilingual.
G
So
when
you
have
a
student
that
is
elo,
you
have
to
put
in
a
bilingual
psych
request.
I
have
waited
approximately
about
six
months.
Each
time
I
put
in
one
of
those
requests.
This
would
significantly
improve
that
and
we
currently
have
three
psas
enrolled
in
the
psychological
program.
So
this
would
have
a
direct
impact
and
we
would
see
the
benefits
right
away
from
that
escape
from
here,
and
I
just
wanted
to
show
a
couple.
Other
stats
ccsd
recently
released
a
report
from
the
office
of
the
superintendent's
teacher
recruitment
and
retention.
G
Commission
and
right
here
has
the
student
population
is
in
the
dark,
blue
and
the
employee
teacher
licensed
teacher
population
is
in
the
light,
blue
and,
as
you
can
see,
our
white
category
caucasian
category,
we
have
significantly
more
caucasian
teachers
than
students
and,
as
we
go
into
african
american,
we
have
significantly
less
about
half
african-american
population
of
students
compared
to
employees.
That
means
we
have
sorry.
We
have
double
the
africa.
Oh,
I
think
I'm
touching
something
sorry
and
for
hispanic
we
have
over
here.
This
is
our
employee
population.
This
is
our
student
population.
G
D
G
Okay,
I'm
going
to
pause
on
that,
I'm
having
technical
difficulties.
I
do
have
four
support
staff
members
that
are
currently
waiting
to
be
able
to
do
their
student
team
they
make
under
20
20
000
a
year
and
would
directly
be
able
to
come
into
classrooms
after
their
student
teaching
next
year.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
so
much.
N
Do
we
do
we
have
dr
doc
weiler.
Q
Good
afternoon
katie
dochweiler
for
the
record
director
of
government
professional
relations
for
the
nevada
association
of
school
psychologists.
We
want
to
thank
senator
dennis
and
the
senate
education
committee
for
bringing
this
bill
forward.
This
has
been
a
big
barrier
for
school
psychologists
to
get
them
into
the
pipeline.
Q
For
many
many
years
we
need
to
complete
a
one-year
internship
in
which,
like
ms
crawford
mentioned,
we
would
have
to
put
our
employment
as
a
paraprofessional
and
then
lose
our
benefits
to
pursue
that
degree,
and
so
this
this
bill
really
supports
a
lot
of
the
work
that
has
been
happening
in
nevada
over
the
last
couple
years
through
this,
through
legislation
and
through
the
regulatory
process
in
terms
of
getting
more
school
psychologists
into
the
schools
to
help
support
our
students,
and
this
bill
really
will
take
down
that
barrier
so
that
we
can
make
our
workforce
more
robust
and
get
more
school
psychologists
into
the
pipeline.
Q
And
if
there
are
any
specific
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
them
from
the
promo
committee.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
testimony.
Senator
dennis
is
that
it
would
you
like
to
open
it
up
to
questions.
N
J
Good
afternoon
I
have
deputy
superintendent
felicia
gonzalez
for
the
record
from
the
nevada
department
of
education.
Yes,
since
the
the
department
of
education
and
the
and
the
education
preparation
institutions
will
well
we'll
be
reimagining
what
the
student
teaching
experience
looks
like.
J
However,
the
employ
employers
do
not
need
to
wait
for
regulation
as
this,
as
this
change
in
nrs
clearly
states
that
current
employees
can
remain
employed
while
completing
their
student
teaching
experience
or
their
internship,
as
as
they
are,
as
they
will
be
employed
as
school
psychologists
assist
assistants.
J
So
because
of
this,
there
should
be
no
issue
related
to
the
implementation.
The
we
will.
J
We
will
be
writing
regulation
to
further
define
the
change
in
the
acceleration
for
the
education
preparation
program
for
the
support
staff
employees,
and
also
to
write
regulation
for
teachers
that
that
live
in
a
foreign
country
that
are
that
are
would
like
to
move
here
and
to
teach.
We
will
draft
those
regulations
to
further
define
what
that
looks
like,
but
as
far
as
the
support
staff
employees
that
this
this
bill
clearly
defines
what
that
would
look
look
like,
and
so
there
should
be
no
no
issue
with
implementation.
N
One
quick
comment:
the
other
thing
that
hasn't
been
brought
up
is
that
this
would
also
bring
standardization
to
the
student
teaching
which
currently
now
is
different
depending
on
the
institution
that
they
they
go
to.
So
this
will
help
to
try
to
standardize
that
across
the
nc
institutions
and
with
that.
A
I
know
I
have
one
from
vice
chair,
I'm
gonna.
I
have
one
from
assemblywoman
krasner
anybody
else,
assemblywoman
taurus,
so
we'll
go
in
that
order.
Sorry
go
ahead.
Vice
chair.
I
Thank
you
senator
and
thank
you,
deputy
superintendent.
Whoever
wants
to
respond
I'll,
just
put
it
out
there.
I
am
one
that
doesn't
believe
that
we
should
keep
just
removing,
removing
and
simplifying
it.
Just
for
the
need
to
you
know,
but
we're
in
such
desperate
need
of
teachers.
We
we
haven't
done
what
it's
really
going
to
take
to
turn
to
turn
this
ship
around
and
yes,
we
are
in
desperate
needs
of
t
of
teachers,
but
we
keep
going
back
to
that
ideology
that
anyone
can
teach
and
that
we
just
need
people
in
there.
I
We
don't
see
this
happening
in
other
professions.
I
don't
see
in
the
nursing
field,
where
you
know.
Oh,
we
have
a
nursing
shortage,
so
we
just
need
to
take
cnas
and
just
you
know
fast
track
them
in
and
now
they're
our
ends.
So
my
question
is
and-
and
my
concern
is
that
with
student
teaching,
it
really
is
a
clinical
experience.
I
In
fact,
I've
seen
people
fail
student
teaching
multiple
times
and
yet
continue
to
be
full-time
subs,
and
so
I
I
don't
want
to
take
away
or
reduce
that
experience,
that's
not
to
say
that
there
aren't
plenty
of
support
staff
and-
and
I
know,
support
staff
too-
that
have
gone
through
the
process
and
become
fully
licensed
teachers.
So
we
know
there's
many
support
staff
that
want
to
be
teachers
that
will
be
teachers
and
will
be
fantastic
teachers.
I
I
I
Are
we
reducing
16
weeks
to
one
week
I
mean
we
see
the
same
inconsistencies
with
arl
programs.
You
know
I've
seen
people
come
in
after
an
ar
arl
program
after
two
or
three
weeks,
and
so
what
what
are?
What
are
we
saying?
Oh
you've
been
instead
of
doing
student
teaching.
You
just
do
two
weeks
or
we
just
take
this
whole
thing.
You
know
your
years
of
working
as
as
an
aide
as
your
student
teaching
there's
so
much
in
student
teaching.
I
I
mean
it's
a
clinical
you're
evaluated
by
the
the
college
you're
evaluated
by
your
lead
teacher,
you're,
expected
to
perform
and
demonstrate
and
teach
and
do
everything
on
your
own
and
all
those
responsibilities
and
and
that's
what
not
only
really
trains
and
mold
you,
but
also
helps
us
capture
those
who
aren't
performing
well
enough
to
do
it
on
their
own.
My
next
question
is
also
because
there
was
a
discussion
a
year
ago
about
that
this
would
possibly
include
individuals
that
didn't
even
have
their
bachelor's
degrees
yet.
I
N
So
what
what
the
intent
here
is
that
they
can
still
fulfill
all
of
the
requirements
that
you
need
to
fulfill
for
student
teaching,
but
not
have
to
give
up
your
job,
because
these
are
individuals
that
are
already
working
in
the
classroom
every
day
and
and
yet
they
don't
become
teachers,
because
they
can't
afford
to
take
off
that
semester.
So
we're
just
trying
to
remove
that
one
barrier.
N
They
got
to
get
that
student
teaching
done,
and
I
know
having
my
son
well,
my
wife
went
through
not
that
long
ago
either,
but
my
son
he
had
to
save
up,
he
was
he
was
substitute
teaching
while
going
to
school
and
and
and
he
was
able
and
he
had
been
doing
a
long-term
sub
and
he
had
to
save
up
to
be
able
to
finish
that
you
know
so.
I
know
there's
a
big
challenge
and
many
of
these
individuals
you
know
are
in
that
situation
where
they
just
can't.
N
I
I
Is
that
again
with
within
what
they'll
do
is
that
they
would
take
people
who
are
actually
doing
student
teaching
and
then
hire
them
as
full-time
subs,
because
so
the
reverse
so
there's
a
gap
we
need.
We
have
a
vacancy,
we
need
a
full-time
sub
and
they're
like
oh
well.
I
I
My
question
too
is,
and
maybe
that's
for
the
department
with
developing
these
regulations
is,
will
these
individuals
be
supervised
and
will
there
be
some
student
teaching
experience
and,
of
course,
what
you
know
what
times
or
amount
are
we
taking
and
then
I
guess
it
just
goes
back
to
the
real
elephant
in
the
room.
Then
why
don't
we
just
provide
benefits
and
pay
while
they're
student
teaching.
N
Yeah
and-
and
I
agree-
and
I
think
that
I
don't
know
who
wants
to
start
first,
but
if
ms
crawford
or
or
at
least
or
miss
gonzalez,
either
one,
I
think
they
could.
They
can
talk
about
what
the
they
and
what
we
are
envisioning
as
far
as
what
the
process
would
be.
G
Thank
you,
michelle's
aquidos
cruz
crawford
for
the
record.
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
miller.
I
hear
your
concerns
and
this
is
this
is
the
traditional
education
route,
so
the
support
staff
members
would
have
their
solid
120,
plus
credits
there
for
four
years
and
then,
when
it
comes
to
student
teaching,
they
would
remain
in
their
role
if
it
meets
the
area
of
licensure
under
a
licensed
teacher.
So
that's
what
I
was
going
to
show
you
earlier
the
videos,
so
I
currently
have
a
special
ed
aide
in
a
special
ed
classroom.
G
The
majority
that
I
have
spoken
to,
according
to
my
district
survey,
where
I
had
1300
support
staff
members
respond
and
have
thousands
and
thousands
of
hours
of
in
classroom
experience.
They
live
in
the
communities
that
they
work
in
and
they're
in
with
their
recruitment
and
retainment.
G
G
This
is
a
way
to
remove
a
barrier
that
increases
student
achievement
and
also
creates
generations
of
people
that
are
going
to
go
to
college,
because
once
they
see
that
their
teachers
that
live
in
their
communities
have
gone
to
college,
it's
it's
basically
just
creating
upward
mobility
by
removing
a
barrier
that
is
very
outdated.
A
lot
of
districts
and
states
have
removed
it.
It's
in
president
biden's
recovery
plan
it
just
it
just
makes
complete
sense.
I
think,
hopefully
I
addressed
your
questions.
If
not
thank
you
so
much.
I
L
Thank
you,
chair,
billbury
axelrod.
Thank
you
senator
for
bringing
this
bill.
I
did
have
a
question
regarding,
I
think
you
said
it
was
the
bill
amendment
that
that
didn't
make
it
and
so,
and
it
was
regarding
the
psychological
services
assistance.
I'm
not
sure
who
wants
to
answer
my
question,
but
you
mentioned
that
we
are
going
to
propose
in
this
bill
to
have
psychological
services,
assistance
or
psas
that
when
you
can't
have
a
licensed
psychologist
for
the
school
you'll
use
a
psa
and
I'm
wondering
what
will
the
level
of
education
be
for
a
psa?
L
N
I
think
dr
dockweiler
probably
could
answer.
Q
That
thank
you,
senator
dennis
and
to
answer
answer
your
question.
Assemblywomankrasner
psychological
services.
Assistants
are
support
staff,
at
least
in
the
clark
county
school
district.
We
use
them
to
help
assist
us
with
evaluation,
so
they
do
need
to
practice
under
a
licensed
school
psychologist
and
a
lot
of
their
duties
include
scheduling,
meetings
assisting
with
basic
testing
functions.
Q
Tech
typically
have
about
two
to
three
years
of
education,
and
it
really
is
that
one
year,
internship
that
really
prevents
them
from
moving
on
to
becoming
a
licensed
school
psychologist.
They
take
years
and
years
of
schooling,
and
then
it's
that
one
year
that
they
must
take
off
to
complete
that
internship
that
prevents
them
from
moving
on.
I
hope
that
addressed
your
question.
L
So
so
will
will
there
be
any
minimum
qualification
of
education
for
a
psa
number
one
and
then
number
two.
You
said
previously
that
if
you
know
when,
when
you
don't
have
psych
school
licensed
psychologists,
you'll
use
these
psas.
So
in
those
instances
who
will
they
be
working
under,
if
not
a
licensed
psychologist,
if
there's
not
one
available.
Q
Assembly,
woman
crowd
nurse
is
katie
dockweiler
for
the
record.
The
minimum
requirements
for
a
psa
currently
is
about
two
to
three
years.
It
depends
on
that's
something
that
we
can
also
work
with
the
department
of
education
on
with
licensing
and
through
regulation.
Q
We,
the
psychological
assistants,
all
do
need
to
work
with
a
licensed
school
psychologist,
so,
for
example,
here
at
at
my
school,
but
this
is
how
it
works
everywhere.
If
leading
assistants
with
any
referrals
that
we
receive,
then
we
put
in
a
request
for
a
psa
to
come
assist
us.
They
are
not.
Q
N
Thank
you
met
him
terrorist
senator
dennis.
I,
I
think
also
you
probably
heard
in
the
presentation
where
miss
crawford
mentioned
that
she
had
a
psa
come
in
this.
What
this
amendment
would
do,
literally
all
the
amendment
says:
school
psychologists,
support
staff
and
enroll
school
psychologists,
support
staff
and
enrolled
in
a
program
to
become
a
school
psychologist
to
complete
a
program
of
internship
while
employed
as
a
school
psychologist,
support
staff.
N
So
so
the
amendment
for
the
school
psychologist
is
similar
to
the
teacher
one
in
that
they're
already
working
for
the
district
as
a
psa,
but
this
would
give
them
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
be
employed
while
they
do
the
internship
instead
of
having
to
do
an
unpaid
internship
for
a
year.
L
A
Can
we
do
have
a
few
more
questions,
so
I
will
go
next
to
eenie
meenie
miney,
moe,
assemblywoman
taurus.
H
Torres
are
tolts
hi
good
good
afternoon,
and
I
was
going
to
say
good
morning
good
afternoon,
senator
it's
always
great
to
have
you
in
the
education
committee,
and
I
and
I
really
like
this
piece
of
legislation.
I
appreciate
ms
crawford
for
reaching
out
to
me
to
talk
to
me
about
the
idea
much
before
it
was
even
in
the
assembly
committee.
H
So
I'm
really
excited
to
see
this
piece
of
legislation
before
us
today
and
I'm
just
hoping
you
can
maybe
give
us
some
clarification
too
about
what
this
looks
like
for
admin
right
now,
just
to
compare
two
programs,
because
I
know
you
know
my
understanding
is
that
when
school
leadership,
an
educator
then
becomes
a
principal
that
they
have
to
do
something
similar
where
maybe
they're
shadowing
a
principal
or
something
of
that
sort,
but
they're
not
required
to
leave
their
profession
right,
like
they're
able
to
find
maybe
a
more
administrative
position
within
the
school
that
they
can
do
or
coaching
position
and
then
still
also
do
that
like
shadowing
or
student
teaching.
G
Michelle
crawford
for
the
record,
yes,
that's
correct!
What
I've
seen
is
we
do
unpaid
internships
for
people
that
make
the
least
amount
of
money,
so
admin
has
a
lot
of
flexibility.
When
I
did
my
hours,
I
was
able
to
continue
my
role
as
an
instructional
coach.
H
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
because
I
think
it
kind
of
highlights
the
the
disparity
of
inequities
that
exist
within
the
system
right.
We
know
that
we
really
don't
have
enough
teachers,
specifically
teachers
of
color
right.
We
know
that
we're
underrepresented
in
in
our
schools
and
in
our
communities.
I
I
think
it
would
be
phenomenal
for
us
to
create
a
program
that
doesn't
fast-track
becoming
a
teacher,
because
that's
not
what
this
legislation
is
doing.
H
It's
just
kind
of
streamlining
that
process
of
the
individuals
that
are
working
in
the
school
have
the
ability
to
easily
to
easily
get
that
get
the
requirements
done
and
still
complete
their
the
the
other
training
that
they
need
so
that
they
can
become
an
educator.
So
I
think
that
you
know
this
kind
of
respects
that
you
know
paraprofessionals
play
a
vital
role
in
our
school
communities
and
they
should
have
access
to
moving
up
and
becoming
educators,
and
we
should
encourage
them
to
do
so.
H
I
have
a
lot
of
individuals
in
my
family
that
have
had
a
lot
of
issues
getting
their
student
teaching
done
because
of
that
the
amount
of
time
taking
off
work.
You
know
changing
professions
and
we
want
to
encourage
them
to
stay
in
education
and
work
in
education
for
as
much
as
possible.
So
I
really
appreciate
this
piece
of
legislation.
Thank
you
for
getting.
C
You,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
senator
for
the
bill.
I
I
was
just
interested
in
knowing
if
we
had
any
any
numbers
of
what
we
thought
when
we
cast
this
net
out
there,
what
the
what
this
is
going
to
look
like,
if
do,
we
have
any
understanding
of
how
many
folk
we
think
we're
going
to
be
pushing
through
this
pipeline.
G
Michelle,
as
you
can
see,
cruz
crawford
for
the
record,
so
I
conducted
a
survey
just
within
ccsd
that
I
sent
out
to
paraprofessionals
and
gave
them
approximately
three
weeks
to
respond.
I
had
1398
that
this
would
immediately
help
or
help
within
the
next
few
years
I
took
that
number
and
have
created
facilitation
groups
where
we're
mentoring,
800
support
staff
members
in
enrolling
into
college
courses
for
licensure
passing
their
practice
and
whatever
else
help
they
need
with
licensure.
A
Committee,
any
other
questions
before
we
move
on
to
testimony
and
support
okay.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
and
I
will
first
go
to
miss
crawford.
If
I
hear
you
are
ready
with
your
videos,
so
we
will
start
that
in
testimony
for
support,
if
you
want
to
show
those.
A
G
We're
going
to
give
it
one
try
everything:
okay,
michelle
has
to
get
us
cruz
crawford
for
the
record.
Here
are
some
support
staff
members
that
this
would
affect.
D
Hernandez
and
I
am
an
spta
at
ronaldo
elementary,
I
currently
work
with
the
inclusion
title
one
pre-k
program
and
I've
also
been
in
self-contained
early
childhood.
I've
been
in
spta
for
about
seven
years
and
four
years
prior.
I
was
also
a
substitute
for
about
four
years
at
the
same
school,
so
I've
been
kind
of
made
it
a
career,
my
education
and
as
a
single
mom
of
four
kids.
It's
every
day
is
a
struggle
financially
and
just
with
child
care.
D
So
that's
kind
of
been
a
block
like
a
wall
in
my
career
path,
it
seems
like
when,
as
soon
as
I
want
to
you
know,
get
going
finish
my
degree.
Something
always
has
to
stop
me
and
it's
things
that
are
just
out
of
my
control
and
yeah,
but
I
mean
I
haven't.
D
I
I
just
keep
blocking
those
punches
and
keep
trying
to
roll,
even
if
I
go
slow,
but
it's
just
been
too
long
and
yeah
that
those
are
just
my
most
biggest
struggles
is
financial,
financially
and
just
child
care
trying
to
work
full
time
and
then
come
home
and
study
and
still
take
care
of
my
family.
D
G
Thank
you
irene
for
sharing
your
story
in
awe
and
so
proud
to
work
beside
you
every
day.
So
thank
you
for
what
you
do.
Miss.
J
I
started
tutoring
for
the
district
for
seven
months
before
I
got
the
full-time
position
at
cc
around
elementary
school
I've
been
there
been
here
still
here
for
five
years
now
and
right
after
high
school.
I
knew
that
I
wanted
to
be
a
teacher,
so
I've
been
going
at
a
taking
classes,
one
class
after
work,
one
class
after
work,
one
class
afterward,
because
being
that
I'm
at
work
full-time,
I
can't
take
the
full-time
classes.
J
G
J
Yes,
hi,
my
name
is
gerania
mancia.
Well,
I
currently
work
at
cc.
Rano
I've
been
there
for
three
years
already.
I
work
with
the
fls
program.
Initially
I
started
working
with
the
star
program,
but
now
my
a
with
fls,
which
I
really
like
it,
I
don't
complain
at
all
I've
loved
every
program
I've
been
in
so
far.
I
am
in
csn.
J
Yes,
I've
been
going
there
for
like
two
three
years
already
honestly,
it
has
been
a
struggle,
adapting
to
work
being
a
full
working,
full-time
and
then
coming
back
home
helping
around
with
the
family,
because
initially
I'm
the
first
graduate
from
high
school.
So
it's
like,
I
have
to
set
an
example,
but
at
the
same
time
I
have
to
work
for
my
goals.
So
not
only
am
I
going
to
school,
but
I'm
going
to
work
and
I'm
helping
out
financially
at
home.
Sometimes.
G
I
will
stop
it
there,
but
the
next
question
was:
what
would
they
do
with
doubling
their
income
and
they
all
said
that
they
would
be
buying
a
house
and
helping
their
siblings
go
to
college.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
for
that
is
there
anyone
in
the
room
who
would
like
to
testify
in
support
of
this
bill
see
mr
daly
coming
up.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair
chris
daley
nevada
state
education
association,
nsca
supports
sb
352
to
allow
paraprofessionals
seeking
a
teaching
credential
to
complete
an
accelerated
program
of
student
teaching.
We
represent
paraprofessionals
in
most
nevada
school
districts,
paraprofessionals
perform
critical
function,
helping
to
deliver
high
quality
education,
nevada
students.
This
ranges
from
assisting
students
with
learning
their
alphabet
to
assisting
their
education
to
becoming
functioning
members
of
society.
M
Paraprofessional
duties
are
numerous
include,
assisting
with
evaluations
of
student
work
reports
on
student
progress
and
behavior
conducting
small
group
sessions,
helping
develop
differentiated
lesson
plans
assisting
in
an
instruction
enforcing
classroom
management
strategies
and
assisting
students
with
assigned
activities.
Paraprofessionals
are
critical
to
all
programs
throughout
school
districts
during
this
time
of
online
engagement.
At
least
over
this
past
year,
they've
also
been
the
backbone
to
special
education
educators,
helping
students
with
their
online
learning
facing
a
chronic
teacher
shortage,
especially
from
nevada's,
diverse
communities.
M
Career
pathway
for
paraprofessionals
becoming
licensed
teachers
is
of
great
importance.
Many
paraprofessionals,
already
working
full-time
in
a
nevada
classroom,
already
possess
many
of
the
skills
to
be
developed
through
student
teaching.
There
have
been
many
paraprofessionals
that
have
had
to
leave
their
jobs
just
to
student
teach.
This
is
made
choosing
between
paying
rent
and
finishing
their
degree
a
concern
for
nsca.
We
also
believe
that
adding
experienced
educators
to
the
classroom,
improve
student
achievement
nsa,
believes,
accelerating
this
requirement
removes
a
significant
obstacle
to
a
teaching
credential.
Thank
you.
L
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
mary
perzinski
here
representing
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents,
and
we
are
in
strong
support
of
this
bill.
Obviously,
there's
a
teacher
chartered
throughout
the
nation
and
nevada
has
a
a
serious
teacher
shortage
problem.
L
Our
support
staff,
when
they
you
know,
are,
are
working
in
schools
and
they
are
working
towards
being
a
teacher.
They
understand
what
they're
getting
into
so
often,
you
have
young
people
who
go
to
college
and
they
think
they
want
to
be
teachers
and
they
prep
for
the
teacher
profession
and
they
get
in
and
they
teach
a
couple
of
years
and
they
realize
this
is
not
their
cup
of
tea.
They
it's
much
different
than
what
they
expected.
L
So
when
the
parapros
are
working
in
the
classroom
every
day
and
they're
going
to
college
to
become
the
certified
teacher,
I
think
we
can
count
on
them
to
stay
with
us
and
to
you
know,
to
help
our
students
continue
to
help
our
students
so
we're
in
support
of
this
bill.
It
gives
more
people
an
opportunity
and
I
think
it's
good
for
our
kids
and
good
for
our
school
districts.
Thank
you.
E
Currently,
when
I
had
the
privilege
of
teaching
at
west
career
and
technical
academy,
I
had
a
spta
in
my
classroom
who
worked
alongside
me
every
single
day,
and
it
was
incredible
to
watch
him
work
with
the
students,
and
I
know
if
he
had
this
opportunity
back,
then
he
would
have
been
a
teacher
today.
He
couldn't
because
he
wasn't
able
to
afford
taking
off
that
time
in
order
to
go
for
his
dreams
and
become
a
licensed
educator.
E
So
I
appreciate
this
bill
being
brought
forward
so
that
it
helps
people
like
rodney
jordan,
who
I
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
and
make
their
dreams
come
true
as
well,
because
of
this,
we
urge
your
passage
of
this
bill.
Thank
you.
A
O
O
F
O
B
S
o
c
c
e
a
is
testifying
in
support
on
senate
bill.
352.
sb
352
removes
a
barrier
of
student
teaching
to
create
a
pipeline
of
paraprofessionals
who
are
eager
to
advance
into
the
teaching
profession
senate
bill
352
creates
a
much
needed,
diverse
teacher
pipeline
since
paraprofessionals
across
our
state
more
closely
match
the
diversity
of
our
students.
Recruiting
a
diverse
teacher
pipeline
is
a
prioritized
goal
of
education
systems
across
our
nation
and
now
senate.
Bill
352
provides
nevada
such
an
opportunity.
B
An
important
component
of
senate
bill
352
is
the
ability
of
paraprofessionals
to
utilize
their
time
within
schools
to
satisfy
student
teaching
experience
requirements.
Since
the
student
teaching
experience
lays
a
foundation
of
support
for
traditional
educators
entering
the
field,
consideration
of
a
high
quality
teaching
student
teaching
experience
must
be
central
to
the
development
of
this
program,
the
better
we
can
prepare
teachers
upon
entry
into
the
field,
the
less
likely
they
will
be
to
leave
the
profession
within
the
first
five
years.
B
There
must
be
a
careful
balance
that
allows
for
an
expedited
course
of
study
and
a
high
quality
experience
that
will
pave
the
way
for
these
new
educators
to
enter
the
field
prepared.
We
believe
senate
bill
352
will
give
us
an
opportunity
to
develop
a
carefully
well-balanced
course
of
study,
as
nevada
continues
to
create
opportunities
to
build
our
educator
pipeline.
We
must
also
be
aware
of
the
preparation
education
educators
receive
prior
to
entering
the
field.
Nevada's
efforts
must
not
only
increase
the
number
of
teachers
employed,
but
must
positively
influence
teacher
practice
and
student
outcomes.
B
This
cannot
be
done
without
a
consistent
and
stable
investment
in
nevada's
education
delivery
system.
Ccea
has
continuously
voiced
our
support
of
optimally
funding
the
people-centered
funding
plan,
and
we
know
that
this
investment
will
be
the
catalyst
to
change
as
we
wait
for
the
bipartisan
effort,
with
leadership
by
the
governor
to
target
new
revenue
for
senate
bill
543.
B
We
know
that
the
students
and
families
in
nevada
cannot
wait
another
legislative
session
we
need
change
now.
Cca
is
in
support
of
senate
bill
352,
and
we
are
eager
to
continue
conversations
with
the
sponsor
of
this
bill
surrounding
the
need
for
high
quality
student
teaching
experiences
afforded
to
all
future
educators.
O
F
E-R-I-C-A-V-A-L-G-R-I-Z
and
the
chamber
is
in
support
of
sb
352..
The
chamber
believes
the
adoption
of
these
regulations
will
be
an
effective
way
of
recruiting
when
we
look
at
qualified
out-of-state
or
out-of-country
student
teaching
experience
on
the
while
mitigating
the
negative
effects
of
teacher
shortages
and
creating
a
more
sustainable
supply
of
well-prepared
quality
teachers.
F
O
F
F
I
only
had
the
opportunity
to
do
this
because
I
had
to
take
an
arl
route.
Otherwise
I
would
have
taken
16
weeks
off
without
pay
losing
my
health
insurance
as
well.
So
I
really
hope
that
you
also
support
this
bill,
because
it
would
support
a
lot
of
people
that
need
this
opportunity
in
their
life.
Thank
you.
A
O
O
A
O
A
N
one
of
the
shortest
bills
that
you
will
read
this
session.
If
you
haven't
read
it
yet
you'll,
you
could
finish
it
before.
I'm
even
done
talking
senate
three
bill.
363
requires
charter
school
governing
bodies
that
enter
into
contracts
with
educational
management
organizations
to
report
certain
information
to
their
sponsors
in
the
legislature.
N
The
bill
before
you
today
comes
as
a
recommendation
from
the
2019-2020
legislative
committee
on
education.
I
had
the
pleasure
to
serve
as
vice
chair
to
assemblywoman
miller,
who
was
the
chair
of
the
committee
in
the
interim
and
also
the
assemblywoman
garland
assemblywoman
tolls
serve
and
the
I'd
like
to
first
begin
with
some
brief
background
information.
That
explains
what
led
to
this
recommendation.
N
During
lce's
summer
september,
meeting
the
executive
director
of
the
state
public
charter
school
authority
provided
the
committee
with
information
on
the
services
provided
by
emo
to
charter
schools.
These
services
included
academic
supports
such
as
professional
development
or
coaching
back
office
supports
bundled
services
such
as
human
resources,
information
technology,
payroll
and
facilities
maintenance.
The
amount
paid
to
emos
depends
on
the
level
of
service
provides
to
provide
it
to
a
school
testimony
indicated
nationally.
N
A
Thank
you
for
that
brief
presentation.
I
think
we
all
appreciate
that
at
this
later
hour
committee
do
we
have
questions.
J
M
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair.
Chris
daley
nevada
state
education
association
nsca
supports
sb
363,
requiring
charter
schools
to
report
the
amount
they
paid
educational
management
organizations.
Over
the
last
several
years,
nsc
has
been
calling
for
greater
accountability
for
charter
schools.
Sb
363
is
a
small
but
important
reform
that
will
help
shine
some
light
on
what
happens
to
millions
of
taxpayer
dollars
directed
to
charter
schools.
We
know
the
explosive
growth
of
charters
has
been
driven
by
a
deliberate
billionaire-backed
effort
to
exempt
charters
from
the
basic
safeguards
and
standards
that
apply
to
our
neighborhood
public
schools.
M
This
growth
has
created
an
uneven
dynamic,
undermining
local
public
schools
and
communities
without
producing
an
overall
increase
in
student
learning
and
growth.
However,
it
wasn't
until
last
june,
when
the
nevada
current
reported
on
a
dispute
between
the
american
preparatory
academy
in
las
vegas
and
their
utah-based
for-profit
management
organization,
that
we
were
able
to
view
more
of
the
inner
workings
of
the
charter
industry.
This
included
large
payouts
to
education
management
organizations
who
the
charter
claimed
provided
little
in
terms
of
services
and
complicated
financial
relationships
related
to
charter
school
facilities.
M
We
urge
your
support.
Thank
you.
O
O
F
E-R-I-C-A-V-A-L-D-R-I-D
and
we
are
in
support
of
fb
363.,
the
chamber
supports
the
requirement
of
each
charter
school's
governing
body
to
submit
a
report
to
the
state
public
charter
school
authority.
We
believe
these
these
reports
would
be
beneficial
when
we
look
in
terms
of
continually
progressing
our
charter,
schools
and
its
operation
performance.
F
These
reports
will
help
each
charter
school
governing
body
to
understand
the
current
performance
levels,
set
goals
and
evaluate
areas
to
make
improvements.
This
bill
will
provide
transparency
and
accountability
for
students
and
the
state
public
charter
school
authority.
Thank
you,
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
committee
for
your
time.
We
urge
your
support
for
this
bill.
A
O
A
O
A
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
just
want
to
thank
you
for
letting
me
spend
the
afternoon
with
you
and
talk
about
some
important
issues
on
education
and
appreciate
on
this
bill,
just
to
bring
some
more
transparency.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
senator
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
this
afternoon.
So
with
that
we
will
go
to
our
last
agenda
item,
which
is
public
comment.
Just
a
reminder.
Public
comment
is
not
an
opportunity
to
re-hear
any
of
the
bills.
We
heard
it's
just
to
speak
about
items
that
are
in
the
general
purview
of
this
committee.
Each
person
calling
in
with
public
comment
or
in
the
room
will
have
two
minutes
and
I
believe
it
looks
like
someone
is
coming
up
in
the
room.
Is
that
correct?
Mr
marks?
Oh
you're
shaking
your
head?
A
O
A
Thank
you
bps,
so
I
will
close
that
and
then
just
have
a
couple
comments
for
myself
and
I
don't
know
if
any
other
members
do
today
is
the
second
anniversary
of
the
loss
of
the
former
chairman
of
this
committee
tyrone
thompson,
who
affectionately
known
as
t-square
to
many
of
us.
When
I
found
out
that
I
was
chairing
this
committee,
I
knew
that
I
had
really
big
shoes
to
fill
and
I
have
to
be
honest.
I
I
really,
I
think,
of
him.
A
Every
day
when
I
walk
into
my
office
and
even
when
I
do
the
anyone
on
the
in
the
room
or
on
the
zoo,
makes
me
think
of
dr
seuss,
which
makes
me
think
of
him
as
well,
so
he
did
so
much
for
the
kids
in
this
state
and
we
miss
him
a
lot.
Don't
we
yeah,
we
really
do
so.
Yeah
just
wanted
to
bring
that
up
and
then
bring
us
back
to
something
a
little
happier,
which
is
that
it
is
a
teacher
appreciation
day.
I
know
I'm
not
a
teacher
myself.
A
Well,
not,
I
guess
molly
would
say,
I'm
a
teacher,
I
don't
I
don't
get
paid
for
it,
but
it
is
a
amazing
profession
and
I
would
be
lying
if
I
didn't
think
about
it.
I
always
think
that
I
would
be
a
kindergartner
or
first
grade
teacher,
because
I
just
love
that
age,
but
for
those
of
you
in
our
committee
who
are
teachers.
Thank
you
for
doing
what
you
do
and
for
my
sister,
my
oldest
sister
bridget,
who
taught
in
the
clark
county
school
district
for
over
25
years,
she's
just
amazing.
A
A
Even
when
you
you
didn't
get
what
they
were
trying
to
teach
and
would
just
work
with
you
after
school
or
do
whatever.
I
know
I
took
latin
in
high
school
and
college
in
the
third
year
of
latin
my
senior
year
and
I
was
like
I'm
going
to
fail.
I
was
with
seminary
students,
I'm
like,
I
don't
even
know
how
I
got
here
and
my
teacher
worked
with
me
every
single
day.
I
still
I
don't
know
any
of
it.
If
you're
wondering
I,
I
I'm
still
amazed,
but
so
did
you
want
to
make
a
comment?
A
Assemblyman
tolls,
but
so
thank
you.
Teachers
out
there
for
all
you
do
and,
and
we
miss
you
tyrone
assemblywoman
tolls.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
remember
our
good
friend,
I
served
with
assemblyman
chair,
told
thompson,
torres
tolls,
chair
thompson
for
since
2017
and
then
knew
him
as
an
advocate
when
I
was
a
mom
advocating
for
education
and
child
abuse
prevention
before
that
he
was
always
had
the
door
open
and
both
when
I
was
an
advocate
as
well
as
a
committee
member,
and
he
was
such
an
incredible
friend
and
encouragement
and
a
presence
in
this
building
and
and
he
is
deeply
missed,
and
I
think
he
would
be
very
proud
of
the
way
that
you
are
chair
are
chairing
this
committee
and
also
having
an
open
door
to
all
the
advocates
parents.
C
Teachers
committee
members
carrying
on
that
legacy
is
so
important,
because
education
is
something
that
impacts
all
of
us,
whether
we're
parents,
whether
we're
teachers,
whether
we're
employers,
every
single
aspect
of
this
state,
and
it's
not
a
it's,
not
a
partisan
issue.
It's
it's
a
family
of
nevada
issue.
It's
and
I
really
appreciated
his
legacy,
his
friendship,
his
leadership
and
I
appreciate
this
committee
and
how
we,
I
believe
we
can
say,
we've
carried
that
on
and
I'm
so
proud
to
be
a
part
of
this.
A
Thank
you,
assembly,
assemblywomantools,
and
thank
you
for
saying
those
nice
things
about
me.
I
I
really
do
feel
like
big
shoes.
So
with
that
we
will
talk
about
our
next
meeting,
which
is
may
6th.
It
is
scheduled
for
1
30
and
I
intend
to
start
as
close
to
1
30
as
possible.
A
I
know
we
do
have
the
police
officers
memorial
at
one
o'clock,
so
I
don't
know
if
members
were
planning
to
attend,
but
if
you
could
please
scurry
back
over
here
as
soon
as
you
can,
because
we
do
have
afternoon
meetings
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
get
through
everything
so
with
that,
may
the
fourth
be
with
you
and
we
are.