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A
All
right
welcome
to
the
committee
on
senate
committee
on
education
and
welcome
to
those
that
are
present
here
in
carson
city
and
online
and
by
phone
secretary.
Please
call
the
roll.
A
A
And
that's
it.
We're
gonna,
follow
the
the
work
session
in
order.
I
didn't
have
any
specific
order,
though
I
don't
wanna
change
the
order,
so
we
will.
We
will
start
with
our
work
sessions
and
we're
gonna
start
with
a
b,
and
we
will
consider
ab57
this
term.
C
C
The
bill
suspends
until
school
year
2023-24
the
current
requirement
that
pupil
growth
account
for
15
percent
of
the
evaluation
of
a
teacher
or
administrator
who
provides
direct
instructional
services
to
pupils.
The
bill
also
suspends
until
school
year
2023-24
the
current
requirement
to
establish
pupil
learning
goals,
with
the
exception
that
a
teacher
who
is
subject
to
an
agreement
between
a
school
district
and
an
employee
organization
which
was
entered
into
before
the
effective
date
of
this
bill,
and
that
provides
an
incentive
to
teachers
based
on
people.
C
Learning
goals
may
continue
to
develop
learning
goals
to
satisfy
the
requirements
of
that
agreement.
In
such
a
case,
the
learning
goal
will
account
for
zero
percent
of
the
teacher's
evaluation.
The
washoe
county
school
district
proposed
the
following
amendments,
which
are
attached
to
the
work
session
document.
C
The
first
one
would
remove
school
year
2020
to
2021
and
school
year,
2022-23
from
the
years
in
which
pupil
growth
accounts
for
zero
percent
on
a
teacher
or
administrator's
evaluation,
and
the
second
proposal
would
add
language
that
would
hold
teachers
harmless.
Who
did
not
meet
their
student
learning
goal
in
school
year,
2020
to
2021.
mr
chair.
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
yeah.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
understood
your
amendments
because
I
think
that
the
original
was
hold
harmless
for
two
years
and
then
go
to
the
15,
and
I
think
there
were
suggestions
that
maybe
you
could
slide
back
into
the
15.
and
that
is
that
effectively
what
happens
with
this.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
the
record
lindsay
anderson
on
behalf
of
the
washoe
county
school
district,
and
we
tried
to
incorporate
the
concerns
that
we
heard
during
the
hearing
into
this.
I
think
you
senator
hammond,
suggested
going
back
to
7.5
something
like
that
in
the
third
year
and
based
on
conversations
with
other
stakeholders.
We
basically
eliminated
that
third
year
as
part
of
this,
so
it
will
go
zero
percent
in
the
next
school
year
and
then
back
to
15
in
its
entirety.
In
the
second
year
of
the
biennium,
which
is
the
2022-2023
school
year,.
A
That's
all
I
need
to
know,
thank
you
and
then
in
the
as
far
as
the
current
year
that
got
taken
out,
but
didn't
is
there
a
piece
in
here
about
that.
A
Great.
Thank
you
any
other
questions.
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Do
we,
as
a
committee,
have
any
other
questions
on
the
bill?
Okay,
I
will
entertain
a
motion.
The
motion
would
know
what
I
did
with
it.
A
A
All
in
favor
say
aye
any
opposed,
nay,
so
we
have
senator
buck.
There's
a
nay,
I
guess
just
so
I'll,
be
clear
on
the
record:
okay,
let's
go
to
assembly
bill
231.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair
jen
sturm
for
the
record.
The
next
bill
is
assembly
bill
231,
which
is
sponsored
by
assembly,
women,
woman
cohen
and
assemblywoman
krasner.
We
heard
this
bill
at
our
last
meeting
on
may
12th.
The
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
create
a
subcommittee
to
review
and
make
recommendations
on
providing
instruction
on
the
holocaust
and
other
genocides,
including
the
armenian
cambodian,
darfur,
guatemalan
and
rwandan
genocides,
in
social
studies
and
language
arts
courses.
C
Furthermore,
ab231
requires
the
state
board
to
report
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
legislative
committee
on
education
in
each
even-numbered
year.
After
considering
the
state
board's
report,
the
lce
must
submit
its
considerations
and
any
recommendations
to
the
legislature,
and
at
this
time
there
are
no
proposed
amendments.
Mr
chair.
A
A
Oh
senator
hardy,
would
you
do
this
or
statement.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair
gensturm
committee
policy.
Analyst.
The
next
bill
is
assembly
bill
261,
which
was
presented
by
assemblywoman
anderson
on
may
3rd.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
trustees
of
a
school
district
or
the
governing
body
body
of
a
charity
charter
school
to
ensure
that
instruction
is
provided
to
pupils
enrolled
in
kindergarten
through
grade
12
on
the
history
and
contributions
to
science,
the
arts
and
humanities
of
certain
groups
of
persons.
C
Finally,
ab261
prohibits
the
state
board
of
education
from
selecting
instructional
materials,
including
without
limitation,
a
textbook
for
use
in
public
schools
unless
the
instructional
material
materials
accurately
portray
the
history
and
contributions
to
science,
the
arts
and
humanities
of
the
specified
groups
of
persons
and
mr
chair.
There
are
no
proposed
amendments
at
this
time.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
read
it
as
prohibits
and
it's
that's
a
pretty
broad
prohibit
prohibition
of
instructional
materials
over
a
large
range
of
subjects,
so
I
I
will
be
voting
no
on
this.
G
Thank
you
so
much
chair
dennis.
I
want
to
thank
the
assemblywoman
for
bringing
this
bill
forward.
You
know,
as
we
talk
about
diversity
and
inclusion,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
kids
are
taught
accurately
to
understand
the
values
of
people
who
don't
look
like
them
and
I
think
there's
a
big
amount
of
history
that
several
different
groups
provide
to
our
state
and
it's
important
that
they
know
the
contributions
and
how
we
got
here.
So
I
will
be
voting
in
support
and
thank
you
very
much.
A
E
Hi
assemblywoman,
I
just
am
looking
at
the
supporting
documents
and
the
fiscal
notes,
and
I
just
wonder
if
you
could
comment
on
those,
because
I
see
that
there's
a
90,
almost
a
95
000
fiscal
note
from
lander
county,
something
from
douglas
80
000
from
white
pine.
That's
a
lot
of
money.
H
H
I
was
trying
to
get
that
clarification
to
them
that
this
is
in
the
current
cycle,
and
so
that's
where
that
that
those
fiscal
notes
are
coming
from.
I
have
not
received
any
information
back
from
miss
porzinski,
seeing
whether
or
not
those
things
have
in
fact
been
removed,
because
you'll
notice
that
clark
county
also
had
that
in
the
initial
numbers.
E
E
Thank
you.
So
I
thought
that
was
the
case
and
I
and
I
think,
there's
language.
I
read
in
your
bill
about
getting
on
the
cycle,
and
so
I
know
that
I
had
talked
to
them
about
something
like
that
and
and
it
removed
the
fiscal
note,
so
I'm
thinking
they're
going
to
get
removed.
H
H
Thank
you
senator
dennis,
yes,
assemblymember
anderson,
the
cycle
is
the
review
of
our
curriculum.
Materials
goes
through
two
different
cycles.
I've
learned
this
from
the
department
of
education.
The
first
cycle
is
they
review
the
standards,
make
sure
that
their
stakeholders
are
involved
in
this
review
and
then
they
review
and
it
goes
like
one
year.
I
want
to
say
it's
and
I'm
I
do
not
have
the
cycle
in
front
of
me,
but
one
year
it
might
be
science
the
following
year.
It
might
be
social
studies
the
following
year.
H
It
might
be
math
et
cetera,
english
language,
arts
pe,
and
so
it
goes
through
the
whole
curriculum,
so
they're
not
trying
to
do
every
single
curriculum,
double
checking
the
standards
as
well
as
textbooks
and
instructional
materials
at
the
same
year.
So
this
way
there's
a
cycle.
Traditionally
it
is
a
seven
year
cycle.
At
times
it
is
a
nine
year
cycle
depending
upon
where
exactly
things
are
land.
H
I
believe
senator
dondero
loop
also
has
some
more
information
about
that,
because
I
think
she's
been
very
intimate
with
that
cycle
based
upon
her
experience
as
a
textbook
representative
at
times.
If
she,
if
I
didn't
know
if
she
wanted
to
add
more
information
to
it,
but
that's
the
process
that
it
usually
goes
through
so
you're
not
doing
all
curriculum
standards
every
year.
Instead,
it's
a
cycle
of
seven
to
nine
years,
depending
upon
where
the
district
is
as
well
as
depending
upon
where
the
state
is.
E
You
very
much,
and
and
yes,
the
cycle
is
seven
years
and
assembly.
Woman
is
absolutely
right.
It
cycles
through
each
curriculum
area
so
as
to
not
overload
school
districts
and
then,
on
top
of
that,
a
school
district
can
like
when
we
had
the
downturn
they
put
off
purchasing
for
a
year
or
two,
but
when
this,
when
the
textbook
is
decided
upon
and
the
purchases
are
made,
they
have
four
years
to
get
within
that
textbook.
E
And
then,
if
I
may,
mr
chair,
I
was
just
going
to
respond
to
where
it
says
section
2.
It
prohibits
the
state
board
from
selecting
instructional
materials,
including
without
limitation,
for
use
in
public
schools,
unless
the
instructional
materials
accurately
portray
the
history
and
contributions
to
science,
arts
and
humanities.
That's
in
that
is
actually
in
law.
I
mean
that's
already
in
the
nrs,
it's
it's
so
that
we
have
accurate
information.
It
would
be
no
different
than
if
we
had
an
english
textbook
that
accurately
portrayed
english
grammar.
E
So
that
that's
actually
already
in
the
nrs,
so
thank
you
very
much.
Assemblywoman
anderson.
A
Thank
you
for
that.
I'm
gonna
have
if
we
have
mr
asher,
if
you
could
verify
that
that
she
was
reading
from
there.
B
I
B
B
Thank
you,
mr
asher
killian
committee
council.
So,
if
you,
if
you
look
at
the
bill
itself,
section
two
of
the
bill
is
the
section
that
is
amending
nrs,
389
850,
to
add
the
new
subsection
three
about
instructional
materials.
B
But
if
you
look
up
in
subsections
one
and
two
of
the
existing
law,
that's
where
those
existing
provisions
are
the
prohibit
the
state
board
from
selecting
a
textbook
unless
it
determines
that
the
textbook
adequately
supports
standards
for
the
subject
area
and
adequately
portrays
the
cultural
and
racial
diversity
of
our
society,
including
a
few
other
things,
so
that
that's
where
related
material
is
already
in
existing
law.
A
A
We
have
a
motion
to
do
pass
from
senator
lang.
Second,
from
senator
donder
loop,
any
further
discussion
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
and
oppose
nay,
so
senator
hardy
sir
hammond
center
buck
or
about
nay.
Thank
you.
A
Floor
all
right:
let's
do
let's
consider
ab266.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair
jen
sturm
committee
policy.
Analyst.
The
next
bill
is
ab266,
which
was
presented
by
assemblywoman
miller
on
may
5th.
The
bill
prohibits
administrators
other
than
licensed
educational
personnel,
who
may
be
present
in
a
classroom,
but
do
not
teach
every
pupil
in
the
classroom.
Teachers
not
actively
teaching
during
a
class
period
and
teachers
who
do
not
teach
a
subject
area
for
which
the
ratio
of
pupils
per
licensed
teacher
is
being
determined
from
being
counted
and
determining
the
people-to-teacher
ratio.
C
The
bill
also
requires
the
board
of
trustees
of
a
school
district.
To
the
extent
money
is
available
to
determine
the
number
of
job
vacancies
in
the
school
district
based
on
the
number
of
licensed
teachers.
That
would
be
needed
to
achieve
the
recommended
pupil
to
teacher
ratio
and
requires
that
related
information
be
posted
on
the
board's
website.
C
Finally,
the
bill
requires
a
person
evaluating
a
teacher
responsible
for
a
class
that
exceeds
the
ratio,
recommendations
to
award
the
teacher
additional
weight
on
applicable
criteria
under
the
statewide
performance
evaluation
system
and
assemblywoman
miller
proposed
several
amendments
which
are
attached
to
the
work
session
document
and
I'll
briefly
go
over
the
the
general
concepts
there.
The
first
proposed
amendment
would
revise
the
language
in
subsection
2f
of
section
4,
to
apply
the
additional
weight
for
a
teacher
with
a
number
of
pupils
that
exceeds
the
applicable
class
size
ratio.
C
Only
if
the
teacher
is
post-probationary
and
was
rated
as
effective
or
better
b,
the
revised
language
would
prohibit
the
additional
weight
from
raising
the
score
on
any
criterion
above
the
maximum
score.
That
would
otherwise
be
possible
for
a
teacher
rated
as
highly
effective
and
c.
It
would
more
clearly
describe
the
factors
to
which
the
additional
weight
should
apply.
C
The
second
general
proposed
amendment
would
add
a
new
transitory
provision
requiring
that
the
provisions
of
subsection
2f
of
nrs
391.465,
as
amended
by
section
4
of
this
bill,
be
applied
to
any
evaluation
of
an
applicable
teacher
during
the
2021-22
school
year
and
each
subsequent
subsequent
school
year.
And
finally,
the
proposed
amendment
would
revise
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
to
make
the
provisions
of
section
4
effective
upon
passage
and
approval
and
then
on
january,
1st
2022
for
all
other
purposes.
Mr
chair.
J
A
Okay,
I
think
senator
nerelu.
E
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair.
I
actually
do
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
our
sponsor
to
clarify,
because
I
think,
there's
some
misunderstanding
about
what
actually
this
does
and
what
was
changed
with
the
amendment.
K
Thank
you,
chair,
dennis,
and,
and
thank
you
senator
dondera
lupe
for
the
invitation.
I
am
assemblywoman
brittany
miller
for
the
record,
and
so
to
clarify
that
comment
and
what
the
amendment
is
about
is.
First
it
nothing
about
student
learning
goals
or
student
achievement.
Data
is
being
changed
here.
K
K
It
also
will
only
apply
to
those
who
are
already
performing
at
an
effective
or
highly
effective
level
with
that
it
still
remains
just
in
those
specific
three
indicators
that
are
within
the
instructional
category
and
the
two
standards
that
are
within
the
professional
category,
so
it
actually
does
not
have
anything
to
do
with
the
student
learning
achievement.
The
only
other
change
too
was
that
there
were
two
different
formulas
impacting
instructional
and
perform
professional
standards,
and
now
it
is
streamlined
so
that
the
value
based
meaning
if
your
10
percent
over
class
size
ratio.
A
Great,
thank
you
any
other
questions.
Thank
you.
We
do
need
to
get
also
there
stay
there
for
just
a
second
okay.
Something
comes
up
we
need.
I
know
the
department
of
ed
is
on
the
line.
We
need
them
to
clarify
the
fiscal
note,
and
I
know
we
have
mrs
gonzalez
here,
so
she
could,
if
you
could
weigh
in
on
that.
J
Here
dennis
vice
chair,
dunder
loop
members
of
the
committee,
felicia
gonzalez,
for
the
record,
I
want
to
first
thank
assemblywoman
miller
for
the
opportunity
to
work
with
her
on
this
amendment.
This
amendment
will
still
require
the
same
fiscal
note.
As
is
noted
in
the
work
session
document.
The
amendment
requires
a
calculation
based
on
a
percentage
over
race
ratio
which
will
require
work
to
embed
the
calculation
into
the
evaluation
tool.
To
ensure
accuracy,
it
will
also
require
nde
staff
to
revise
the
evaluation
tool
to
capture
the
original
calculation
and
the
weighted
score.
J
In
addition,
it
will
require
nde
staff
to
review
previously
approved,
alternate
tools
used
by
some
districts
to
ensure
that
those
tools
are
in
compliance
and
are
accurately
calculating
the
weighted
score
and
revise
protocols
and
provide
professional
development
before
the
start
of
the
next
school
year.
Thank.
G
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
I
will
entertain
a
motion.
It
would
be
an
amended
pass
emotion,
amended
to
pass
from
centered
on
dura
loop.
Second,
from
senator
donate
further
discussion
on
the
motion,
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
aye,
aye
opposed,
say,
nay,
what's
that
hardy
buck
and
hammond?
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair
jen
sturm
committee
policy.
Analyst.
The
next
bill
on
work
session
is
assembly
bill
362,
which
is
sponsored
by
assemblywoman
benitez
thompson.
We
heard
this
bill
on
may
3rd.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
trustees
of
the
college
savings
plans
of
nevada
to
adopt
and
as
necessary,
revise
a
policy
for
the
use
of
any
money
in
the
nevada,
higher
education,
prepaid
tuition,
trust
fund,
that
is
in
excess
of
the
amount
of
money
determined
by
the
board
to
be
required
to
establish
a
guaranteed
rate
for
tuition
under
a
prepaid
tuition
contract.
C
A
A
A
L
L
After
all
of
your
education
policy
discussions
this
session,
I
know
each
of
you
appreciate
the
significant
intersection
of
education
policy
and
education
funding.
K-12
public
education
has
been
woefully
underfunded
for
decades,
ranking
48th
among
the
states
and
per-pupil
funding.
Nevada
also
has
the
largest
student-to-teacher
ratio
in
the
country.
A
156
million
cut
to
class
size
reduction
over
the
next
biennium
would
mean
a
loss
of
about
a
thousand
teachers
across
the
state,
meaning
even
more
students
packed
into
nevada
classrooms.
L
Cuts
proposed
to
early
literacy
supports,
threaten
gains
we've
made
and
the
achievement
of
fourth
graders
you've
heard
me
talk
about
this
all
session,
but
today
I'd
like
to
read
comments
from
esc
member
erica
nungare,
who
is
working
right
now,
as
a
special
education
paraprofessional
in
clark,
county
erica,
writes
what
is
unique
about
my
position
is
not
only
do
I
have
the
pleasure
of
working
with
wonderful
students
in
the
special
ed
department,
I
assist
students
when
they
are
placed
in
a
general
education
classroom
setting
it's
difficult
to
express
the
dire
urgency.
Our
classrooms
are
so
overcrowded.
L
They
become
standing
room
only
making
instructional
time
nearly
impossible
and
unfair
to
our
students.
I
work
with
teachers
that
walk
in
classrooms
on
their
first
day
with
no
curriculum.
I've
waited
for
my
students
on
many
occasions
before
and
after
school
for
over
an
hour
to
receive
transportation.
L
Funding
affects
every
sector
of
education
down
to
the
basic
fundamentals
of
having
a
pencil
or
paper
for
our
students,
which
is
surprisingly
even
those
items
are
scarce.
In
our
district,
my
school
site
alone
this
year
will
lose
several
fantastic
teachers
to
different
states
or
other
professions.
The
staff,
the
staffing
losses,
include
phenomenal
support
professionals
who
help
run
our
schools.
I
urge
you
to
please
please
fund
our
schools
and
not
only
make
nevada
number
one
in
tourism,
but
number
one
in
education.
L
Let
me
just
add
that
education
policy
and
all
the
efforts
of
this
committee
since
the
interim
are
subject
to
the
budget
decisions
made
in
the
other
hearing
rooms
as
the
senate's
residence
experts
in
education.
I
would
ask
each
of
you
to
be
advocates
and
lobbyists
on
behalf
of
public
schools
over
the
last
two
weeks.
Please
engage
your
colleagues
in
finance
in
the
hallways,
in
the
caucus
rooms
on
the
importance
of
education
funding
and
the
interconnectedness
of
the
work
you've
done
here
and
their
work
on
the
budget.
Thank
you
very
much.
M
My
name
is
emily
mimna
m-I-m-n-a-u-g-h,
I'm
a
local
nevada
attorney,
and
I'm
actually
here
on
behalf
of
the
pacific
justice
institute
center
for
public
policy.
I
would
like
to
comment
briefly
on
ab261
before
it
becomes
nevada
law.
I
would
just
like
to
note
that
we
believe
it
is
both
unnecessary
and
underinclusive.
M
An
education
that
portrays
the
cultural
and
racial
diversity
of
our
society,
as
you
noted,
however,
that
is
already
incorporated
into
the
law,
so
we
believe
it
is
unnecessary.
We
also
believe
it's
under
inclusive,
because
it
selects
only
seven
groups
and
it
does
not
explain
why
those
groups
and
not
other
groups,
are
being
excluded.
J
J
J
I
The
american
slavery
system
was
the
longest
lasting
genocide
in
modern
history,
where
millions
of
black
people
had
lost
their
lives
due
to
murder,
neglect,
sickness,
lynchings
massacres
and
war.
It's
imperative
that
this
part
of
history
be
taught
to
our
children,
so
they
are
not
ignorant
of
the
genocide
of
the
united
states,
black
american
slavery
system.
I'd
also
like
to
offer
the
book
from
here
to
equality
by
dr
william
darady,
and
also
the
book,
the
new
jim
crow
as
a
teaching
tool
to
assist
teachers
in
their
classrooms
while
teaching
the
subject.
I
Also,
the
book,
the
new
jim
crow
talks
about
the
genocide
of
the
war
on
drugs
and
how
it
impacted
the
lives
of
black
americans,
and
I
would
like
to
thank
everyone
for
listening
today
and
we
hope
to
see
the
bill
amended
to
add
the
genocide
of
the
black
american
slave.
Thank
you.
J
N
Hello,
my
name
is
selena
larue,
hatch,
l-a-space
r-u-e-h-a-t-c-h,
I'm
calling
for
a
dual
purpose
today
to
implore
you
to
increase
funding
and
advocate
for
funding
with
your
colleagues
for
education,
but
also
in
support
of
ab261
as
a
high
school
social
studies
teacher.
I
think
that
this
is
a
critical
change
to
the
law
and
something
that
we
need
to
see
in
our
classroom.
N
I
have
a
devastating
story
from
my
first
year
of
teaching,
in
which
I
was
teaching
world
war,
one
and
world
war
ii,
and
so
much
about
european
history,
and
I
had
a
black
student
ask
me,
mr:
when
are
we
going
to
get
to
learn
about
people
that
look
like
me
and
being
a
first
year
teacher
on
using
the
curriculum
that
I
had,
I
had
to
say
slavery
and
imperialism
when
europeans
take
over
africa,
and
that
was
it.
That
was
it.
N
Our
materials
are
outdated
and
we
don't
have
the
money
to
replace
them.
My
class
sizes
are
over
40
in
each
class.
I
have
about
six
minutes
of
instructional
time
per
student
per
week.
This
is
unsustainable,
it
is
harmful
for
our
children
and
we
need
something
to
change,
and
so
I'm
urging
the
members
of
this
committee
to
work
with
your
colleagues
to
please
fund
education
adequately
so
that
we
can
actually
do
our
jobs
and
help
the
children
of
this
community.
Thank
you.
J
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
close
public
comment.
That
is
all
the
business
that
we
have
for
today.
Although
our
work
is
still
not
done
we,
I
know
we
have
at
least
one
bill
that
we
just
got
that
that's
actually
on
workforce
development,
so
it'll
be
an
interesting
discussion,
so
we'll
be
scheduling
that
here
in
the
future.