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A
Here
and
let
the
record
show
we
do
have
a
quorum
so
welcome
to
everyone
who
is
watching
online
or
through
youtube,
and
thank
you
members
for
being
here
today.
Before
we
begin,
I'm
just
gonna
make
a
few
housekeeping
announcements.
A
A
A
An
item
may
be
removed
from
the
agenda,
or
discussion
of
an
item
on
this
agenda
may
be
delayed
at
any
time,
a
reminder
that
all
of
the
materials
are
on
can
be
accessed
through
the
legislative
website
on
nellis,
that's
n-e-l-I-s,
and
for
those
of
you
watching
us
online
in
this
virtual
world
we
do
have
several
screens
going
on
at
once.
So
if
you
see
members
looking
away
or
looking
down,
they
are
most
likely
looking
at
committee
materials
and
other
things
having
to
do
with
this
hearing
today.
A
So
we
have
two
bill
hearings
this
afternoon
and
I
have
allocated
equal
time
for
testimony
and
support
opposition
and
neutral
to
be
specific.
Each
person
providing
testimony
will
be
allowed
a
maximum
of
two
minutes
staff
will
time
each
speaker
to
ensure
everyone
is
given
an
equal
opportunity
to
speak.
Speakers
are
urged
to
avoid
repetition
of
comments
made
by
previous
speakers.
If
someone
said
exactly
what
you
wanted
to
say,
please
just
say
ditto
or
I
echo
what
the
previous
caller
said.
A
We
will
be
limiting
limiting
the
overall
length
of
each
testimony
period
to
30
minutes
and
we'll
break
it
up.
So
we
hear
10
minutes
from
support,
10
minutes,
opposition
and
10
minutes
in
neutral
and
then
go
back
through
each
group.
All
testimony
and
support
opposition
in
neutral
will
test
over
our
audio
call
line.
A
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wish
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and
not
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So
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account.
We
ask
that
you
do
not
share
this
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but
instead
encourage
others
to
register
online
to
participate.
A
You
may
also
register,
even
if
you
don't
want
to
testify
so
there's
a
record
of
your
interest
in
a
particular
bill,
and
you
may
also
submit
public
comment
in
writing
either
in
addition
or
in
lieu
of
testifying,
and
I
will
be
certain
that
all
members
of
the
committee
receive
that
the
chair
or
members
of
the
committee
may
request
testifiers
to
submit
documentation
supporting
their
testimony.
A
F
Advise
school
districts
on
valuable
credentials
and
provide
technical
assistance
to
meet
the
career
and
technical
education
standards
prescribed
by
the
state
board
and
develop
work
based
learning
experiences
in
keeping
with
the
department's
legislative
priority
of
alignment.
The
meeting
of
an
advisory
technical
skills
community
committee
are
not
subject
to
chapter
241
of
nrs
or
open
meeting
law.
F
Section
2
subsection
1
allows
for
pupils
to
apply
credits
towards
high
school
graduation.
If
the
pupil
successfully
completes
the
number
of
hours
in
a
work
based
learning
program
required
by
state
board
of
education
regulation,
subsection
2
includes
an
on-site
evaluation
of
people's
performance
in
a
work
based
learning
program.
F
Subsection
4
requires
work-based
learning
program.
Approval
from
the
state
board
of
education
to
include
a
detailed
training
agreement
and
training
plan
to
be
completed
for
each
pupil.
Participating
for
credit
removes
the
three
criteria
of
required
number
of
hours.
A
people
must
complete
to
qualify
for
credit,
as
well
as
completing
an
assessment
prescribed
by
the
state
board
related
to
a
chosen
career
pathway
or
participation
leading
to
a
high
school
diploma.
F
A
G
Thank
you
so
much
chair
and
I
can't
help
but
feel
like
I'm
in
school
raising
my
hand,
I
love
it.
It's
so
appropriate
for
this
for
this
committee.
So
thank
you
for
that
presentation.
Thank
you.
These
work
based
programs
are
so
incredibly
important
for
preparing
our
students,
and
I
just
have
a
couple
quick,
clarifying
questions.
G
If
I
may
just
two
one
is
on
section
two
subsection:
let's
see
2e
the
description
of
a
manner
in
which
and
the
performance
of
people
who
participates
in
the
workplace
program
will
include
an
on-site
evaluation,
and
I
just
wondered
if
that
also
includes
in
light
of
covered
virtual
evaluation,
if
that's
appropriate.
F
F
For
example,
if
a
student
is
working
with
a
tech
company
that
can
be
completed
online
and
and
therefore
the
person
that
is
overseeing
or
the
teacher
of
record
that
is
overseeing
the
program,
can
can
also
join
a
zoom
call
with
this
student
and
and
the
person
the
employer.
That
is
providing
this
experience
and
can
conduct
that
on-site
evaluation
through
a
virtual
setting.
G
Perfect
great,
thank
you
so
much
and
then
my
second
question
is
also
section
two
subsection
three,
where
the
state
board
should
designate
an
employee
of
a
school
district
to
ensure
that
the
business
agency
or
organization,
essentially
they
will
offer
employment,
that's
suitable
for
participation
in
a
work
based
learning
program,
and
that
certainly
makes
sense.
I'm
I
was
just
curious
who
determines
what
grade
the
students
should
be
in
to
participate?
F
Felicia
gonzalez
deputy
superintendent,
for
the
record
great
question,
the
determination
of
a
grade
is,
is
at
the
district
level.
It
is.
The
grading
is
not
done
by
the
person,
our
company,
that
is
providing
the
internship
and
all
in
all
districts,
do
create
they
create
rubrics
and
establish
how
a
course
will
be
graded,
so
the
student
knows
what
to
expect
and
how
they'll
be
graded.
B
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
My
question
is,
is
if
a
student
is
in
a
in
a
program
and
would
like
to
change,
is
there
options
for
them
to
do
that
and
is
in
a
counselor
working
with
them
to
monitor
their
they're
learning,
as
well
as
giving
them
advice,
maybe
that
this
training
may
not
be
for
them?
F
Felicia
gonzalez
deputy
superintendent,
for
the
record-
that
is
a
wonderful
question.
F
Yes,
so
so
there's
there's
two
there's
two
pieces
to
that:
the
person
that
is
the
teacher
of
record
that
is
overseeing
the
student,
the
students
participation
during
that
work-based
learning
experience
if
it
is
if
it
is
not
a
good
placement
for
that
student,
then
then
that
that
person
would
work
with
that
student's
counselor
in
order
to
provide
a
different
experience,
whether
that
means
changing
them
to
a
different
type
of
work,
based
learning,
experience
or
class
or
or
moving
them
to
a
different
elective
to
meet
the
students
needs.
B
And
that's
determine
I'm
sorry.
If
I
may
here
is
this
basically
heist
through
high
school.
These
programs
are
offered.
F
Felicia
gonzalez
deputy
superintendent,
for
the
record,
the
if
you
are
referring
to
the
the
workplace,
learning
experiences
such
as
jobs,
etc.
Those
are
those
are
typically
held
at
the
high
school
level.
Yes,.
B
I
thank
you
so
much
madam
chair
and
I
just
had
a
quick
question.
I'm
sorry
I
was
trying
to
write
it
didn't
write
fast
enough.
Did
you
had
made
a
comment
that
this
was
this
legislation
was
made
in
alignment
with
a
federal
act,
which
act
was
that
again.
B
E
Thank
you
sure.
Thank
you,
ms
gonzalez,
for
your
presentation.
I
appreciate
it.
My
question
is
kind
of
building
off
of
assemblywoman's
holes
question
from
earlier
looking
at
section
two
subsection
e
on
page
four
of
the
bill,
and
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
the.
If
the
plan
was
for
the
nevada
department
of
ed,
to
release
any
type
of
guidance
on
what
that
evaluation
would
look
like,
since
we
do
have
a
variety
of
workplace
learning
programs
throughout
the
city
nevada.
F
State
felicia
gonzalez
deputy
superintendent,
for
the
record.
That
is
a
great
question,
and
so
what
I'm
understanding
is?
E
So
I
guess
my
my
follow-up
question
to
that
would
be,
then.
Is
there
like
any
consistency,
so
I
know
like
in
northern
nevada,
there's
several
work
based
learning
programs
that
are
similar
to
what
already
exists
in
southern
nevada
as
well.
So
I'm
wondering
is
there
consistency
between
what
those
evaluation
mechanisms
would
look
like
between
the
programs
right
now
or
is
there
a
plan
for
that
in
the
future?.
A
Okay
did
thank
you
and
if
you
find,
when
you
find
that
information
out,
if
you
would
pass
it
on
to
our
committee
and
I'll,
make
sure
that
the
members
get
that
information
all
right
are
there
any
other
questions
I
haven't
seen
any
hands
go
up
so
all
right,
so
we
will
move
on
to
here
testimony
and
support
opposition
and
neutral
or
assembly
bill
38.
A
H
I
Hello
and
thank
you,
committee,
chairwoman,
bilbray
axelrod
and
committee
members.
My
name
is
hava
h-a-w-a-h,
ahmad
a-h-m-a-d
and
I'm
a
proud
graduate
of
washoe
county
school
district
here
representing
the
clark
county
education
association.
The
clark
county
education
association
represents
more
than
18
000
licensed
professionals
in
clark
county
school
district.
We
are
the
largest
independent
teachers
union
in
the
country
and
in
the
state
of
nevada.
We
engage
in
bipartisan
advocacy
for
advancing
public
education
in
nevada.
I
I
I
While
we
ensure
that
we
create
programs
to
fill
current
and
projected
job
openings,
dcea
must
emphasize
that
the
path
to
rebuilding
nevada's
economy
is
economic
diversification
and
workforce
development
and
to
get
on
that
path
we
must
invest
in
k-20
ccea
appreciates
the
efforts
of
this
committee
and
all
stakeholders
for
this
bill
and
supports
all
efforts
that
foster
integrated
learning
opportunities
that
lead
to
skill
and
workforce
development.
Thank
you
for
your.
A
H
I
M-A-Y-L-I-A-L-A-R-C-O-N-
and
I
am
a
second
year
law
student
at
william
s-
boyd,
who
is
externing
with
current
nevada.
I
am
before
you
today
to
testify,
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
bankers
association
in
support
of
assembly
bill
19.,
the
nevada
bankers
association
appreciates
the
department
of
education's.
I
H
J
E-R-I-C-A-V-A-L-V-R-I-Z
with
the
vegas
chamber,
and
we
are
in
support
of
ab38,
we
fully
recognize
advantages
and
positive
investments
of
career
and
technical
education.
The
availability
of
the
cte
program
and
the
guidance
of
an
advisory
technical
skills
committee
can
play
a
massive
role
in
a
student's
understanding
of
who
they
are
and
where
they
want
to
go
in
life.
Career
and
technical
education
contributes
a
major
share
to
the
overall
education
system
and
plays
an
important
role
in
the
social
and
economic
development
of
our
state.
J
In
this
era
of
unemployment,
technical
education
can
assure
one
of
a
job
or
a
source
of
income
in
terms
of
technical
skills
and
provide
comfortable
living.
The
chamber
is
supportive
of
the
proposed
changes
in
section
1,
relating
to
the
composition
of
advisory
committees
to
be
more
inclusive
and
proposed
requirements
in
section
2
for
schools
that
offer
a
work
based
learning
program.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
your
time.
We
urge
your
support
for
this
bill.
H
H
K
K
P-I-E-R-C-Z-Y-N-S-K-I
representing
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents,
and
that
is
comprised
of
all
17
superintendents
in
the
state.
Our
cte
and
work
based
training
programs
are
very,
very
important
in
our
schools
and
the
17
superintendents
are
in
support
of
ab38
as
it
enhances
programs.
Thank
you.
H
H
H
H
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
H
H
L
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
committee,
this
is
skip
daily,
skip
d-a-l-y
and
I
usually
don't
get
to
the
education
committee
too
often,
and
I
apologize
to
the
sponsors
didn't
get
a
chance
to
talk
to
you
guys
before
now.
But
my
main
concern
sole
concern
actually
with
the
bill
is
the
exemption
from
the
open
meeting
law.
I
believe
in
section
four,
if
there
was
a
reason
stated,
it
was
glossed
over
and
disappointed
that
no
one
asked
the
question
can't
for
the
life
of
me.
L
Think
of
why
this
committee,
or
any
of
these
quasi
government
agencies
would
need
to
be
exempt
from
the
open
meeting
law.
Some
people
may
say
that
sounds
hypocritical
because
the
legislature
is
exempt,
but
there
are
sound
reasons
for
that,
but
I
listened
to
the
testimony
looked
at
the
bill
and
can't
see
the
reason
for
it
to
be
exempt.
In
this
particular
case.
L
I
think
the
public
likes
to
know
that
these
types
of
committees
are
done
in
the
open
air
and
the
sunshine
that
there's
an
agenda
and
there's
a
recording
of
the
minutes
and
a
record
of
actions
taken
when
the
public
interests
are
at
stake.
So
that's
my
comments.
I
hope
this
committee
will
take
that
in
advisement
and
make
the
appropriate
corrections
and
remove
that
section.
A
H
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
for
those
folks,
if
you
were
trying
to
get
on
and
had
some
issues
feel
free
to
to
shoot
over
an
email,
and
we
will
make
sure
to
mark
you
down
as
in
support
of
this
bill,
deputy
superintendent
gonzalez,
did
you
want
to
come
up
for
any
closing
remarks?.
M
M
The
state
through
standards
determines
what
students
should
know
and
be
able
to
do
the
how
or
method
of
instruction
is
always
left
to
the
local
entity,
including
the
instructional
materials.
In
the
case
of
section
one,
the
family,
parents
or
community
in
charge
of
homeschooling
a
student
regarding
financial
literacy.
The
major
ideas
are
financial
literacy,
financial
decision
making
savings
and
spending
credit
and
debit
insurance,
investing
and
risk,
and
college
and
career
readiness
regarding
civics.
M
In
2015,
multicultural
education
was
added
to
nrs
389.520,
not
the
list
of
core
academic
subjects
and
389.018,
because
the
list
of
core
academic
subjects
was
not
changed
in
2015
the
home
school
section,
which
requires
a
plan
of
instruction
only
on
the
four
academic
subjects
was
not
updated
to
include
multicultural
education.
Historically,
we
do
update
nrs
388d.050
anytime.
There
is
a
change
in
the
core
academic
subjects
listed
in
nrs
389.01.
M
M
A
Thank
you,
deputy
superintendent
and
I
don't
see
any
in
the
chat,
but
it
would
you
like
to
raise
hands
if
we
have
questions
from
the
committee.
Okay,
so
I've
got
assemblywoman
taurus.
I
have
assemblywomanhansen
looking
anybody
else,
I'm
sure
you'll.
Think
of
something.
So
we
will
start
with
assembly.
Woman,
boris.
E
Thank
you
chair,
and
thank
you,
dr
moore,
for
your
presentation.
I
do
appreciate
it.
It's
always
great
to
see
you
even
in
this
virtual
setting,
and
so
as
I
looked
over
ab19,
I
know
we,
you
talked
a
little
bit
about
what
multicultural
ed
is.
E
But
I
really
just
want
to
understand
like
what
multicultural
education
is
and
what
it
is
not
because
I
received
several
several
emails
that
identified
multicultural
education
as
something
that
I
don't
think
it
is.
So
if
you
could
just
really
clarify
like
this
is
what
multicultural
education
is,
and
this
is
what
multicultural
education
is
not
so
that
we
can
clarify
for
that.
For
the
record.
M
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
taurus,
for
the
question,
dr
jonathan
moore,
for
the
record,
so
our
current
academic
standards
for
social
studies
outlines
three
major
ideas
for
multicultural
education
that
are
to
be
embedded
within
the
content
standards,
and
so
those
include
social
justice
consciousness
and
action.
It
includes
respectful
engagement
with
diverse
people,
and
it
also
includes
diverse
contributions
made
by
men
and
women
from
various
racial
and
ethnic
backgrounds.
M
It
is
instruction
that
integrates
the
histories
text
and
beliefs
and
perspectives
of
people
from
different
cultural
backgrounds,
and
so,
as
they
just
reiterated
what
the
content
themes
were.
It
is
important
to
know
that
the
how
this
these
themes
are
taught
and
the
instructional
materials
that
are
used
to
teach
these
themes
are
a
matter
for
local
entities
to
decide
in
this
case,
whether
it's
a
school
district
or
charter
school
or
someone
instructing
in
a
homeschool
environment.
E
The
followup
of
a
major
sure
so
just
to
clarify
that
multicultural
education
is
not
teaching
students
to
not
it's
not
understand
to
not
work
with
other
groups
right.
This
is
supposed
to
help
create
a
respectful
community
that
engages
with
diverse
peoples.
M
My
apologies,
thank
you
assemblywoman,
dr
jonathan
moore,
for
the
record,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
clarify
you're,
absolutely
correct.
This
is
in
no
way
intended
or
outlined
in
the
standards
to
exclude
or
to
divert
attention
away
from
or
to
critique
or
criticize
any
group
it
is
designed
to
be
inclusive
and
to
help
expand
the
intellectual
curiosity
and
horizons
around
various
groups,
ethnicities
and
cultures.
B
M
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
hanson,
dr
jonathan
moore,
for
the
record,
so
we've
been
in
conversation
with
members
of
the
homeschool
community.
Even
as
late
as
today,
we
began
our
outreach
or
our
connections
with
that
community.
Approximately
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
due
to
the
fast-paced
nature
of
how
the
bill
developed,
especially
as
part
of
the
governor's
original
bill
draft,
we
weren't
able
to
reach
out
as
early
as
we
would
have
liked.
B
And
if
I
might
chair
follow
up
dr
moore,
I
know
you're
aware,
but
perhaps
for
those
listening
that
I
think
was
in
2007.
There
was
bipartisan
unanimous
bipartisan
support
to
kind
of
take
home
schooling,
jurisdiction
away
from
the
department
of
ed
it's
more
of
a
local
school
local
control
sort
of
issue,
and
as
a
parent
who
has
used,
you
know,
I've
utilized
the
public
school
system.
I
have
homeschooled
for
a
number
of
years
and
I've
used
private
school.
B
I've
exercised
all
those
options
and
I
have
seen
the
process
in
homeschooling
in
the
90s
go
from
a
very
onerous
system
to
frankly
through
a
lot
of
work
and
a
lot
of
bipartisan
work.
Where
we
got
to
07,
where
you
know
it
became
less
sonorous
and
it
gave
parents
the
freedom
to
you,
know,
teach
and
pick
the
set,
not
the
subjects,
because
the
subjects
are
enumerated
but
to
be
able
to
develop
their
curriculum.
B
Maybe
that
best
suits
their
child
and
I
think,
as
it
stands,
I
think
the
form
which
is
your
oversight
at
the
department
of
ed,
the
two
page,
which
is
quite
easy:
the
intent
to
homeschool
form
that
then
is
filed
with
your
local
jurisdiction
district
there.
It
it
lists
the
subject
standards
and
I
frankly
think
so.
Much
of
this
is
already
covered.
The
idea
that
we're
going
to
substitute
the
word
civics
in
that's
covered
by
government
financial
literacy,
that's
covered
by
economics,
multiculturalism,
is
in
the
broader
scope
of
social
studies,
and
so
I'm
just
curious.
B
Why
the
need
for
this
now?
What
is
what
is
giving
the
department
of
ed
reason
for
concern
to
have
to
make
these
changes
on
the
on
in
regards
to
home
schooling
with
those
subjects.
M
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
hanson,
dr
jonathan
moore,
for
the
record,
so
in
following
a
historical
precedent.
We
know
that
in
2015,
when
english
language,
arts
or
excuse
me
when
english,
including
reading
composition
and
writing,
shifted
to
become
english
language,
arts,
that
conforming
change
was
made
to
the
list
of
core
subjects,
including
those
for
home
school
and
so
in
2015.
M
Also,
when
multicultural
education
was
added
to
nrs,
it
did
not
update
the
core
academic
subjects
to
include
that,
and
so
then,
following
with
civics
and
financial
literacy,
so
I
believe
the
bill
is
an
attempt
to
reconcile
the
conforming
changes
that
have
been
passed
precedent
when
there
have
been
shifts
in
core
subjects.
A
And
if
I
may,
I
wanted
to
bring
in
our
senior
policy
analyst.
You
had
mentioned
the
2007
language
and
I
I
don't
know
if
you're
referring
to
sb
404,
but
that
actually
did
deal
with
corey.
If
you
could
miss
robusto.
If
you
could
mention
what
that
bill
did,
because
I
there
might
be
a
little
bit
of
of
misinformation,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
clear
on
the
record.
B
Christy
robusto
commun
a
committee
policy
analyst
for
the
record,
I'm
going
to
allow
our
legal
counsel
to
first
explain
what
it
did
with
regard
to
nrs
to
adhere
to
to
legals
perspective
and
then
I'm
happy
to
clarify
anything
additional
great.
I
I
When
those
the
subjects
were
amended
to
accommodate
the
english
language
exchange,
the
homeschool
provision
now
codified
at
388
d
0.050,
was
also
amended
to
reflect
the
changes
to
the
core
academic
subject.
So
historically,
since
the
establishment
of
the
homeschool
provisions,
which
you
see
now
at
380
388.08050
excuse
me
on
those
core
academic
subjects
have
always
aligned
with
those
listed
in
389.018
for
public
schools.
A
Thank
you
for
that
clarification
and
ms
robisto
did
you
want
to
add
anything
or.
B
Christie
robusto
committee
policy-
analyst
for
the
record,
I
think
miss
marissa.
G
Sorry
amanda
covered
it
quite
nicely
as
she
stipulated.
B
The
core
academic
subjects
have
consistently
aligned
since
the
homeschooling
legislation
was
enacted
in
2007.
A
Thank
you
both
for
that
clarification.
Okay,
I
think
my
next
question
came
from
assemblywoman
krasner
and
I
apologize
if
I
missed
somebody.
If
you
want
to
raise
your
hand,
I
I'm
happy
to
go
to
you
after
miss
assemblywoman
krasner.
Thank
you,
chairwoman.
B
B
M
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
krasner,
dr
jonathan
moore,
for
the
record,
so
the
intent
of
the
legislation
does
not
seek
to
infringe
upon
anyone's
right
or
freedom.
As
I
mentioned
in
my
presentation,
the
state
determines
through
academic
standards
what
students
should
be
able
to
know
and
do
the,
how
that
happens.
M
The
instructional
materials
that
are
used,
the
experiences
that
are
created
are
all
left
at
the
local
level,
whether
school
districts,
charter,
schools,
or,
in
this
case
those
who
are
engaged
in
homeschooling
and
so
the
state,
through
this
legislation
in
no
way
intends
to
insert
itself
and
how
these
things
are
taught
or
the
instructional
materials
that
may
be
used
to
teach
the
core
academic
subjects
or
simply
excuse
me
seeking
to
align
the
core
academic
subjects
across
the
two
relevant
statutes.
A
Thank
you
for
that
that
clarification
as
well,
and
if,
if
I
may
ask
a
couple
questions,
let
me
actually
look
and
make
sure
that
oh,
we
have
assembly
women's
holes,
go.
G
Ahead,
thank
you,
so
much
kind
of
toggle,
different
screens
reading
the
nrs
and
zoom
excuse
me
for
the
delay.
So
thank
you.
I
I
have
a
couple
questions
one
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
certainly
have
a
profound
interest
in
these
topics
and
in
civics
american
governments
in
financial
literacy.
As
you
know,
and
multicultural
education.
We
supported
this.
G
I
know
in
my
tenure
here
we
didn't
talk
much
about
the
change
from
american
government
to
civics,
so
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
explain
what
that
term
means
and
how
that
encompasses
american
government.
I
know
you
talked
about
some
of
the
core
themes,
but
if
we
could
just
again
go
back
to
that
to
clarify
it,
I'd
appreciate
it.
M
Thank
you
tools,
dr
jonathan
moore,
for
the
record.
So
when
we
talk
about
social
studies
as
outlined
in
nevada,
academic
content
standards,
there's
essentially
six
strains,
and
so,
if
I
may,
the
development
of
these
standards
are
the
work
of
educators
from
across
the
state
who
then
meet
and
leverage
their
expertise
to
create.
The
standards
that
are
subsequently
approved
by
the
state
board
of
education
regarding
government
government
is
not
being
removed
from
social
studies.
So,
within
our
social
studies
standards
we
have
strands,
we
have
six
of
them
on
that
include
civics.
M
Being
one
of
the
strands
government
is
typically
a
course.
That's
often
found
in
high
schools,
and
so
when
we
think
of
civic,
so
the
reason
of
changing
government
to
civics
when
we
think
of
civics
civics
includes
not
only
the
skills
and
attitude
necessary
to
engage
instruction.
I
engage
excuse
me
as
a
productive
member
of
the
community.
M
The
civics
also
includes
practices
that
are
aligned
to
communication
cooperation
decision
making,
and
it
also
provides
the
foundation
regarding
the
underpinning
of
the
u.s
american
government
and
so
the
idea
that
that
they're
either
synonymous
or
that
by
shifting
away
from
government
to
civics
that
were
somehow
missing,
vital
content
or
somehow
missing
vital
philosophical
underpinnings.
G
Thank
you,
dr
moore,
and
certainly
so
incredibly
important
if
I
can
follow
up
on,
and
I
appreciated
the
history
and
background
and
the
explanation
in
previous
conversations
about
the
2007
change
of
sb404
and
the
2015
change
of
sb
25
and
obviously
there
is
quite
a
bit
of
interest
in
that
particular
section
of
this
bill.
So
if,
if
you,
let
me
I'd
like
to
clarify
just
a
little
further,
so
I
pulled
up
sb
25
from
2015
and
it's
a
37
page
text,
but
just
doing
a
search
for
nrs
388
d
.050.
G
It
didn't
produce
any
listing
of
that.
I
do
see
in
actually
looking
up
the
nrs
in
that
section
that
it
does
including
english
language
arts.
So
maybe
you
could
just
walk
me
through
the
process
of
sb25,
didn't
explicitly
write
into
the
text
that
those
changes
were
going
to
conform
into
the
homeschooling
chapters,
and
so
now
that
we
see
it
in
a
bill
in
2021,
it's
certainly
brought
a
a
lot
more
of
an
notice
that
it's
included
in
this
bill.
Could
you
just.
A
I
Yes,
I
can
thank
you,
madam
chair
amanda,
merced
community
council,
so
in
sba,
25
from
2015,
section
18
of
that
bill
addresses
the
home
school
provisions
and,
at
the
time
388.050
was
codified
in
a
different
location
within
nrs.
So
at
that
time,
that
section
was
392.700
and
all
of
the
homeschool
sections
were
kind
of
squished
into
one
section.
I
So
if
you
look
at
section
18
of
sb,
25,
subsection
12
is
the
language
regarding
of
the
appearance
of
a
child
who
is
being
homeschooled
child
preparing
educational
plan
of
instruction
for
the
child
in
the
subject
areas
of
english,
and
that
is
where
the
change
from
english,
including
reading
composition,
writing,
was
changed
to
english
language
arts
and
that
section
and
that's
now
codified
at
388
d,
point
zero.
Five,
zero.
B
Gorlo.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
just
had
a
quick
question
regarding
that
this
act
would
become
effective
upon
passage
and
approval.
So
could
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
of
what
would
be
needed
to
implement
this
and
how
soon
that
really
would
take
effect.
M
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
gorlo,
dr
jonathan
moore,
for
the
record,
so
regarding
our
school
district
districts
and
charter
schools
they've
been
preparing
for
this
shift
for
quite
some
time
and
so
actually
codifying
it
would
catch.
Many
of
them
would
catch
up
to
where
many
of
them
are.
Of
course,
the
department
will
be
providing
technical
assistance,
as
we
already
are
about
how
to
implement
the
standards
as
they
currently
are,
and
so
for
our
members,
who
are
a
part
of
the
homeschooling
community.
M
As
I
mentioned,
there
would
be
no
shift
in
terms
of
requirements
related
to
instructional
materials
or
how
they
instruct
they
would
simply
look
to
make
the
determination
about
the
best
way
to
incorporate
on
these
things,
these
core
academic
subjects
into
their
teaching
and
learning,
and
so
we
don't
anticipate
the
lift,
if
you
will
on
being
too
magnanimous
for
either
our
public
school
educators
or
those
educating
within
home
school.
A
Thank
you
so
much
thank
you
and
if
I
don't
have
any
other
questions,
I'm
just
going
to
pick
a
little
liberty
and
cover
a
couple
things
and
I'm
going
to
ask
you
a
question
just
to
just
so.
The
record
is
clear:
civics
is
encompassing
of
government.
We
are
not
removing
government
at
all.
A
I
think,
as
someone
who
has
served
in
this
body
for
a
few
sessions,
now
I'm
much
better
at
reading
bills
than
I
was
when
I
first
came,
and
so
I
think
one
of
the
problems
that
might
have
happened
for
some
people,
I'm
not
saying
all
people
is
the
way
it's
written
in
this
bill.
It
says
civics,
financial
literacy
and
then
government
is
cut
crossed
out
in
red
and
it
says
multicult
cultural
education.
A
So
I
I
think
that
there
might
be
some
misrepresentation
out
there
and
I'm
going
to
assume
that
it's
benign
that
government
is
now
being
replaced
by
multicultural
education.
I
can
100
tell
you
that
is.
That
is
not
the
case.
Civics
will
encompass
government.
A
So
I
just
want
to
get
that
on
the
record.
The
last
thing-
and
I
know
all
of
our
our
emails
and
phones
have
been
blowing
up
blowing
up
for
lack
of
a
better
term.
I've
had
many
conversations
with
with
some
homeschooling
folks
who
are
concerned.
A
I
think
it's
important
to
get
on
the
record,
because
I
wasn't
familiar
what
an
education
plan
looks
like
I
it
I
assumed
that
an
education
plan
would
be.
You
know
a
big
syllabus
that
homeschooling
parents
would
have
to
produce.
But
could
you
please
let
the
committee
know
and
those
who
are
listening?
What
an
education
plan
looks
like
how
often
an
education
plan
needs
to
be
turned
in
and
if
those
education
plans
need
to
be
updated
because
of
standards.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
dr
jonathan
moore,
for
the
record.
So,
regarding
the
homeschool
education
plan,
there
is
some
variants.
There's
basic
information,
that's
completed,
so
if
a
parent
or
family
is
looking
to
homeschool
their
child,
they
complete
the
form
that
outlines
their
demographic
information
address
and
the
like,
and
then
it
outlines
essentially
the
course
of
study
on
that
greatly
varies
across
schools
across
systems.
Some
we
found
that
some
families
will
turn
in
a
robust
plan
that
outlines
specifically
how
they
plan
to
address
the
core
content
areas
and
standards.
M
Some
simply
provide
an
overview
of
how
they
propose
to
do
that.
In
any
instance,
the
goal
is
not
to
hinder
or
delay
the
approval
process,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
latitude
based
on
the
information
that
parents
can
provide.
Regarding
regarding
the
homeschool
plan
in
terms
of
the
cadence
of
updating.
Currently,
there
is
not
necessarily
a
requirement
such
as
annually
or
on
a
consistent
cadence.
M
What
we
would
expect
would
be
if
a
family
has
either
transitioned
geographically,
so
if
they
move
locations
outside
of
one
district
to
another
that
they
would
update.
But
it's
a
one-time
plan,
and
so
it
does
not
need
to
be
refiled.
Essentially,
unless
a
parent
or
family
changes
their
address
or
a
child
is
re-entering
home
school
after
being
enrolled
in
a
public
school
there's
no
expectation
that
they
would
amend
on
their
existing
plans.
A
A
M
Madam
chair
doctor,
more
for
the
record
that
would
be
an
accurate
depiction
on
as
part
of
the
spectrum.
A
Okay,
all
right,
thank
you
very
much
for
that
and
I
think
we
will
move
on.
I
think
we
have
quite
a
a
queue
coming
up
to
testify
on
behalf
of
this
bill,
so
we
will
start
with
support.
A
I'm
going
to
remind
you
that
you
have
two
minutes
spell
your
name
clearly
state
and
spell
your
name.
We
won't
start
the
two
million
minutes
until
after
you
have
spelled
your
name
because
some
of
us,
like
bilbray
axelrod,
takes
you
know
a
big
30
seconds
to
to
spell
that.
So
we
will
start
after
that,
and
I
encourage
you.
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
who
are
are
are
interested
in
this.
If
someone
said
exactly
what
you
want
to
say,
you
can
say
the
last
caller.
A
I
will
wholeheartedly
agree
or
ditto
and
we
will
make
sure
it
is
part
of
the
record
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
broadcast
production
services.
Please
add
the
first
caller
in
support.
H
K
M-A-R-Y-P-I-E-R-C-D-Y-N-F-K-I
and
I'm
representing
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents,
which
is
an
organization
composed
of
all
17
superintendents
in
the
state,
and
we
are
in
support
of
ab19
and
appreciate
the
clarification
of
the
social
studies
curriculum
in
our
public
schools.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair
hello.
Committee
members.
My
name
is
nathan
noble
for
the
record,
it
is
spelled
n-a-t-h-a-n-n-o-b-l-e,
I'm
a
student
at
the
university
of
nevada
arena
and
I
am
currently
an
intern
for
assemblywoman
anderson,
but
today,
I'm
here
only
on
behalf
of
myself
to
represent
my
views
and
my
experiences.
N
N
That
taught
me
how
to
handle
my
money
responsibly,
that
I
took
a
look
back
to
last
week
that
I
was
doing
my
taxes
for
the
first
time,
like
the
multicultural
education
that
I
received
as
a
part
of
the
international
baccalaureate
program,
it
expanded
my
cultural
periphery
and,
of
course,
civics.
That
taught
me
about
my
rights
as
an
american,
a
class
without
which
I
might
not
be
here
before
you
today.
N
In
retrospect,
I
was
extraordinarily
lucky
to
receive
instruction
in
such
crucial
fields.
It
was
an
opportunity
that
not
every
student
is
afforded
for
every
student
like
me
that
had
these
advantages,
there
were
so
many
more
that
didn't
now.
I
come
in
support
of
this
bill
so
that
no
student
will
ever
have
to
miss
these
opportunities.
N
N
After
all,
how
can
we
expect
students
to
navigate
challenges
of
life
if
we
do
not
prepare
them
for
the
realities
of
the
modern
world?
We
expect
high
performance
from
our
students.
We
must
set
high
standards.
The
new
homeowner
will
tell
you,
a
strong
house
must
have
a
strong
foundation.
Real
success
must
be
built
on
real
understanding.
N
H
N
Chair
members
of
the
committee
rob
wilson:
that's
r-o-b,
w-I-l-s
with
the
nevada
credit
union
league
here
to
offer
some
brief
comments
on
ab19.
As
you
know,
credit
unions
have
been
on
the
forefront
of
financial
literacy
in
the
state
and
we
take
it
very
seriously.
N
We've
been
offering
programs
ourselves
to
try
to
help
nevadans
understand
the
importance
of
the
programs
that
were
listed
out
earlier
today
in
terms
of
checking
account
savings
accounts,
credit
etc,
and
we
strongly
believe
this
should
be
part
of
the
curriculum,
so
urge
your
support
and
appreciate
the
commitment
towards
financial
literacy.
Thank
you.
H
L
Good
afternoon
chris
daley
d-a-l-y,
the
nevada
state
education
association,
nsca,
has
been
the
voice
of
nevada
educators
for
over
120
years.
Nsca
supports
ab19
and,
in
particular,
supports
the
clarification
of
multicultural
education
as
a
part
of
the
social
studies
requirement
for
all
nevada
students.
L
Research
affirms
what
educators
intuitively
know,
multicultural
education
or
the
study
of
social,
political,
economic
and
historical
perspectives
of
our
nation's
diverse
racial
and
ethnic
groups
helps
foster
cross-cultural
understanding
among
students
of
color
and
white
students,
multicultural
education,
aids
students
and
valuing
their
own
cultural
identity.
While
appreciating
the
differences
around
them,
students
who
participate
in
multicultural
education
are
more
academically
engaged,
develop.
A
stronger
sense
of
self-efficacy
and
personal
empowerment,
perform
better
academically
and
graduate
at
higher
rates.
H
C
C
M-C-T-A-G-G-A-R-T,
I'm
speaking
today
as
the
co-founder
of
anson
inc,
a
nevada-born
non-profit
operating
since
2010
that
provides
financial
literacy
and
after-school
academic
support
to
approximately
ten
thousand
students
per
year.
I'm
here
to
address
the
piece
on
financial
literacy
and
multicultural
studies
and
the
values
that
come
with
that
I
know
of
no
parent
in
our
state
that
would
not
wish
for
their
child
to
support
values
and
perceptions
around
personal
finance
as
a
mentor
myself
and
one
that
truly
wants
every
nevada
student
to
live
and
be
productive
in
our
ever-changing
state.
C
C
So
what
we
teach
a
child
today
about
personal
finance,
shapes
their
values
and
perceptions
so
their
way
of
thinking
it
gives
them
the
pathways
to
be
successful
in
a
very
different
landscape
than
we're
in
today.
So
when
I
was
taught
values
and
perceptions
around
money,
I
was
prepared
as
best
as
my
parents
could
provide.
What's
changed.
I'm
37
years
old,
online
banking
venmo
have
to
pay
fractional
investing
through
robin
hood
and
acorn
they're
all
new.
C
With
the
recent
news
of
robin
hood
regarding
stocks
and
such
as
gamestop
and
amc,
we
can
see
that
young
people
are
hungry
to
act
and,
most
importantly,
learn
values
and
perceptions
around
money,
around
finances
and
living
in
a
financially
sound
life
does
not
change.
C
Accepting
others
in
our
communities
does
not
change
what
financial
literacy
as
a
component
covers
is
not
covered
in
standard
economics.
I
want
to
drive
that
home
for
you
all
today.
You
can
completely
understand
economics
in
place
nationally
and
internationally.
You
can
be
extremely
successful
and
without
understanding
values
and
perceptions
around
personal
finance,
you
will
still
suffer
throughout
your
life
and
we
see
it
in
some
of
the
most
famous
people
that
exists
in
our
society.
C
So
what
I'm
asking
of
you
today
and
what
anson
wants
to
provide
to
this
committee
is
that
supporting
finance
and
multicultural
studies
is
imperative
for
our
youth.
We
have
to
build
the
plasticity
and
the
pathways
so
that
they
can
continue
to
learn
and
be
successful
throughout
their
financial
future
and
in
their
careers.
In
life,
thank
you
for
your
time
today.
A
O
As
many
of
you
know,
I
am
the
president
of
the
state
board
of
education,
but
I
am
calling
on
my
own
behalf
today,
because
I
have
such
a
strong
feeling
about
specifically
multicultural
education
and
financial
literacy
and
something
I
was
blessed
to
be
taught
in
my
years
in
high
school,
and
I
think
I
can't
say
it
any
better
than
the
students
who
just
graduated
so
assemblywoman
borla.
Your
apache
is
amazing,
the
way
that
they
described
how
it
has
impacted
their
life.
O
I
think
says
it
all
and
from
a
policy
maker's
perspective,
I
just
want
to
say
how
important
it
is
for
us
to
have
consistency
across
policy
so
that
we're
not
trying
to
keep
track
of
too
many
different
things.
The
more
consistency
we
have
the
easier
it
is
for
us
to
keep
track
of
everything
and
hold
things
accountable.
So
I
will
stop
there
and
leave
my
time
for
the
the
rest
of
the
public
comment,
but
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
fully
support
this
bill.
Thank.
A
H
L
L
We
are
a
homeschooling
family
and
vehemently
vehemently
opposed
to
any
changes
to
the
current
nevada.
Homeschooling
laws.
Ab19
seeks
to
change
both
homeschool
and
public
school
laws,
with
no
understanding
or
accommodation
of
the
differences
between
the
two.
Further
no
homeschoolers
were
consulted
prior
to
the
proposed
change.
The
nevada
education
system
has
consistently
demonstrated
its
inability
to
effectively
educate
our
children.
Even
with
increased
budgets.
The
nevada
homeschool
community
has
done
their
part
as
conscientious
citizens
to
take
responsibility
for
the
successful
and
all-encompassing
education
of
our
own
children.
L
L
The
nevada,
homeschool
community
does
not
want
homeschool
included
in
this
bill.
Early
on
children
learn
a
word
for
people
who
tell
others
how
to
live
their
lives,
busy
bodies
until
the
past
century.
The
primary
tool
of
busy
bodies
was
social
stigma.
They
shamed
people,
but
as
government
has
grown
in
power
and
scope,
busybodies
have
found
better
way
to
satisfy
their
need
to
mind
everyone
else's
business.
They
harness
the
coercive
power
of
government.
L
L
You
know,
financial
literacy
is
absolutely
important,
except
it's
not
a
subject
that
we
teach
it's
a
principle
that
we
live
and
if
you
look
at
most
homeschoolers
who
are
financing
their
family's
education
while
also
financing
the
rest
of
our
community's
education,
financial
literacy
is
a
cornerstone
to
what
we
do.
The
idea
of
social
justice.
L
Well,
you
know,
thomas
soul,
a
very
famous
african-american
economist,
put
it
best.
Lofty
talk
about
social
justice
or
fairness
boils
down
to
greatly
expanded
powers
for
politicians,
since
those
pretty
words
have
no
concrete
definition.
They
are
a
blank
check
for
creating
disparities
in
power
that
dwarf
disparities
in
income
and
are
far
more
dangerous.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
call
mr
cub
next
caller.
P
First,
I
applaud
you
for
adding
financial
literacy
literacy
to
this
bill,
something
long
overdue
and
we're
seeing
that
in
a
lot
of
our
young
people,
not
understanding
how
to
manage
their
finances.
I
do
have
an
issue
with
scratching
out
government
and
saying
that
now
it
is
a
subsystem
of
civics
in
nrs
389.054.
P
It
talks
about
american
government
and
it
talks
about
the
essentials
of
the
constitution
of
the
united
states
and
nevada,
the
declaration
of
independence,
the
origin
and
history
of
the
constitutions,
the
study
of
and
devotion
to
american
institution
ideals
and
civics.
It
makes
civics
a
subset
of
government
with
this
bill
crossing
out
government
and
putting
in
civics.
You
are
now
subordinating
the
tenants
of
the
american
government
to
civics.
P
If
you
want
to
include
civics,
which
is
already
in
the
core
competency.
That's
fine.
However,
I
think
you
should
not
strike
out
government
in
this
bill.
It's
that's
a
it's.
It
makes
a
bad
statement
and
the
chairman
made
a
comment
that
well,
you
know
government's
still
going
to
be
taught
well.
If
government's
still
going
to
be
taught,
then
why
cross
it
off?
P
Why
not
leave
it
in
there,
but
subordinating
it
to
civics
sets
a
bad
tone
for
what
the
emphasis,
what
the
public
will
see,
is
an
emphasis
of
what
you're
teaching
our
children
in
school.
If
we've
seen
nothing
in
the
last
well,
last
10
years,
we've
seen
that
there
have
been
issues
and
questions
about
the
constitution.
What
is
it,
how
does
it
work?
What
is
all
involved
in
it?
P
Q
Hi,
my
name
is
elisa
wall,
I'm
the
chair
of
nevada,
home
school
network.
My
name
is
stone
e
l.
I
s
s
a
w
a
h,
l,
the
nevada
homeschool
network
has
been
in
existence
for
over
20
years,
we
are
bombing
for
unanimously
won
sb404
our
homeschooling
freedom
bill
in
2007,
and
today
we
represent
over
four
thousand
home
schoolers
in
nevada.
Q
Q
We
contend
that
the
department
of
ed
has
no
authority
to
modify
homeschooling
language.
Homeschoolers
came
out
from
under
department
jurisdiction
in
2007..
This
decision
is
now
in
your
hands.
The
hands
of
the
legislators
should
have
not
been
brought
forth
by
the
department
of
ed.
Instead
of
homeschoolers
wanted
it.
We
should
have
bought
it
regarding
the
sc
25
in
2015.
Q
It
was
done
also
without
any
home
score
input,
and
what
you
are
not
talking
about
is
in
2017
sb
249
was
passed.
That
is
the
bill
that
passed
financial
literacy
and
civics.
For
public
schools,
those
and
that's
many
years
ago,
four
years
ago,
those
were
never
brought
over
into
our
homeschooling
core
subjects,
so
it
could
con
so
to
continue
with
the
mantra
of
always
and
historically
aligned.
Is
incorrect
and
and
adds
more
consternation
to
the
argument.
Q
Q
A
Thank
you
mister,
my
time
next,
caller.
H
P
I
think
we
should
encourage
our
kids
to
learn
how
to
communicate
to
have
civil
discourse
among
themselves
when
differences
arise
from
for
whatever
reason
and
never
ever
encourage
division
because
of
somebody's
race
or
whatever.
That's
just
not
a
good
thing.
I
grew
up
in
the
60s
after
the
civil
rights
I
went
to
to
appropriate
school,
we
had
people
of
varying
backgrounds,
native
americans,
black
americans,
hispanics
and
so
forth.
We
never
even
thought
about
that
stuff.
P
We
all
got
along
just
fine,
so,
instead
of
expanding
the
curriculum,
I
support
focusing
on
the
education
of
our
children
on
basics,
math,
science,
reading
compositions
and
things
of
that
nature.
And
lastly,
I
do
have
concerns
that
this
bill
could
force
home
school
education
plans
to
submit
to
its
to
its
mandates.
P
A
H
R
E-R-I-N-P-H-I-L-L-I-P-S,
I
am
the
president
of
power
to
parent.
We
represent
9
200
parents
across
the
state
of
nevada,
and
I
understand
that
the
department's
goal,
and
still
which
they've
stated,
is
to
create
a
conforming
change.
I
don't
take
issue
with
the
stated
purpose
and
I
recognize
these
standards
were
previously
passed
and
they
already
exist
in
state
standards.
R
We
don't
take
issue
with
any
of
the
content.
I
actually
want
to
support
the
still.
If
this
is
the
stated
purpose,
this
is
accurate,
but
section
one
is
an
unnecessary
addition
to
the
language
of
this
bill.
Fb25
was
mentioned.
Passed
in
2015
made
an
innocuous
change
to
the
language
from
english
to
english
language
arts.
R
I
would
contend
that
it
strikes
out
reading
composition
and
writing
and
adds
the
word
language
arts.
This
is
really
not
in
fact
a
new
core
subject.
It's
just
an
expanded
way
of
stating
english
language
arts.
That's
why
they
stroke
struck
out
the
language
regarding
reading
composition
and
writing.
So
I
don't
believe
this
is
an
addition
of
a
new
core
subject.
Also
fb
249
passed
in
2017,
which
was
referenced
by
the
department,
also
did
not
mention
home
schools.
It
was
specifically
intended
for
public
schools
and
I
keep
hearing
the
word
historically
aligned.
R
I
I
don't
see
anywhere
where
that
has
been
historically
aligned.
That
was
not
added
in
that
bill
in
2017.,
so
we
would
just
ask
that
that
section
pertaining
section,
one
pertaining
to
home
schools,
be
removed
or
amended.
With
that
change,
we
would
support
this
bill.
Thank
you.
A
H
A
Thank
you
very
much,
so
we
will
swing
back
to
support
for
ab19
once
again,
slowly,
state
your
name
and
spell
it
so
we
can
have
it
on
record
and
you
have
two
minutes.
If
the
person
before
you
said
exactly
what
you
wanted
to
say
feel
free
to
say,
ditto
or
they
said
exactly
what
I
wanted
to
say
so,
but
we
do
want
to
get
you
on
the
record
as
either
sport
or
opposed
so
we
will
go
back
to.
H
K
S-Y-L-B-I-A-L-A-Z-O-S-
and
I
am
here
to
support
ab19
at
justify
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
immigrant
coalition,
which
is
made
up
of
over
40
groups
in
support
of
immigrants
in
nevada.
K
Please
also
allow
me
to
testify,
as
a
professor
at
the
law
school
unlv
law
school,
to
illustrate
why
I
think
this
is
such
an
important
bill
in
my
constitutional
law
course.
We
go
very
quickly
through
american
history,
the
dred
scott
case
slave
clothes,
black
codes,
neutral
laws,
supposedly
like
homer
versus
plessy.
We
do
that
in
a
matter
of
two
weeks.
K
K
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
that
story
as
well.
We
will
move
on
to
the
next
caller
in
support.
H
J
E-R-I-C-A-V-A-L-V-R-I-Z
with
the
vegas
chamber,
the
chamber
is
in
support
of
av-19.
The
chamber
has
been
supportive
of
previous
legislative
measures
that
have
included
classes
like
financial
literacy.
We
believe
these
types
of
curriculum
components
are
important
classes
to
students.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
your
time.
We
urge
your
support
for
this
bill.
Thank
you.
H
J
J
The
multicultural
education
emphasized
in
ab19
is
a
critical
opportunity
for
our
state
to
have
the
humbling
opportunity
or
the
to
improve
safety
and
opportunity
for
all
students
in
nevada.
Through
my
organization's
work,
I
have
the
humbling
opportunity
to
connect
with
black
indigenous
people
of
color
and
lgbt
plus
students
to
learn
about
their
experiences
in
nevada's
classrooms.
J
J
I've
heard
from
students
who
have
endured
racially
motivated
bullying,
name-calling
slurs
and
been
ostracized
in
the
hallways.
I've
heard
from
students
who
feel
unseen
and
yet
singled
out
in
classrooms,
almost
without
exception.
I've
heard
from
students
who
have
not
seen
themselves
in
social
studies.
J
So,
as
I
do
my
best
to
relay
these
messages
second
hand,
I
have
to
ask
you
to
imagine
what
you
would
do
if
your
own
child
felt
so
unsafe
in
their
identity
that
they
couldn't
speak
out
about
it
at
all.
Multicultural
education
is
a
critical
step
in
disassembling
this
culture
of
hostility
through
understanding
a
responsibility.
We
all
share
it's
pivotal
and
encouraging
that
this
is
on
the
floor.
Today.
J
As
a
current
student,
I
can
say
with
confidence
that
the
skills
I
do
and
don't
learn
in
school,
from
developing
understandings
of
different
cultures,
to
learning,
to
save
money,
to
understanding
the
voter
registration
process
have
impacts
that
reach
far
beyond
my
classrooms.
I
learned
math
in
school,
allowing
me
to
be
a
cashier.
I
learned
ela
allowing
me
to
communicate
effectively
and
think
critically.
Nevada
students
will
graduate
to
become
influential
members
of
our
communities,
we'll
be
doctors,
lawyers,
teachers,
voters,
employees
and
we
need
practical
skills
to
do
so
with
empathy,
compassion,
respect
and
success.
A
Thank
you,
miss
branch
and
it's
always
good
to
hear
from
students
who
are
actually
on
the
ground
getting
their
their
diploma.
So
thank
you
for
taking
time
out
of
your
day.
Okay,
so
we
will.
We
have
two
more
calls
and
support
and
then
we'll
go
back
to
opposition,
so
we
can
get
the
next
person
in
support.
If
there
is
one.
H
K
Yvette
williams,
chair
of
the
clark
county,
black
caucus.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
this
committee,
speaking
to
you
today
on
assembly
bill
19
in
support
of
this
bill.
We,
this
organization,
has
worked
over
10
years
with
the
legislative
legislature
to
get
multicultural
academic
standards
passed
and
implemented
in
the
state
which
we're
still
struggling
to
do.
K
But
this
public
policy
should
reflect
the
values
of
our
society,
and
we
know
that
just
looking
at
the
summer
of
2020
just
last
year.
It
demonstrates
the
need
for
multicultural
education
in
being
able
to
relate,
understand
and
accepting
each
other
in
this
diverse
state.
It's
our
understanding.
It's
no
secret
to
anyone
who's,
a
minority
in
the
state
of
nevada
that
we
don't
have
the
option
to
just
live
or
even
visit
many
communities
within
nevada,
or
we
would
be
ostracized
and
and
ridiculed
and
and
not
even
be
able
to
live
in
that
community.
K
So
there's
only
certain
places
in
nevada
that
we
can
live
as
minorities
that
that
demonstrates
in
itself
the
climate
and
culture
in
which
we
live
in
having
multicultural
education
is
the
foundation
of
civic
duty,
and
it
reflects
I'm
sorry,
social.
K
So
it's
not
social
activism,
which
I
heard
someone
comment
earlier
multicultural
education
is
not
social
activism,
but
instead
it's
actually
the
foundation
of
social
justice,
and
so
I
want
to
just
I
agree
with
many
of
those
who
have
commented
earlier,
so
I
won't
repeat
all
of
those
things,
but
I
want
to
leave
you
by
saying
that
the
ccbc
strongly
supports
multicultural
education
and
this
particular
bill
assembly
bill
19..
We
hope
that
this
committee
will
quickly
have
it.
Thank
you.
H
I
B
A
Q
And
I'm
a
junior
at
reno
high
school,
I'm
representing
washoe
county
students
for
change
in
diversifier
narrative
and
I'm
supporting
a
ab-19
for
my
entire
life.
I've
attended
predominantly
white
schools
and
lived
in
predominantly
white
neighborhoods,
because
I've
been
privileged
enough
not
to
experience
any
race
or
ethnicity.
It
wasn't
until
march
of
2020
that
I
became
fully
aware
of
the
injustices
that
many
people
face
today.
In
my
history
classes
I've
learned
about
slavery
and
segregation
after
the
jim
crow
era,
it's
been
implied
that
everything
was
all
rainbows
and
sunshine
when
it.
Q
What
really
wasn't
and
still
isn't
it
wasn't
until
this
year
that
I
learned
about
the
historical
discrimination
against
immigrants
to
america,
and
only
briefly
did
we
learn
about
concentration
camps
for
the
japanese
during
world
war
ii
throughout
my
education,
I've
learned
about
the
big
issues,
but
nothing
after
that
once
that
issue
was
been
led
to
believe
that
the
issue
no
longer
remains,
which
simply
isn't
true.
For
the
last
year
of
my
life,
I've
spent
my
time
educating
myself
on
current
problems
that
minorities
face
today.
Q
As
I've
been
more
more
aware
of
these
issues,
I've
learned
that
they
stem
from
any
historical
events
that
I've
not
learned
about
in
school.
Not
every
student
will
spend
their
sunday
evening
educating
themselves,
which
is
why
it's
imperative
for
multicultural
history
to
be
taught
in
schools
and
to
help
nevada,
better,
prepare
students
to
be
active,
productive
and
responsible
members
of
society.
Q
A
Thank
you
very
much,
and-
and
I
want
to
say
again
thank
you-
love
to
hear
from
high
school
students
being
engaged
in
our
in
our
legislative
process.
So,
thank
you.
Okay.
Now
we
will
go
back
to
10
minutes
of
opposition.
First
caller.
H
D
I
want
to
point
out
the
following:
the
department
of
education
informed
us
of
the
nevada
homeschool
network
that
they
wanted
to
include
us
in
this
bill
because
homeschoolers
in
this
bill,
because
they
want
to
streamline
or
ease
the
transition
from
home
home
school
to
public
school,
which
is
naive
at
best.
D
Anyone
who
wants
to
return
to
public
school
after
homeschooling
speaking
of
high
school
here
has
to
abide
by
accredited
curriculum
standards.
Those
former
or
soon-to-be
former
homeschoolers
use
forethought
and
currently
pay
attention
to
public
school
standards
and
the
requirements
to
return.
If
they
want
that
to
count
towards
graduation
I've,
coached
people
and
seen
others
in
facebook
forums,
especially
this
year,
and
how
to
be
the
best
director
of
their
child's
education
by
asking
them.
D
D
They
don't
recognize
credits
at
the
discretion
of
the
homeschool
parents,
curriculum
choice
to
begin
with.
Lastly,
we
homeschool
parents
seek
to
teach
with
and
about
empathy,
individual
responsibility
and
diversity.
Already
those
subject
changes
in
ab19
they're,
not
wrong
in
their
ideology,
but
they're
100,
wrong
and
they're
being
written
into
our
core
standards
without
our
consent.
D
D
When
we
reached
out
to
them
and
declined
the
change,
they
were
given
the
opportunity,
at
the
request
of
the
nevada
homeschool
network,
to
take
out
such
section,
one
which
applies
to
homeschoolers
but
refused
to
entertain
the
idea,
which
is
what
we're
asking
you
the
legislature
to
do
now,
remove
homeschoolers
from
the
bill
in
section
one
and
make
clear
to
the
doe
that
their
authority
stops
where
r
starts,
which
is
the
noi
filed
and
the
education
plan.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
Thank
you,
miss
madison.
Next,
caller
and
opposition.
G
H
H
N
D-R-E-W-G-I-L-B-R-O-O-K-E
and
I'm
a
junior
arena
high
school,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
washoe
county
students
for
change
and
diversifier
narrative
in
support
of
ab19
from
kindergarten
to
today,
I've
learned
very
little
about
people
of
color
in
school.
I
took
too
long
to
learn
how
much
whitewashing
and
erasure
was
present
in
our
classrooms.
N
I
never
learned
about
the
tulsa
massacre,
the
nuance
and
brutality
of
jim
crow
or
the
birmingham
bombing.
All
these
topics
are
critical
to
the
history
of
marginalized
communities,
but
I
was
never
taught
them.
The
broadening
of
these
topics
in
the
classroom
can
help
foster
inclusion
and
respect
for
others.
We
should
be
a
community
that
values
its
diversity
and
uplifts,
those
that
are
so
often
forgotten
or
even
shunned.
Under
the
current
status
quo.
N
The
increased
focus
on
multi
multicultural
studies
would
help
teach
students,
the
value
and
beauty
of
diversity,
rather
than
having
to
view
things
through
a
single
cultural
lens.
Civic
education
would
help
repair
this
and
future
generations
for
the
lifelong
process,
that
is,
civic
engagement,
yielding
active
citizens
that
fight
for
what
they
believe
is
right
in
a
republic
that
demands
it
as
a
high
schooler
I'll
go
off
to
college,
knowing
that
I
most
likely
won't
retain
a
good
chunk
of
what
I've
learned
from
more
than
a
decade
of
school.
N
N
A
Thank
you,
mr
tilburg,
and,
as
I've
said
to
the
other
students
who
have
called,
I
appreciate
you
getting
involved
in
the
legislative
process
as
a
as
a
high
school
student.
So
thank
you
were
we
able
to
get
that
other
caller
on
the
line.
H
A
We
actually,
I
think,
exhausted
the
the
so
go
ahead
and
speak
well,
just
note
that
it's
an
opposition!
Thank
you!
Okay,
I'm
sorry.
R
And
thank
you
no
you're.
Fine.
I
just
want
yeah.
I
just
want
to
say
I'm
a
parent,
homeschooling
parent.
I
would
love
to
support
this
bill
as
a
home,
though
I'm
a
homeschooling
parent.
I
have
a
vested
interest
in
everything
that
goes
on
in
public
education.
It's
a
very
important
part
of
our
society
and
these
topics
that
are
being
added
are
worthy
topics.
However,
there's
one
glaring
problem,
as
others
have
noted,
so
I
won't
go
into
those
details,
but
homeschoolers
are
being
included
in
this
bill.
R
I
want
to
emphatically
agree
with
katie
madison
and
ulyssa
wall
that
no
matter
how
worthy
the
subject
matter,
we
do
not
want
as
homeschoolers
to
be
under
any
sort
of
umbrella
of
the
nevada
department
of
education.
It
was
overreach
and
it
quite
frankly,
shady
the
way
no
stakeholders
were
invited
and
the
way
that
things
were
pushed
through
so
quickly.
R
We
don't
particularly
appreciate
that,
like
I
said,
I
want
to
support
this
bill.
I
agree
with
many
of
the
people
who
are
for
this
bill
and
the
comments
that
they've
made,
but
I
would
just
like
to
emphasize
one
last
time
to
remove
homeschoolers
from
the
bill
completely,
and
that
is
it.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
I'm
sorry
for
your
your
trouble.
This
is
new
to
all
of
us
so
but
thank
you
for
too
okay,
and
so
are
there
any
other
callers
in
support.
H
A
All
right,
then,
I
think
we
will
close
the
testimony
and,
if
the
sponsor
of
the
bill,
dr
moore,
did
you
want
to
make
any
closing
remarks.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Not
at
this
time.
A
H
H
C
C
We,
the
school
districts
and
higher
education
like
to
bring
some
good
news
happening
at
different
schools,
to
provide
some
cheers
and
to
let
you
know
what
is
happening
in
school
district
school
districts
across
the
state.
So
I
wanted
to
start
today.
I
know
assemblywoman
torres
has
a
great
one
actually
to
discuss,
but
I
will
talk
about
tyler
swick,
who
is
an
elementary
school
edu
music
educator
at
bob
and
sandy
ellis
elementary
school
in
henderson
nevada.
C
We
are
extremely
proud
of
tyler
swick.
He
was
chosen
as
an
honoree
in
the
yamaha
music,
usa's
inaugural
40,
under
40
music
education
program,
so
to
tyler
mr
swick,
thank
you
for
making
ccsd
number
one
for
kids.
Thank
you
for
your
dedication
to
your
students
and
for
really
continuing
and
pushing
elementary
music
programs
throughout
the
district.
A
Thank
you.
Are
you
we'll
be
looking
forward
to
a
theme
song
for
that
good
news
minute
in
the
future?
Next
caller,
please.
H
D
Hello,
my
name
is
teresa
melendez
t-e-r-e-s-a,
melendez
m-e-l-e-n-d-e-z,
and
I
am
the
vice
chair
with
the
nevada,
statewide
native
american
caucus
and
I'm
also
an
indian
education
consultant
here
in
the
state,
and
I
work
nationally
too,
and
I
am
calling
in
support
of
ab19,
really
excited
to
see
this
bill.
I'm
excited
for
this
conversation
so
like
the
black
caucus,
the
native
caucus
indigenous
educators
around
the
state
have
been
working
on
priorities
around
indian
education
and
helping
to
bring
visibility
and
truth
in
education,
around
indigenous
peoples,
histories
philosophies
and
worldviews.
D
I
have
students
in
the
k-12
system
and
my
fifth
grader
has
been
studying
american
indian
studies
recently
last
couple
months
and
regularly
I'll
check
in
on
her
her
lessons
or
she'll.
Give
me
updates
on
her
lessons
and
when
our
people
aren't
spoken
about
as
doctors
and
philosophers
and
engineers
and
astronomers
and
experts
and
intelligent
people
when
any
group
of
people
are
spoken
to
about
their
histories
in
this
country.
Without
the
recognition
respect
to
the
genius
and
the
brilliance
and
the
beauty
of
that
culture.
D
That's
when
we
know
we
have
opportunity
to
improve
our
education
and
curriculum
to
reflect
the
beauty
of
those
people.
Unfortunately,
when
we
read
about
our
black
neighbors
and
indigenous
neighbors,
we
often
don't
see
that
beauty
and
resilience
reflected
in
the
curriculum
and
how
we
teach
and
that's
our
children
don't
grow
up
to
learn
about
the
beauty
of
those
cultures.
D
So
when
we
think
about
social
justice,
a
huge
part
of
that
that
conversation
is
just
around
truth
and
truth
and
conversations
of
our
histories
and
will
and
experience
so
I'm
calling
in
favor
of
ab19,
I
think
it's
incredibly
important
to
have
a
an
honest
reflection
of
american
history,
honest
depiction
of
people
of
color's
experience
in
american
history
and
nevada
history.
I
also
am
fully
supportive
of
the
financial
literacy
components.
I
worked
in
college
prep
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
constantly
working
with
students
on
to
help
prepare
them
for
college.
A
And
find
something
we
are
at
that
two
minutes.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
do
we
have
any
other
callers
from
public
comment.
H
H
R
D
B
Was
hoping
that
you
guys
could
for
the
record.
O
B
A
A
Really
we
should
have
our
if
you
have
opposition
or
support
of
a
bill
that
is
actually
during
the
bill
hearing,
so
I'm
I'm
gonna
sort
of
allow
it
now,
just
because
of
the
virtual
world-
and
I
know
people
are
having
some
issues
but
and
as
far
as
the
opinion
polls,
I
think
all
legislators
are
aware
that
you
can
look
up
the
opinion
poll
and
see
where
not
only
people
fall
in
the
state
of
nevada,
but
also
you
can
actually
drill
it
down
to
your
assembly
district
and
the
public
can
do
that
as
well.
A
So,
as
far
as
is,
is
opposition
support
and
neutral,
so
we
will
move
on
to
the
next
person
in
public
comment
and
I'm
hoping
that
it
is
on
general
education
issues.
As
we
have
already
closed
the
hearing
on
ab19.
H
A
Thank
you
very
much
okay,
so
we
will
close
public
comment
at
this
time.
I
know
we
have
at
least
one
comment
from
assemblywoman
taurus.
Are
there
any
other
members
who
would
like
to
make
a
comment?
I'm
looking.
E
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
to
the
committee
for
indulging.
I
just
want
to
take
this
moment
this
week
is
love
teaching
week
and
we
can
participate
for
in
nevada,
education's
love
teaching
week
via
twitter,
other
social
media
platforms
and
today
is
thankful
tuesday.
So
I
wanted
to
take
this
as
an
opportunity
to
think
the
first
ever
latina
educator
named
nevada
teacher
of
the
year
and
one
of
the
finalists
for
the
national
award
for
teacher
of
the
year
juliana
ortobi,
a
learning
strategist
at
booker
elementary
school
in
the
historic
west
side.
E
She
does
a
phenomenal
job
advocating
for
her
students
advocating
for
our
community
and
all
additionally
mentoring
teachers.
I
just
wanted
to
take
this
moment
to
appreciate
her
and
if
you
ever
have
the
opportunity
to
work
with
her
she's,
an
excellent
educator,
and
she
really
is
committed
to
improving
the
practice
of
education.
A
And
thank
you
and
congratulations
to
juliana
all
right
with
that.
We
will
let's
begin
to
adjourn
this
meeting.
Our
next
meeting
will
be
thursday
february
18th
at
1
30..
This
concludes
our
meeting
for
the
day
and
the
meeting
is.