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A
We
have.
I
have
my
my
gavel
today,
so
we've
gaveled
in
welcome
to
the
senate
committee
on
education
and
welcome
to
those
online
and
present
by
phone
will
the
secretary.
Please
call
the
role.
C
D
E
F
A
Senator
dennis.
A
I'm
here
all
right,
so
we've
got
let's
see
everybody's
here.
We
do
have
a
quorum
on
housekeeping
for
those
on
video.
Please
keep
yourself
muted
when
not
speaking
a
committee
on
the
committee.
Information
is
available
on
nellis,
which
can
be
accessed
through
the
legislature's
website.
A
A
Detailed
instructions
for
participating
are
available
on
the
help
page
linked
in
a
banner
at
the
top
of
every
page
on
nellis,
when
testifying
statements
by
your
name
and
affiliation.
If
any
we'll
take
public
comment
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
the
chair-
and
I
will
I'm,
I
will
be
limiting
public
testimony
and
public
comment
to
two
minutes
per
person
feel
free
to
submit
your
comments
in
writing
and
briefly
summarize
them
in
spoken
testimony.
A
A
Let's
see,
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
not
missing
anything,
I'm
going
to
change
the
order
of
the
agenda
just
because
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
everything
done
that
we
need
to
today,
and
we
have
a
bill
that
we're
going
to
hear
so
I'm
going
to
start
with
sb
27.
First,
hopefully
we
have
everybody
on
that's
going
to
present
the
bill
and
after
we
are
done
with
sb27,
then
we'll
go
to
the
invest
presentation
and
then
the
the
kobe
response.
A
So
whoever
is
going
to
I
can't
remember
who's
presenting,
I
believe
it's
the
department
of
ed.
G
A
G
Good
afternoon,
chair
dennis,
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
Vice
chair,
dondero
loop
members
of
the
education
committee,
state
superintendent,
joan
ebert
for
the
record.
I
am
here
today
presenting
senate
bill
27
known
as
our
licensure
streamlining
bill,
I'm
also
joined
by
deputy
superintendent,
felicia
gonzalez.
She
oversees
our
educator
effectiveness
division.
G
G
So
this
bill
covers
many
different
sections
and
topics,
so
I
will
take
each
one
go
through
them
and
I
know
there
may
be
questions
and
answers.
As
we
go
section,
one
aligns
the
state
superintendent's
authority
to
initiate
investigations
into
licensed
educator
misconduct
with
existing
statutory
authority
regarding
private
school
educators.
G
To
make
this
clear,
the
department
collaborated
with
other
entities,
nas
clark,
county
school
district,
washoe,
county
school
district
and
in
this
area,
washoe
county
school
district
will
be
submitting
a
friendly
amendment
in
section
1.2
that
reflects
this.
Investigative
power
is
only
related
to
licensed
employees
pursuant
to
nrs
391.031.
G
There
was
also
questions
in
regards
to
this
section.
If
the
state
superintendent
was
giving
up
complete
authority-
and
that
is
not
the
case,
what
it
does
is
it
expands
it
so
that
our
excuse
me
if
our
chief
investigator
does
come
to
fruition,
and
we
do
have
a
request
for
specific
title
to
that,
but
they
would
be
the
ones
to
do
the
investigation,
which
would
then
come
to
myself
and
the
state
board
of
education,
the
merlot.
G
G
For
example,
we
have
in
the
case
of
a
non-compliance
with
child
support
and
other
areas
of
public
safety
interest.
G
G
The
licensing
of
our
coaches-
I
do
know
that
there
will
be
a
friendly
amendment
there
as
well.
In
section
four,
we
create
an
account
for
teacher
incentives
in
the
general
fund.
This
was
really
important.
Over
the
last
several
years.
There
have
been
issues
with
carry
over
dollars
in
these
accounts
and,
as
you
know,
it's
very
important
to
have
that
ability,
especially
in
those
areas
where
we
have
funds
that
can
be
used
for
newly
transferred
teachers
into
title.
1
schools
retain
teachers
into
title,
1,
schools,
etc.
G
There
are
currently
items
that
were
made
for
recommendation,
but,
as
I
introduced
the
bill
this
afternoon,
we
have
had
great
conversation
with
several
of
the
school
districts
and
nas
to
introduce
clarity
in
that
area.
G
G
G
G
A
Great,
thank
you
very
much.
You
mentioned
that
washoe's
gonna
bring
a
an
amendment.
A
B
A
Okay,
so
so
what
I
would
like
to
do,
I
know
we're
gonna
have
questions.
Let
me
let's
hear
the
two
amendments
just
so
we
get
those
out
of
the
way.
So
we
don't
ask
questions
about
those
and
then
they
have
to
come
back.
So
if
we
could
have
the
the
washer,
if
washoe
could
go,
first
propose
their
amendment
and
then
now.
A
And
I
think,
and
I
believe
miss
lindsay
anderson
is
going
to
do
that.
A
H
Okay,
great,
thank
you
lindsay
anderson
on
behalf
of
the
washoe
county
school
district.
I
certainly
appreciate
the
department
of
ed
working
with
us
and
apologize
for
the
late
submission.
It
was
just
sent
to
your
staff
momentarily
ago
because
we
just
agreed
on
the
language
today.
So
again
I
apologize
for
not
getting
it
to
you
sooner.
Our
amendment
is
relatively
simple
in
section
one
subsection
two
that
includes
the
language
the
may
investigate
on
the
superintendent's
own
initiative
or
in
response
to
any
complaint
lodged
with
the
superintendent.
H
H
A
Sorry
I
was
telling
you
that
you
were
muted
and
I
was
muted,
yes
go.
I
would
go
ahead
and
share
the
screen.
I
don't
know
if
we
tested
that,
but
hopefully
it'll
work
and
hopefully
you
have
the
ability
there.
You
go
that's
perfect
and
because
I
don't
know
that
everybody
element
committee
members
got
the.
I
know
I
have
it
in
front
of
me
because
I
just
got
it,
but
I
think
it's
being
sent
to
them.
So
this
will
be.
A
A
Okay,
all
right,
thank
you
very
much.
I
I
just
want
to
ask
mike
members
of
the
committee
any
questions
on
that
particular
amendment,
or
is
that
clear
enough
senator
buck?
I
believe
you
I
saw
you
raise
your
hand.
F
Yes,
chair
dennis,
thank
you
so
much
and
members
of
the
committee.
I
was
just
wondering
how
this
came
about.
Is
there
a
problem
with
non-licensed
staff
in
schools.
H
Essentially,
I
think
there
was
some
confusion
about
the
intent
of
that
original
language
and
after
review
from
our
general
counsel's
office,
their
request
was
to
just
make
sure
that
language
reflected
other
statutory
authority
and
didn't
broaden
it
at
all.
We
understand
that
the
intent
from
the
department
was
not
to
broaden
it,
but
we
believe
this
makes
that
language
extra
clear
in
the
statutory
proposal.
A
You
other
questions
from
the
committee
on
this.
Yes,
vice
chair,
don
delano.
A
Sorry,
any
I
keep
muting
myself,
so
I
don't
create
echo
and
I
forget
to
unmute
myself
any
other
okay,
so
we'll
we'll
get
to
the
main
questions.
Just
a
second
okay,
all
right!
Thank
you
very
much,
and
so
I
believe
we
have
another
amendment
and
I
I
believe
they
said
from
nass
that
if
I
heard
that
right-
and
I
don't
know
who's
going
to
present-
that.
I
I
Miss
next
sarah
nix
was
helping
me
with
that,
and
I
hope
that
it
got
on
the
amendment
that
you're
looking
at
that
was
our
conversation,
and
I
do
have
a
a
message
from
her
that
reflects
that.
I
Right
go
ahead,
I'm
sorry!
If
you
don't
have
it
in
front
of
you
right
now.
The
second
part
of
our
amendment
deals
with
the
teacher
reimbursements
supply
account,
and
what
this
would
do
was
revert,
take
out
sections
six
and
seven
of
the
bill,
and
we
would
continue
to
reimburse
teachers
just
as
has
been
done
in
the
in
the
last
year.
It's
worked
very
well
in
the
school
districts.
I
I
There
has
been
a
few
issues
with
that,
so
this
amendment
would
clarify
that
the
teachers
have
the
ability
and
the
the
right
to
determine
how
they
want
to
use
that
money.
It
doesn't
mean
they
can't
pull
money
if
they
will,
if
they
decide
to
do
that,
but
it
would
be
up
to
the
teacher
and
the
third
thing
that
is
in
there
is
in
section
six
sub
paragraph
seven.
I
I
B
I
If
that
is
not
clearly
written,
why
we
will
be
happy
to
resubmit
that,
so
you
can
see
it
more
clearly,
I'm
sorry,
as
miss
anderson
pointed
out,
this
has
been
done
very
quickly
today.
We
appreciate
the
cooperation
of
the
department
of
ed
meeting
with
us
and
going
over
our
issues
and
concerns
with
the
bill,
but
you
know
things
have
been
done
hurriedly
and
we
can
submit
that
in
writing
and
to
a
greater
degree.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
and
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure,
because
we
did
get
from
from
this
nick
sb
27
amendment
in
our
in
the
document-
is
that
the
one
that
we're
talking
about
right?
A
Okay,
okay,
so
the
committee
members
know
which,
which
exhibit
that
is
it's
it's
it's
like
almost
to
the
bottom,
and
it
says
amendment
joan
eber,
superintendent,
doe,
sb
27.
J
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
so
my
my
simple
question
is
miss
brzezinski
said
that
this
would
be
removing
section
six
and
seven
and
continue
quote
the
reimbursement
to
the
teacher.
But
right
now
does
the
teacher
not
have
a
fund
to
draw
from,
as
opposed
to
be
reimbursed
from.
I
And
senator
hardy
mary
perzinski
for
the
record,
the
disbursement
of
the
money
from
the
account.
As
you
well
know,
the
origin.
The
original
intent
was
to
reimburse
teachers
who
were
spending
a
lot
of
money
out
of
their
own
pockets
for
school
supplies,
and
so
when
this
was
initially
put
into
into
effect,
I
believe
it
was
maybe
the
2017
legislative
session.
It
was
to
help
teachers
and
each
district
has
done
a
little
bit
differently
and
how
they
dispersed
the
money.
I
In
the
last
session
in
2019,
senator
dan
darrell
luke
helped
us
have
a
little
more
flexibility
or
help
school
districts
have
a
little
more
flexibility
with
how
they
dispersed
the
money.
The
districts
would
like
to
be
able
to
keep
that
ability
to
or
that
flexibility
to
disperse
the
money,
but
some
of
the
teachers
had
concerns
that
they
were
not
getting
enough
voice
in
how
some
of
the
money
was
spent
in
some
of
the
schools.
I
So
this
friendly
amendment
would
clarify
that
that
they
do
have
a
right
to
step
forward
and
say
how
they
want
to
spend
their
money
and
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
this
section
and
then
in
section
six
subsection.
I
Seven
that
part
of
the
of
the
bill
does
allow
the
state
department
to
check
on
how
the
money
has
been
set
been
spent
in
districts
randomly
checking
just
to
make
sure
that
things
are
going
according
to
what
the
legislature
intended,
and
I
hope
I've
answered
your
question.
J
So
my
question
is
even
more
basic
than
that.
If
a
teacher
is
reimbursed
is,
as
I
understand
that
teachers
can
be
reimbursed
for
taxes,
so
are
we
reimbursing
a
teacher
who's
paid
out
of
his
or
her
pocket
and
but
doesn't
get
reimbursed
for
taxes,
or
is
this
a
fund
that
exists
that
they
can
draw
from
that's
through
the
school
vendor
as
it
were,
instead
of
going
to
the
store
and
buying
something,
and
then
saying
I
want
to
be
reimbursed
for
what
I
do.
J
I
mean
we
all
want
teachers
not
to
have
to
dip
into
their
own
pocket
for
things
that
they're
using
for
their
classroom,
but
that
I
mean
that's
the
intent
and
so,
along
with
the
intent.
Are
we
not
reimbursing
them
completely
through
this
amendment
or
how
was
it
not
being
done
that
way?
Initially
anyway?
In
other
words,
can
they
draw
down
or
are
they
getting
reimbursed.
I
And
senator
hardy
mary
presents
gig
for
the
record
and
we
do
have
school
personnel
on
today.
That
can
talk
to
that.
I'm
sure
miss
anderson
and-
and
mr
keating
can
help
me
with
this
answer,
but
it
is
done
differently
in
different
school
districts
how
they
are
reimbursing,
whether
people
are
turning
in
receipts
or
they're
getting
cards
like
credit
cards.
Some
of
the
districts
are
doing
that
way.
I
think
miss
anderson
can
explain
how
they're
doing
it
in
washa,
which
has
worked
very
well,
and
she
doesn't
mind
coming
in
and
responding
to
that.
J
A
So,
okay,
let's
come
back
to
that
because
that's,
I
think,
you're
that
could
be
part
of
this
event.
But
that
sounds
like
an
amendment
to
an
amendment
and
I
don't
want
to
get
into
the
weeds
yet
on
that,
but
as
we
will
have
an
opportunity,
let's
just
put
that
aside
for
right
now
and
we'll
come
back
to
answer
that
question
as
especially
as
we
get
the
district
on
okay.
So
those
are
the
two
I
don't
I
don't
believe
just
to
clarify.
A
We
have
an
amendment
from
washoe
that
they
just
sent.
So
we
just
got
that
we
have
an
amendment
from
the
department
and
I
need
the
department
to
clarify
this.
The
the
department
has
their
own
amendment
and
then
the
third
one
would
be
this
one
that
we
were
just
talking
about
with
mrs
brzezinski
that
we
don't
have
yet,
but
we
will
be
getting
that
mr
sturm
is
that
your
understanding.
A
G
Superintendent
ebert
for
the
record,
are
you
speaking
to
the
department's
amendment
or
the
one
presented.
B
A
Right
and
that's
the
one
that's
in
our
packet,
so
so
you
should
have
two
and
then
the
third
one
will
be
coming
so
the
one
that
miss
brzezinski
just
presented
will
be
coming.
Okay,
I
saw
a
vice
chair
dunder
a
loop
header
hand.
E
Up
you
very
much
chair
I'd,
just
like
some
I'd
just
like
to
make
some
clarifying
statements
here.
My
bill
was
senate
bill
324
last
session
on
the
reimbursements.
The
reimbursements
had
nothing
to
do
with
taxes.
The
reimbursements
were
from
the
teacher
reimbursement
account.
We
called
that
an
assistance
account
because
the
word
reimbursement
created
a
little
bit
of
an
issue
to
way
the
districts
handed
the
funds
to
the
teachers
as
they
purchased
materials.
So
some
school
districts
chose
to
reimburse
teachers.
E
Some
school
districts
chose
to
give
those
teachers
that
money
and
then
allow
them
to
use
it
for
their
classroom.
There
were
some
stipulations
of
what
they
could
spend
that
on.
That
fund
was
swept
when
we
had
the
pandemic
and
we
had
to
cut
back
on
some
things.
So,
in
my
opinion,
what
is
happening
here
in
section
six
is
they
are
undoing
the
work
that
we
did
last
session
just
to
clarify
for
senator
hardy,
that
fund
was
a
teacher,
may
be
reimbursed
up
to
250
dollars.
E
All
that
was
based
on
how
many
teachers
we
had
and
how
much
money
was
in
the
fund,
and
I
believe
the
final
number
that
was
settled
on
and
I'm
not
going
to
be
exact,
but
it
was
around
192
dollars
per
teacher.
They
could
choose,
of
course,
not
to
use
it.
They
could
choose
to
second
grade
teachers.
If
they
wanted
science
things,
they
could
choose
to
go
together,
but
the
principal
could
not
gather
those
funds
from
them
and
use
them
for
whatever
they
wanted.
It
was
for
teacher
reimbursement
for
their
classrooms.
E
So
I
would,
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
clearly
I'm
I
need
some
input
about
how
we
want
to
go
forward
on
this,
because
I
don't
want
this
to
be
lost
for
our
teachers.
A
Okay,
thank
you
and
I
just
want
to
have
miss
miss
ever
if
she
would
just
clarify
for
the
record
that
that
is
accurate,
so
that
we
can
and
then
I
want
to
go
and
then
I
know,
senator
lang
has
a
question
also,
but
the
sieber,
if
you
could.
G
Thank
you,
mr
chair
superintendent.
Ebert
for
the
record,
as
senator
donderolu
was
just
noting
in
section
six
and
in
section
seven
placing
that
language
back
as
originally
intended
and
then
adding
the
language
which
is
coming
to
the
group
in
regard
to
making
sure
that
teachers
are
the
ones
that
are
directing
the
funds.
G
So
when
you
look
at
I'll
go
section
six
in
particular,
it's
actually
placing
that
language
back
in
the
problem
that
was
trying
to
be
solved
is
that
last
piece
that
was
just
expressed
that
the
teachers
have
direction
of
those
funds
that
they're
intended
to
be
used
for
whether
they
pool
the
funds
as
the
example
that
the
senator
gave
or
that
they
individually
go
out
and
make
a
purchase
either
using
in
the
districts
across
our
state
are
using
different
methodologies,
which
is
fine,
and
they
actually
I'm
pleased
to
report
to
all
of
you.
G
That
being
said,
that
they
can
use
a
debit
card
that
may
be
issued
to
them
so
they're,
not
out
of
pocket
initially,
if
they
do,
if
the
school
district
does
set
up
a
reimbursement
that
they
can
be
reimbursed
by
bringing
in
a
receipt
that
those
methodologies
are
made
available
across
most
are
using
a
debit
card.
But
going
back
to
section
six,
there
was
and
seven
there
was
specific
language
that
was
initially
as
filed
being
asked
to
be
removed.
G
And
now
it's
being
asked
to
put
back
so
in
line
19,
actually
putting
back
the
word
assistance.
We
had
recommended
reimbursements
so
putting
back
those
that
language
and
then
adding,
as
miss
brzezinski,
had
noted
with
the
amendment.
So
that
was
just
one
example,
but
putting
the
language
back
in
the
bill
in
section
six
and
seven
completely,
and
then
adding
the
new
subsection
six
and
seven
that
you
should
have
shortly,
which
do
two
things
or
excuse
me,
adding
the
one
which
gives
the
teacher
sole
discretion
on
how
that
money
is
expended.
E
But
my
question
has
to
do
with
athletic
coaches
and
a
special
license
for
athletic
coaches.
Are
we
putting
this
language
in
there
because
we
don't
have
enough
coaches
or
what
is
the
reason
for
that?
And
and
do
these
coaches
have
to
go
through
to
be
able
to
coach
and
get
that
special
license?
What
crimes?
G
F
The
the
intent
behind
this
is
that
we
believe
that
it
is
in
the
public
interest
to
issue
licenses
to
to
educational
personnel,
both
to
ensure
that
educators
are
properly
qualified
and
to
screen
out
individuals
with
certain
types
of
criminal
convictions
on
their
record.
The
legal
requirement
for
licensure
not
current
does
not
currently
extend
to
athletic
coaches
that
are
employed
but
are
not
licensed
personnel
of
the
school.
In
other
words,
they
are
paid
paid
or
volunteer
coaches.
F
A
Thank
you,
senator
hammond.
I
believe
you
had
a
question.
D
I
I
did,
and
I
had
a
you
know
I
was
looking
at
the
section
14
that
was
being
amended,
but
I
think
I
found
the
answer
to
it.
The
only
question
I
guess
I
have
is
looking
at
this
process
you're
going
to
put
a
lot
of
notifications
on
your
website
as
far
as
a
list
of
those
actions
that
that
you
can
suspend
or
revoke
a
license
on
the
website.
When
all
is
said
and
done,
let's
say
somebody
goes
through
the
whole
process.
The
license
has
been
suspended.
D
Will
there
also
be
a
a
place
on
the
website
which
will
explain
the
action
and
what
happened
to
personnel,
or
is
that
not
put
anywhere?
I
mean,
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
is:
it's
always
nice
to
know.
If
there
was
an
action
taken
against
personnel,
you
know
before
they
seek
employment
somewhere
else,
maybe
even
outside
the
state-
and
I
know
we've
talked
about
this
many
years
ago-
is
this
something
you
guys
are
also
going
to
be
putting
on
that
website
or
is
that
something
you
cannot
do.
G
F
So
on
on
section
four,
I
believe
it
says
that
you're
going
to
create
an
account
for
teacher
incentives.
F
I
just
wondered
like
how
do
you
incentivize
title
1
schools
to
perform
if
it's
going
to
both
underperforming
and
title
1
schools,
do
we
have
any
title
1
schools
that
are
performing.
A
G
Thank
you,
superintendent,
ebert,
for
the
record.
These
funds
have,
as,
as
you
all
know,
have
been
very
helpful
to
specifically
title
one
schools
and
working
and
and
actually
school
districts
themselves
have
been
adding
additional
funds
as
well
to
incentivize
teachers
going
exceptional
educators
going
to
our
most
are
students
that
are
most
in
need.
So
what
this
does
is
this
also
expands?
G
F
I
I
think
I
mean
just
to
comment
chair.
It's
a
great
idea,
creating
a
fund
in
which
can
build.
F
A
Thank
you
noted,
okay,
other
questions.
Let
me
see.
F
What
is
currently
in
place
for
paraprofessionals?
I
know
that
there
were
restrictions
for
paraprofessionals
in
title
1
schools,
but
I
was
unsure
if
there
was
any
for
regular,
regular
schools.
G
Thank
you,
superintendent.
Ebert,
for
the
record.
I
am
asking
deputy
gonzalez
to
answer
that
question.
F
Thank
you,
deputy
superintendent,
felicia
gonzalez
for
their
record.
Could
you
please
clarify
your
question?
F
F
I'm
just
looking
at
you
know
a
lot
of
schools
hire
parents,
they
go
through
background
checks,
it's
a
great
entry
level
position,
see
if
they
like
it
and
then
they
go
back
to
school
and
become
a
teacher.
I'm
just
you
know,
don't
want
a
lot
of
different
restrictions
put
in
place
that
are
going
to
limit
who
schools
can
hire
to
become
paraprofessionals,
because
inevitably
they
may
go
and
and
become
teachers.
F
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that
question
for
clarifying
that
question.
So
currently
there
are
federal
acquire
requirements
that
parapros
in
title
one
schools
have
to
meet.
There
is
a
test
that
the
state
board
adopted
to
meet
those
requirements.
A
Okay,
I'm
not
hearing
any.
If
I'm,
if
I
missed
it
to
speak
right
up,
we're
gonna
go
now
we're
gonna
go
to.
Let
me
see,
I
should
pull
out
my
grip
to
make
sure
I
don't
get
off
here.
I
K
K
K
H
L-I-N-D-S-A-Y-A-N-D-E-R-S-O-N
on
behalf
of
the
washoe
county
school
district,
mr
chair
members
of
committee,
I
feel
rusty
at
this
and
the
bill.
The
number
of
amendments
made
it
complicated,
but
I
can
say
that,
on
behalf
of
the
school
district,
we
appreciate
the
department
of
ed
working
with
us
to
address
all
three
of
our
major
issues
by
amendment.
H
So
while
we
sort
of
reserve
our
right
to
offer
our
full
support
until
we
can
see
legal
language
drafted,
we
are
certainly
in
support
of
all
of
the
conceptual
amendments
that
have
been
proposed
today
and
the
direction
that
the
bill
is
going
with
the
leadership
of
the
department
of
ed.
So
thank
you,
mr
chair.
K
K
K
B
L
L
B
B
A
K
K
K
H
H
We
are
speaking
in
support
of
section
20
of
senate
bill
27,
which
would
ensure
that
remaining
appropriated
funds
to
the
nevada
institute
on
teaching
and
educator
preparedness,
otherwise
known
as
nitep,
would
remain
with
the
program
rather
than
reverting
to
the
general
fund.
This
section
would
help
make
certain
the
continuity
of
the
program
and
that
the
dedicated
benefits
remain
with
the
program
participants
and
she
looks
forward
to
continuing
our
work
and
partnership
with
the
nevada
department
of
education.
Thank
you.
K
L
Chris
bailey
d-a-l-y
nevada,
state
education,
association,
nsca,
has
been
the
voice
of
nevada
educators
for
over
120
years.
Nsca
now
supports
sb
27,
with
the
amendments
to
remove
new
requirements
for
licensure
of
paraprofessionals
and
coaches
clarification
on
the
investigatory
powers
of
the
superintendent
and
language
regarding
the
teacher
school
supply
assistance
nfca
represents
educators
across
the
state,
including
the
majority
of
paraprofessionals
in
nevada
school
districts.
L
Since
the
introduction
of
sb
27,
we've
engaged
the
nevada
department
of
education
regarding
paraprofessional
licensure,
and
we
really
do
appreciate
the
department's
agreement
to
remove
this
language
from
this
bill.
At
this
time,
along
with
other
education
stakeholders,
including
the
washington
county
school
district
and
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents
nsea
had
questions
about
some
of
the
provisions
of
sb
27
has
introduced.
L
K
B
Good
afternoon,
chair
dennis
members
of
education
committee,
my
name
is
kenneth
varner
k-e-n-n-e-t-h-v-a-r-n-e-r
associate
professor
at
unlv
and
director
of
unlv's
teach
nevada
and
nitep
program.
I'd
like
to
speak
on
behalf
of
this
bill,
particularly
section
20
on
the
nevada
institute
on
teaching
and
educator
preparation.
B
Professional
development
for
the
knights
hat
fellows
includes
over
800
hours
of
engagement
this
year
alone,
we're
currently
developing
a
micro
credential
program
which
this
year
will
provide
over
five
thousand
hours
of
professional
development
to
the
current
knighthood
fellows
and
will
be
a
program
that
can
be
used
by
pre-service
and
service
teachers
throughout
the
state.
Additionally,
four
research
projects
have
looked
at
the
recruitment
retention
of
math
and
science,
teachers
in
nevada,
housing,
vulnerability
and
leadership
from
historically
underrepresented
groups
in
schools.
K
I
Representing
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents
and
we
are
in
support
of
the
bill
as
amended,
we
had
concerns
about
this
bill
initially,
and
we
really
appreciate
the
work
of
our
state,
superintendent
and
staff
to
alleviate
some
of
those
concerns
with
the
amendments.
So
we
are
in
support
of
the
bill
as
amended.
Thank
you.
A
K
B
Brad
keating
b-r-a-d
last
name:
keating
k-e-a-t-I-n-g,
representing
the
clark
county
school
district.
Mr
chair
members
of
the
senate
committee
on
education
for
the
record
clark
county
school
district,
supports
sb
27,
with
the
amendments
that
have
been
proposed
today
and
the
discussion
and
dialogue
that
you
all
have
participated
in.
We
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
nde,
specifically
superintendent,
ebert,
deputy
gonzalez
and
sarah
nick,
as
well
as
all
of
the
stakeholders
for
working
together
all
morning
to
find
a
resolution
that
we
could
bring
to
the
table
today.
B
A
A
Thank
you
is
there
anyone
wishing
to
testify
who
is
neutral
on
the
bill.
K
K
H
Hello
and
thank
you,
committee,
chair
of
dentists
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
hava
h,
a
w,
a
h,
amis
ahmad,
and
I
am
a
proud
graduate
of
the
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.
H
We
engage
in
bipartisan
advocacy
for
the
advance
for
advancing
public
education
in
nevada.
Ccea
would
like
to
voice
their
neutral
position
on
senate
bill.
27.
ccea
appreciates
the
intent
to
streamline
due
process
for
every
educator
across
the
state
in
this
bill.
However,
ccea
is
concerned
that
the
broad
authority
this
still
gives
to
the
superintendent
of
public
instruction
or
her
designee
will
lead
to
investigations
that
may
conflict
with
ccea
ccsd
bargaining
agreements.
H
While
the
implementation
of
a
special
license
authorizing
an
individual
to
perform,
duties
of
athletic
coaching
or
administrative
personnel
will
provide
a
central
database
of
all
licensees
to
ensure
student,
safe
safety.
Ccea
believes
that
the
responsibility
for
such
regulations
and
federal
compliance
should
fall
to
the
commission
on
positional
standards.
H
Ccea
would
like
to
thank
all
parties
involved
in
the
drafting
of
this
legislation
and
appreciate
the
walsh
county
school
district's
amendment
clarifying
language,
for
what
licensed
person
means
in
section
1.2.
We
cannot
wait
to
see
the
full
amendments
and
would
like
to
support
this
fine-tuning
of
this
villain.
Any
way
we
can
respectfully
pop
a
promise.
A
Okay
and
just
as
a
as
a
final
check,
is
there
anyone
else
wishing
to
testify.
I
I
hate
you
know
that
there
might
have
been
some
a
technical
issue
for
someone
trying
to
get
in.
Could
we,
if
there's
somebody
that
just
missed
on
one
of
the
other
ones?
Could
we
check
to
see
if,
if
they're
out
there
and
we
can
get
their
testimony.
K
B
K
K
K
H
H
H
My
colleague
dr
kenny
varner,
who
is
also
the
director
of
teach
for
nevada
and
knight
test
at
unlv,
covered
some
of
the
details,
but
just
wanted
to
echo
his
support
specifically
of
section
20..
We
do
look
forward
to
working
with
the
department
of
education
and
particularly
as
it
relates
to
section
18
going
forward.
Thank
you
again,
mr
chairman,
dennis
and
the
senate
education
committee
for
indulging
my
technological
efforts
here.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Okay,
do
we
have
any
other?
I
want
to
give
miss
our
superintendent
ever
a
chance
to
just
finalize,
come
forward
and
finalize
it
if
you
wish
to
make
some
final
comments.
G
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
the
opportunity
and
again
thank
you
to
all
for
hearing
our
bill,
as
noted
through
public
comments
and
at
the
beginning
of
our
presentation.
This
was
a
collaborative
effort,
a
lot
of
conversation
spanning
many
different
topics.
So
thank
you
for
your
consideration
and
we
look
forward
to
moving
forward.
A
Thank
you
and
sounds
like
you
need
to
finalize
some
some
discussions
there,
and
I
think
you
can
work
this
out
so
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
listen
if
anybody
any
other
committee
member
have
any
final
questions
that
we
didn't
get
to.
A
Okay,
great
the
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
the
hearing
on
sb
27.
A
and
we
are
going
to
go
back
to
the
top
of
the
agenda,
we're
going
to
have
a
presentation
on
investing
in
nevada's
education,
students
and
teachers,
better
known
as
in
that
the
invest
plan
and
we've
got
several
here.
I
know
we've
got
dr
stevens,
dr
dave
from
churchill
county,
dr
dave
jensen
from
humboldt
county
and
wayne
workman
from
lyon
county,
and
I
believe,
they're
going
to
give
the
presentation.
M
Thank
you
so
much
chairman
dennis
good
afternoon
to
chairman,
dennis
to
you
and
the
members
of
the
senate
education
committee.
I
am
dr
summer
stevens
superintendent
of
churchill,
county
school
district
and
also
the
vice
president
of
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents
or
nas.
M
M
The
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents
is
a
statewide
organization
which
supports
our
17
school
districts
and
the
state
charter
school
authority's
leaders
impacting
over
720
schools
in
our
great
state.
Our
purpose
is
to
take
action
through
leadership,
training,
support
and
advocacy
to
ensure
the
highest
quality
of
education
for
all
students
in
nevada.
M
Today
we
share
with
you
our
invest
priorities
as
a
common
single
voice
from
nass.
At
times.
We
know
that
we
have
divergent
needs
and
visions.
So
at
time,
at
those
times,
we
do
not
speak
as
a
whole,
but
today
we
come
to
you
with
our
common
voice
and
our
common
need
related
to
these
invest
priorities.
M
This
will
allow
our
educators
and
staff
to
focus
their
time.
Energy
and
resources
on
serving
students
needs
instead
of
complying
with
laws
that
may
be
repetitive,
unnecessary
or
not
focused.
On
learning
also,
we
ask
for
the
removal
of
rigid
and
time-consuming
requirements
around
testing
student
discipline
and
staff
evaluations
in
order
to
allow
educators
to
focus
on
student
achievement
student
academic
goals,
as
well
as
the
development
of
becoming
life-ready
citizens.
N
N
Interestingly,
in
today's
world,
the
basic
human
need
now
includes
the
need
to
connect
through
electronic
means
such
as
we
are
doing
now,
and
this,
of
course
requires
devices
and
high-speed
internet.
The
pandemic
has
greatly
exposed
the
lack
of
access
to
these
services
in
our
nevada
communities,
but
even
more
so
in
our
rural
and
frontier
areas.
N
N
Although
these
devices
and
internet
connectivity
are
absolutely
critical
for
students
and
staff
so
that
the
curricula
and
learning
materials
can
be
accessed.
It
is
certainly
not
an
exclusive
issue
to
education.
More
than
ever
before.
Government
services
are
offered
electronically
and
require
devices
in
high-speed
internet
to
access
them.
O
O
We,
along
with
the
commission,
recognize
that
nevada
cannot
reach
optimal
overnight,
as
you
will
hear
from
both
nass
and
the
commission.
We
encourage
the
legislature
to
address
this
need
through
a
three-pronged
approach
number
one
to
restore.
If
we
look
at
the
fiscal
year,
20
and
21
education
budgets
combined,
they
totaled
3.6
billion.
The
proposed
budgets
for
fy,
22
and
fy23
are
proposed
at
3.3
billion,
or
a
reduction
of
approximately
3
million,
which
is
compounded
when
we
consider
the
impacts
of
assembly
bill,
3
inflation,
enrollment
growth
and
associated
nevada
department
of
ed
reductions.
O
An
apa
study
put
per
pupil
at
fy
18
at
nine
thousand
nine
hundred
and
eighty
three
dollars
plus
fully
funded
target
weights,
plus
special
education
increases
plus
nde
at
adequate
level
and
inflation
and
enrollment
growth.
This
would
come
to
approximately
1.8
billion
dollars
annually
or
about
two
thousand
dollars
more
for
each
child
per
year.
This
would
be
an
annual
amount,
and
we
recommend
that
the
legislature
work
in,
in
partnership
with
the
commission
to
develop
a
plan
to
reach
this
over
the
next.
O
The
second
area
is
to
increase
state
spending
on
public
education
by
creating
broad-based
new
revenue
streams,
to
support
optimal
funding
for
all
students
in
order
to
meet
either
adequate
or
optimal
funding
levels.
We
recognize
that
additional
revenues
will
be
necessary.
Mass
supports
the
work
on
of
the
finance
commission
and
working
on
this
additional
funding
streams.
In
order
to
meet
the
expectations
of
senate
bill
543,
the
commission
will
recommend
an
examination
of
opportunities
within
existing
taxes
through
tax
reform
or
restructuring
of
current
tax
practices.
O
The
ability
to
make
projections
regarding
enrollment
for
fiscal
years,
22
and
23
are
extremely
difficult
until
restrictions
are
lifted,
allowing
for
a
full
return
of
students
to
school
in
order
to
ensure
schools
and
districts
are
prepared
to
meet
a
potential
influx
of
students
when
the
pandemic
comes
to
an
end,
maintaining
a
hold
harmless
will
be
essential
for
ours.
Our
standard
operations
mat
chair
dennis
with
that.
We
have
concluded
our
presentation
and
we
would
like
to
open
open
it
up
to
you
and
the
members
for
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
O
Senator
hardy,
dr
jensen
for
the
record,
this
is
a
current
analysis.
That's
coming
from
the
commission
on
school
finance.
In
order
to
meet
adequacy
targets,
it
would
require
a
commitment
of
an
additional
1.8
billion
per
year
in
order
to
reach
that
target.
Our
recommendation
is
to
work
towards
that
over
the
next
several
biennium
recognizing
that
right
now
is
likely
not
the
time
to
come
up
with
a
whole
1.8
billion
annually
and
again
the
commission
is
working
on
this.
O
I
want
to
be
careful
and
respect
the
work
of
the
commission
as
a
whole
that
I
don't
get
too
far
ahead
of
that.
We
discussed
this
topic
on
thursday
and
friday
of
last
week
and
it'll
be
a
major
discussion
point
for
us
in
our
march
commission
meeting,
and
I
would
anticipate
that
we
bring
recommendations
to
the
commission
shortly
thereafter.
A
Let
me
make
sure
I'm
going
to
look
in
all
the
spots
so
chats
and
okay.
I
don't
see
anybody.
I
think
it
was
pretty
clear.
I
guess
the
the
presentation,
and
so
with
that
I
guess
we
will
go
on.
Then.
A
So
I
I
am,
even
though
I
gave
it
in
that
order.
I
don't
know
who's
going
to
go
first.
If
it's
dr
jara,
please
go.
P
P
Ensuring
safety
and
well-being
of
our
staff
and
employees,
equity
and
accessibility
for
learning,
provide
an
instructional
model
system
to
meet
the
needs
of
all
our
students
and,
of
course,
fostering
a
relationship
and
and
interactions
for
our
students
and
staff.
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
moved
into
from
really.
P
Closure
of
our
distance
education
when
we
closed
our
schools
in
march
to
really
planning
to
open
up
our
campuses
in
august,
which
ended
up
being
in
distance
education.
We
have
exercise
really
all
three
models,
because
we
do
have
some
rural
schools
within
clark,
county
school
district
that
are
open
face-to-face
from
five
days
to
a
hybrid,
as
well
as
distance
education
across
the
entire
county.
So
if
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
this
was
our
response
to
providing
an
equitable
education
and
distance
education.
P
I
just
want
to
recognize
that
this
was
an
entire
community
effort
and
really
highlighting
the
work
with
the
state
superintendent
and
our
governor's
task
force
to
really
help
our
children
provide
a
distance
education
through
technology
assisted
again
through
hot
spots,
18
000
students
we
received
internet
connectivity
with
our
partners
and
and
as
well
as
also
our
innovation
in
providing
our
buses
as
as
wi-fi
connectivity
throughout
the
community.
This
is
in
total
effort
as
a
school
system
to
really
minimize
the
equity
gap
and
access
within
our
community.
P
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
the
next
slide
our
food
distribution,
really.
This
is
a
phenomenal
partnership
within
our
esea,
our
support
professionals,
our
our
food,
our
food
distribution
in
46,
different
locations
at
the
beginning
of
11
million
meals,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
on
the
record
that
this
is
early
in
the
pandemic.
P
Where
you
see
my
picture
there
without
a
mask
and
currently.
J
P
290
food
service
locations
throughout
nevada,
with
our
partners
in
three
squares
and
other
non-profits,
to
make
sure
that
the
11
million
meals
in
totality
have
been
the
great
work
and
dedicated
staff
in
our
in
our
schools.
Next
slide:
full-time
distance
education,
we've
had
some
challenges
up
and
please
note
that
this
is
not
an
intention,
and
this
is
not
something
because
we,
our
teachers
or
our
teachers
have
been
doing
amazing
work
and
really
signifying
the
and
providing
an
equitable
opportunity
for
our
children.
P
But
the
academics
is
one
of
our
biggest
concerns,
and
this
is
why
we
have
really
tried
to
work
hard
to
bring
our
children
back
into
our
school.
So
we
we
provided
and
are
providing
intermediate
academic
support
and
then
again
long-term
systems
and
structures
improvement.
Our
social
emotional
has
been
a
challenge,
as
we
have
looked
at
the
needs
of
our
not
only
of
our
children,
but
also
all
of
our
staff
and
really
addressing
the
social
emotional
needs
for
all
students
and
working
with
department
of
education.
P
P
P
We
have
looked
at
providing
and
improving
our
canvas,
professional
learning
live
webinar
sessions,
content
area,
distance
education,
academic
units,
our
partners
have
come
in
achieve
3000
and
others
really
looking
at
providing
an
opportunity
for
us
to
provide
resources
across
the
board
using
our
our
our
federal
money.
Again,
professional
learning
has
been
instrumental
in
the
work
that
we're
doing.
P
We
are
now
in
the
process
of
creating
champions
of
canvas
champions,
because
this
work
is
not
only
now,
but
when
we
come
to
a
face-to-face
not
only
in
march
but
as
we
continue
to
catch
up,
our
children
is
something
that
we
have
to
do
something
that's
not
noted.
In
there,
vegas
pbs
has
been
instrumental
in
just
a
matter
of
three
weeks
over
five
million
contacts
within
our
vegas
pbs.
So
we're
really
proud
of
the
work
that
we
have
done
there
and
again.
P
The
professional
development
is
ongoing
as
we
continue
to
deliver
the
distance
education
for
our
children.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
now
we're
moving
from
distance
full
distance
education.
We
are
also
our
school
board
of
trustees,
also
partnered
and
approved
a
voluntary
small
group
academic
plan
where
individual
schools
will
be
able
to
provide
small
group
support,
whether
it's
academics,
whether
it's
seniors,
graduations,
whether
it's
credit.
P
Whether
it's
academic
and
attendance
support
individual
plans,
what
we
will
be
sending
and
we
have
sent
to
our
school
principals-
is
really
the
the
implementation
plan
following
our
social
distancing
guidelines,
but
then
also
creating
for
the
individual
needs
of
their
students
and
and
I'm
really
proud
of
the
work
that
we
have
done
with
not
only
our
teachers
union,
our
support
professionals,
ccea
esea
kassapi,
to
really
provide
a
hybrid
instructional
model
for
pre-k
through
three
that
is,
will
be
beginning
march.
P
1
for
all
our
schools,
so
really
proud
of
the
work
that
everybody
in
the
in
in
our
bargaining
units
have
come
together
to
help
us
open
up
our
campuses
for
our
children.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
the
next
slide
you
know.
Obviously
kent
can't
compliment
enough.
The
governor's
office,
the
state
superintendent,
the
emergency
management
at
the
state
level,
but
then
also
locally.
We
are
in
partnerships
to
really
provide
the
vaccination.
I
know
the
governor
has
made
that
a
priority,
so
I
really
appreciate
their
collaboration.
P
I'll
just
tell
you
that,
as
of
last
sunday,
we
have
vaccinated
close
to
9
100
of
our
employees
again
straight
great
work
in
in
this
entire
community,
helping
our
staff
get
back
to
a
face-to-face
instruction.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
here's
the
hybrid
model
and
we're
releasing
data
students
will
select
again
parent
choices,
not
mandated
it's
again,
a
parent,
that's
sending
and
identifying
their
kids
cohort
a
and
b
will
be
face
to
face.
That
means
wednesday.
Through
friday,
it
will
be
distance
education
and
vice
versa.
P
Parents
will
also
have
the
choice
to
make
sure
that
their
children
can
stay
home
if
they
have
if
they
wish
again.
This
is
great
collaboration
and
really
proud
of
our
work
here,
because
we
know
that
there's
going
to
be
some
kids
that
have
and
are
willing
to
do
that
and
want
to
stay
there,
so
really
providing
the
choice
for
our
families
and
our
and
and
our
community.
The
next
slide
now
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you,
mr
chair.
P
B
C
C
So,
if
you
don't
mind
forwarding
the
slide
so
back
in
july,
as
soon
as
schools
went
into
closure
in
march,
our
team
started
getting
together
with
our
teachers
and
our
principals,
and
really
putting
together
guiding
principles
that
we
would
be
using
to
structure
the
opening
of
our
schools
when
we
opened
back
up
in
august,
and
so
these
five
points
around
our
guiding
principles
really
guide.
Every
single
decision
that
we
have
made
to
date
around
our
three
separate
models
obviously
do
no
harm,
and
we
talk
about
do
no
harm.
C
Obviously,
with
with
the
school
district,
we
always
want
to
maintain
high
academic
standards
and
then
all
following
all
federal
state
and
local
guidelines
in
the
washoe
county
school
district
we've
been
able
to
put
together
three
separate
models,
and
if
you
want
to
look
at
this
in
a
way
that
we
do,
it's
almost
three
separate
school
districts
running
simultaneously
throughout
our
district.
C
So
we
have
all
of
our
elementary
schools
in
person
five
days
a
week
and
with
that,
we
also
have
our
vulnerable
populations
for
english
language
learners,
special
education,
gifted
and
talented,
as
well
as
our
children
in
transition
and
foster
children.
All
of
those
populations
are
able
to
attend
school
five
days
a
week,
whether
you're
in
elementary
middle
or
high
school.
Excuse
me,
dr
mcneil,.
E
A
I
was
going
to
say
this
is
a
chair
dennis
we
were
able
to
see
if
that's
helpful
as
you
troubleshoot
this.
E
C
No
worries
no
worries
at
all
so
for
our
hybrid
schedule,
that's
in
our
middle
and
our
high
schools,
and
it's
where
students
will
attend
either
two
or
three
days
every
other
week
and
then,
during
that
time
of
december
9th
through
january
18th,
because
of
a
lack
of
resources,
we
actually
moved
our
middle
on
our
high
schools
to
to
full
distance
learning.
C
However,
with
the
support
of
joan
ebert
the
state
superintendent,
nevada,
department
of
education,
as
well
as
the
washoe
county
health
district
in
washoe
county,
we
were
able
to
provide
resources
around
contact
tracing,
as
well
as
the
emergency
certification
for
guest
teachers
and
I'll
go
a
little
bit
more
into
that.
C
So
right
now,
within
the
washoe
county
school
district,
we
have
an
in-person
model,
a
hybrid
model,
and
then
we
also
put
into
place
a
full
distance
learning
model
for
our
families,
and
so
we
have
that
also
running
in
conjunction
in
conjunction
with
all
of
our
schools.
At
this
point
in
time,
if
you
can
advance
the.
C
C
So
right
now,
currently
in
elementary,
we
have
three
feet:
social
distancing
requirements
and
then
in
our
middle
and
our
high
schools,
we
have
six
feet
social,
distancing
and
then
importantly,
every
single
person
that
walks
onto
a
district
property,
whether
that
is
in
a
school
or
in
a
office
building,
must
wear
a
face
coverings,
and
I
will
tell
you
there
was
a
great
amount
of
trepidation
from
our
staff,
because
before
our
students
returned,
we
didn't
know
how
students
were
going
to
react
to
this.
But
I
am
so
proud
of
our
students.
C
We
have
had
almost
99.9
compliance
and
where
there
was
a
lack
of
compliance,
it
was
that
we
needed
to
provide
the
face
coverings
for
those
students,
so
our
students
have
just
really
stepped
up,
because
they
understand
that
it's
not
only
safety
for
them.
It's
safety
for
others
and
it's
safety
for
their
families.
As
far
as
wearing
face
coverings
and
then
obviously
hand
cleaning.
C
So
dr
jarrah
mentioned
nutrition
services
and
I
cannot
thank
our
nutrition
services
team.
They
have
just
been
heroes
within
our
school
district.
When
we
talk
about
food
security,
all
of
our
students
right
now
within
our
school
district,
receive
free
meals.
We
also
during
distance
learning
partnered
with
the
northern
nevada
food
bank,
who
is
a
critical
partner,
but,
as
you
can
see,
all
meals
are
served
free
of
charge.
C
We
also
have
with
our
hybrid
models
meal
to
go
kits,
and
so
our
nutrition
services
staff
has
put
together
kits
where
the
student,
if
they
are
not
attending
in
person
on
one
day,
they
actually
receive
a
meal
kit
for
the
very
next
day
to
this
time
over
two
and
a
half
2.9
million
meals
served
year
to
date,
but
I
cannot
emphasize
enough
the
critical
nature
of
our
nutrition
services
team.
C
And
then,
just
as
importantly,
the
digital
divide.
To
date,
we
have
distributed
over
seventeen
thousand
two
hundred
and
seventy
six
devices
to
our
students
and
our
families.
We've
purchased
3
000
hot
spots,
with
our
essers
funding,
as
well
as
received
additional
hot
spots
from
the
t-mobile
settlement.
C
Again,
just
a
huge
shout
out
to
our
non-profits,
the
reno
lions
city
of
reno
and
importantly,
the
education
alliance,
who
has
raised
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
to
put
devices
into
the
hands
of
our
students.
C
So
going
forward
just
this
past
saturday,
we
finished
up
almost
we
only
have
about
350
more
employees.
We
will
have
receipt.
We
will
have
sent
out
over
9
000
invitations
for
our
employees
to
receive
their
first
vaccination
by
mid
march.
We
should
have
received
all
of
our
second
doses
for
all
of
our
employees,
and
this
was
a
tremendous
effort
from
our
fire
departments:
washoe
county
washoe,
county
health,
district,
the
governor's
office,
nevada,
department
of
education,
everyone
just
stepped
up
to
the
plate.
C
They
understand
that
this
is
dependent
upon
vaccination
supply,
but
I
am
just
tremendously
proud
of
where
washoe
county
school
district
is
in
in
relation
to
vaccine
rollout,
obviously,
testing
and
contact
tracing
as
well
as
guest
teachers.
Those
were
the
three
areas
of
additional
resources
that
we
really
needed
to
have
for
our
middle
and
our
high
schoolers.
To
come
back
because
of
the
emergency
waiver
provided
by
the
nevada
department
of
education,
we
were
able
to
have
over
216
applications
for
new
guest
teachers
coming
into
our
school
district
and
helping
out.
C
We
have
several
different
types
of
testing
available,
the
antigen
testing,
as
well
as
pcr
testing
and
then
through
the
good
work
of
washoe
county.
We're
able
to
use
some
county
employees
to
help
us
with
contact
racing
efforts
in
our
elementary
and
our
secondary
schools.
We
will
continue
to
use
our
cares.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Just
like
our
large
counterparts,
we
have
had
some
districts
in
100
percent
distance
learning,
while
others
have
been
fortunate
enough
to
have
100
percent
of
their
schools,
offer
in-person
instruction
and
we've
had
others
have
had
to
make
the
choice
to
face
a
hybrid
approach
we
have
had
classrooms,
schools
and
districts
have
to
switch
back
and
forth
depending
on
their
local
code.
19
situation,
all
in
an
effort
to
find
the
balance
or
try
to
find
the
balance
between
student
staff,
safety
and
meeting
the
educational
needs
of
all
of
our
students.
Q
Q
It's
interesting
to
note
that
that
is
one
of
the
major
hurdles.
Yet
we
do
not
have
a
case
of
active
spread
on
a
school
bus
with
increased
ventilation
and
mask
wearing
taking
place.
It's
been
particularly
difficult
in
the
rural
setting
get
given
the
vast
distances
that
we
transport
our
students,
for
example,
here
in
persian
county.
I
have
one
route
that
comes
in
from
65
miles
out.
That's
one
way,
the
same
remoteness
has
caused
significant
challenges
in
providing
connectivity
for
those
who
either
choose
or
must
choose
to
be
in
a
distance
learning
situation.
Q
Q
Q
Q
A
R
Good
afternoon,
chair
dennis
thank
you
for
the
opportunity,
rebecca
fiden
executive
director
of
the
state
public
charter
school
authority
for
the
record.
I
am
going
to
go
ahead
and
do
my
best
to
share
my
screen
here
and
while
that
comes
up,
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
started
so
before
I
get
into
discussing
charter
schools
in
their
response
to
cobit
19.
R
Since
this
is
the
first
time
that
I'm
presenting
to
this
committee,
I
do
want
to
briefly
provide
some
context
about
charter
schools
and
the
state
public
charter
school
authority.
I
know
many
of
you
are
familiar
with
us
and
for
some
of
you
you
may
be
a
little
less
familiar
so
charter
schools
are
tuition,
free,
they're,
open
to
all
students
and
in
rural
students
through
a
lottery.
R
R
The
state
public
charter
school
authority
was
created
in
2011
to
serve
three
primary
purposes.
First
to
authorize
charter
schools
of
high
quality
second
to
provide
oversight
to
the
schools
we
sponsor
and
third
to
serve
as
a
model
of
best
practices
for
charter
school
sponsoring,
and
I
won't
go
through
these,
but
some
brief
statistics
about
our
agency
and
for
context.
I
do
want
to
provide
some
statistics
about
our
schools.
R
I
would
note
that
we
have
67
charter
school
campuses
located
in
five
counties
and
we
serve
approximately
11
percent
of
the
state's
total
student
enrollment
and
so
now
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
coven
19
response.
R
Most
of
our
schools
in
those
flag
counties
opened
either
fully
virtual
or
with
very
limited
in-person
instruction,
but
getting
into
september
and
october,
some
started
to
bring
specific
student
groups
of
students
back
in
and
gradually
increased
the
number
of
students
learning
in
person,
and
this
allowed
them
to
refine
their
cleaning
protocols
to
adapt
to
this
hybrid
learning,
environment
and
and
let
students
adapt
as
well
and
so
in
early
november.
R
After
monitoring
our
schools,
monitoring
the
cases
and
test
positivity
throughout
the
state
throughout
the
early
fall
and
then
talking
with
our
school
administrators
and
board
chairs,
we
increased
that
limit
from
the
initial
25
percent
to
40
percent.
R
Our
board's
next
meeting
is
at
the
end
of
february,
and
we
are
closely
watching
the
case
rates
test.
Positivity
also
talking
to
our
schools
working
on
vaccine
roll
out,
and
so
all
of
these
pieces
will
will
continue
to
inform
our
work,
and
we
are
keeping
all
this
in
mind
as
we
contemplate
potential
changes
going
into
the
spread
time.
R
So
in
terms
of
oversight
on
the
bottom
half
of
this
slide,
the
state
public
charter
school
authority
reviewed
all
of
the
school's
reopening
plans
for
compliance
with
the
nevada
department
of
education
guidance.
R
We
also
have
significantly
increased
communication
to
ensure
that
we
are
well
informed
of
what's
happening
on
the
ground
every
day
in
our
schools
and
to
ensure
that
schools
have
access
to
critical
information
that
that
they
may
need
and
get
answers
to,
questions
that
they
may
have
early
on.
The
communication
was
multiple
times
per
week
and,
as
we've
gotten
used
to
things,
figured
out
some
of
some
of
these
protocols
and
and
figured
out
how
to
implement
them.
We've
scaled
back
a
little
bit
and
so
do
maintain
weekly
communication
with
our
schools.
R
In
terms
of
methods
of
instruction,
this
slide
shows
the
data
as
of
january
18th,
2020.,
I'm
sorry
january
18th
2021.
That
is
a
a
reflection
of
the
fact
that
it
is
early
in
the
year.
The
vast
majority
of
our
schools
are
in
a
hybrid
model,
and
many
schools
are
continuing
to
increase
in-person
learning
to
safely
bring
more
students
back
into
their
school
buildings.
R
The
first
piece
is
that
we
have
become
deeply
familiar,
as
have
our
schools
with
the
federal
state
and
local
guidance,
and
we
have
leaned
heavily
on
our
local
health
officials
to
help
make
sure
our
schools
are
well
equipped
to
implement
that
guidance.
In
fact,
those
health
officials
have
joined
several
of
our
calls
with
schools
to
share
information,
answer
questions,
discuss
scenarios
and
make
sure
that
schools
are
prepared.
R
Second,
as
I
mentioned,
we've
worked
in
close
coordination
with
those
health
authorities
and
that
has
included
in
the
development
of
the
schools.
The
school-based
response
plans,
which
both
of
those
the
the
large
health
districts
have
published,
and
the
third
piece
here
is
continuing
to
make
sure
that
our
schools
have
access
to
appropriate
ppe
in
coordination
with
the
task
force
and
department
of
emergency
management
with
regard
to
learning
loss.
We
know
this
is
a
real
concern,
as
we
think
about
short
and
long-term
impacts
of
the
pandemic.
R
Last
summer
we
were
anticipating
even
early
on
the
need
for
this,
and
so
we
leveraged
some
federal
funds
to
provide
access
to
a
three-part
training
on
instructional
recovery.
So
even
at
that
point
we
were
beginning
to
think
about
this
need
we
are.
Obviously
our
schools
are
continuing
to
use
local
assessments
in
order
to
identify
how
students
are
doing
what
they're
learning
where
there
may
be
gaps
and
we're
also
gearing
up
for
the
state
assessments
which
we
believe
will
provide
a
broader
and
longer
term
view
of
the
overall
impact
and
potential
hearing
loss.
R
Finally,
with
regard
to
student
outreach,
our
schools
have
had
a
very
high
rate
of
success
in
reaching
students
even
back
into
the
spring
of
2020.
When
things
were
just
rolling
out,
we
saw
relatively
high
attendance
and
contact
despite
some
of
those
challenges
of
those
early,
the
early
transition
in
terms
of
addressing
attendance
issues
and
chronic
absenteeism.
Our
schools
have
really
focused
on
addressing
root
causes.
R
This
includes
leaning
on
social
workers,
conducting
appropriately
distance
home
visits
to
check
in
on
students
and
families
and
supporting
with
access
to
internet
and
devices.
R
R
At
this
point,
the
state
public
charter
school
authority
has
seen
an
additional,
approximately
9.3
million
dollars
in
federal
funds
and
the
major
uses,
I
think,
are
pretty
similar
to
those
that
we
saw
in
our
district
counterparts,
technology,
staffing,
instructional
materials
and
and
health
and
cleaning,
as
well
as
wraparound
services
in
terms
of
budgetary
impacts.
The
state
public
charter,
school
authority
reviews
budget
to
actual
reports
for
schools
on
a
quarterly
basis,
and
we
have
seen
mixed
results
on
this
front
and
no
major
trends
to
report
at
this
point,
but
we'll
continue
to
monitor
those.
R
Finally,
this
provides
just
a
quick
summary
of
some
of
the
supports
that
we
have
provided
to
our
schools
during
this
time.
The
state
public
charter
school
authority
has
a
limited
staff,
but
we
have
really
adjusted
and
flexed
our
capacity
to
provide
as
much
support
as
we
can
during
this
challenge,
and
so
with
that
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
Okay,
let
me
get
the
full
view
here,
all
right,
so
we've
had
the
four
presentations.
A
Hopefully,
you've
been
writing
down
your
questions
that
are
ready
to
ask
some
questions,
I'm
I'm
gonna
start
and
because
I
want
to
know
from
actually
from
all
of
them.
If
you
could
be
quick
when
you
answer
and
just
do
it
in
the
or
if
you
could
just
answer
in
the
order
that
you
just
presented.
A
And
in
some
cases
it
may
or
may
not,
it
may
not
matter,
but
I
know
and
clark
as
you're,
especially
with
clark
as
you're.
Switching
to
this
hybrid
model,
one
of
the
things
you
send
out
a
survey
to
parents
if
you
want
to
see
which
ones
want
to
come
back
and
which
ones.
But
what
kind
of
I
mean?
A
What
kind
of
ratios
are
you
seeing
that
want
to
come
back
versus,
want
to
stay
home
and
that
kind
of
thing
and
then
and
then
have
the
other
kind
of
have
that
discussion
with
the
other
district
consultant.
P
Chairman
dennis
superintendent
jar
for
the
record,
I'm
glad
you
asked
that
question.
I
just
reviewed
a
little
bit
of
the
data.
It's
in
there
59.
Don't
quote
me:
it's
59
to
60
of
of
our
students
that
want
to
come
back
in
pre-k
3.
A
Right
and
how
about
some
of
the
other,
some
of
you
already
back
in
person,
but
did
you
do
I
mean?
Are
you
seeing
that
you
are?
I
noticed
several
you
made
presentations
concerning
options
to
do
the
full
time,
so
I
wonder
how
many
are
taking
that
option
versus.
C
So,
thank
you
very
much
eric
dennis
superintendent
mcniel
for
the
record,
and
so
it
has
really
depended
in
washoe
county.
At
least
it's
depended
on
where
we
are
within
the
within
the
school
year.
The
majority
of
our
families.
When
we
sent
out
the
survey
they
wanted
to
have
that
availability
of
options,
including
the
full
distance
learning,
and
so
we've
released
survey
data
which
we
can
provide
to
this
committee
as
well
too.
But
the
majority
of
our
families
going
into
this
second
semester
are
either
in
the
hybrid
or
the
in-person
model.
Q
Our
dentist
superintendent
fact
for
the
record,
and
in
this
question
I
I
can
speak
for
a
few
of
us,
but
not
all
all
the
rurals,
because
I
don't
know
of
everybody's.
What
I
will
say
is
that
I
do
know
that
of
the
of
the
rural
districts,
we
have
less
than
five
percent
that
are
participating
in
distance
learning.
Q
Q
We
did
provide
the
option
for
a
distance
learning
participation
and
we
had
roughly
three
percent
that
identified
that
they
would
like
the
distance
learning
and
within
the
first
few
weeks
of
school,
we
fell
by
a
under
under
two
percent
of
our
population
and
now
at
semester,
we're
down
to
around
one
percent
that
are
in
distance
learning,
and
I
know
a
number
of
our
other
districts
are
in
the
same
pattern
that
they've
seen
so
across
the
board.
R
Rebecca
fighting
for
the
record,
we
have
a
wide
array
at
our
schools,
and
some
of
it
is
based
on
geography
as
well.
We
have
everything
from
one
of
our
rural
schools
out
in
ely,
where
I
believe
100
of
students
are
participating
in
hybrid
learning,
in
some
form
to
some
schools,
particularly
in
clark
county.
We
have
had
some
schools
that
have
a
very
low
percent
of
families
interested
in
the
range
of
20
to
40
percent,
and
so
again
it's
it's
a
pretty
wide
range
and
a
reflection.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
have
a
couple
of
questions
too.
Actually
is
all
I
have
one
when
the
policy
came
out,
I'm
interested
in
student
attendance
first
of
all,
and
if
you
could
answer
for
your
four-year
districts,
that'd
be
great.
I
know
that
some
I've
heard
that
some
folks
are
saying
that
when
students
are
logging
on
when
they're
on
distance
education,
that
the
only
way
that
they
are
counted
is
if
they
are
in
front
of
a
camera,
and
some
of
them
are
not.
D
Can
you
describe
to
me
your
your
policy
as
far
as
attendance?
Do
students
need
to
be
in
front
of
the
camera
and
present
in
front
of
the
the
teacher
during
the
class
or
do
they
not
and
then
I'll
follow
up
with
another
question?
If
I
could
mr
chair.
P
Super
help
go
ahead.
Oh
thank
you,
hammond
superintendent,
for
the
record-
and
I
know
my
deputy
superintendent
is
also
here.
I
can
probably
get
more
into
details,
but
we
do
obviously
require
part
of
the
attendance
to
get
our
students
engaged
in
the
classroom.
I'm
going
to
tell
you
the
the
data,
that's
not
promising
right!
Now,
it's
a
little
bit.
P
Our
absentee
rate
is
a
little
bit
higher
than
the
past.
I
think
what's
happening
is
obviously
the
engagement
in
distance
education
has
been
problematic,
especially
for
some
of
our
older
kids
that
are
working
to
help
families
with
the
economy,
but
no
excuse.
One
of
the
things
that
we
do
have
in
place
is
where
our
teachers
have
up
to,
I
believe,
is
close
to
seven
days
where
they
can
go
back
in
and
adjust
it
if
the
children
submit
homework
as
part
of
some
of
that
asynchronous
instruction.
P
D
Yeah,
if
you
could
superintendent
just
is,
is
there
a
requirement
that
the
students
have
their
cameras
on,
so
that
the
teacher
can
see
that
they
are
there
and
seated
and
engaged.
P
No,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
senator
hammond
superintendent
for
the
record,
we're
not
requiring
cameras
to
be
on
because
of
obviously
you
know
some
of
our
kids
don't
want
to
turn
their
cameras
on.
You
do
see
their
phone
numbers
up
on
the
screen
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
I
had
an
opportunity.
I
substituted
a
class
right
before
the
holiday
season
and
it's
it's.
You
do
see
all
their
phone
numbers.
P
Some
kids
do
turn
on
their
cameras,
but
that's
also
if
the
kids
have
are
willing
to
and
wanted
to
do,
that.
C
C
We
do
not
require
cameras
on,
but
what
we
do
require
is
a
touch
point,
so
whether
I
am
on
the
phone,
whether
I
am
on
on
a
device
because
some
of
our
students
may
not
be
able
to
as
a
connectivity,
they
may
not
be
able
to
access
at
that
point
in
time,
and
so
we've
been
trying
to
be
as
flexible
as
possible
around
what
constitute
as
far
as
engagement
with
our
student,
but
I
will
tell
you,
our
chronic
absenteeism
rate
has
increased
we're
going
to
be
making
a
presentation
to
our
board
in
the
late
february
board
meeting
around
chronic
absenteeism.
Q
Senator
hammond
superintendent
effect
for
the
record.
I
again
I
can't
speak
for
every
district
rural
district,
but
we
do
not
require
cameras
beyond
all
the
time.
At
the
request
of
a
teacher
should
we
believe
that
we
need
to
verify
that
that
student
is
there
and
actively
engaged?
We
may
ask
them
to
turn
it
on
if
they're,
unable
to
a
phone
call
or
an
email
or
something
for
correspondence,
but
like
dr
mcneil
said,
we've
tried
to
be
as
flexible
as
we
possibly
can
with
trying
to
justify
participation
in
attendance
in
schools.
R
Reckfied,
an
executive
director
of
the
state
public
charter
school
for
the
record,
senator
hammond,
we
do
know
many
schools
are
encouraging
students
to
participate
via
camera.
It
does
allow
for
better
monitoring
and
engagement.
However,
we
have
conveyed
to
schools
that
they
should
not
be
requiring
it
as
one.
It
can
cause
bandwidth
issues
that
could
could
halt
the
class,
but,
second
that
there
may
be
reasons
personal
reasons
that
a
student's
family
may
not
want
the
camera
on
in
the
classroom.
D
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
answers.
The
second
part
of
my
my
inquiry
is
regarding
plans
to
reopen.
I
know
that
a
lot
of
folks
are
looking.
You
guys
are
looking
at
plans
being
submitted
for
hybrid
in
some
cases.
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
know
when
you
look
at
these
plans,
they're
submitted
to
reopen
and
there's
a
hybrid
involved
when
you're
determining
the
level
of
I
think
attend,
not
necessarily
attendance.
D
Are
you?
Are
you
aware
and
trying
to
make
sure
you're
keeping
the
same
level
of
instruction
days
so
that
you
know
the
students
get
as
much
as
possible,
even
though
I
know
there's
going
to
be
less
construction
time
in
the
end.
P
Superintendent
jared
for
the
record
senator
hammond,
one
of
the
things
that
we're
looking
and
and
really
this
is
where
I
appreciate
the
partnership
with
all
our
bargaining
units,
not
only
cca,
esca
and
kasapi,
to
really
look
at
what's
best
for
kids
we're
looking
at
the
data.
It's
not
you
know.
Obviously,
the
academic
loss
is
a
huge
concern,
but
we've
got
to
look
at
the
health
data
and
the
amount
of
health
crisis
that
we're
dealing
with
for
our
children.
P
So
we
are
looking
at
as
a
matter
of
fact,
we're
finalizing
a
couple
other
things
to
make
sure
that
our
kids
are
in
front
of
our
educators
for
six
hours
and
11
minutes
a
day.
The
asynchronous
instruction
we'll
look
at
potentially
and
also
on
on
the
distance
and
days
where
the
kids
are
going
to
be
home
up
and
providing
so
that
providing
that
opportunity
so
be
they'll.
P
Be
that
face-to-face
instruction,
which
is
so
critical
and
we're
learning
from
my
colleagues
in
the
north
and
and
my
colleagues
in
the
rural
community,
so
maybe
per
day
in
time
may
be
a
little
different.
But
I
believe
that
bringing
our
kids
to
face
to
face
in
front
of
our
adults
is
also
critical.
C
Senator
ham
and
kristen
mcneil
for
the
record
for
washoe
county.
So
for
us,
the
important
factor
was
is
when
we're
talking
about
engagement
in
the
hybrid
model.
C
We
had
to
have
clear
expectations
for
our
students,
but
then
also
for
our
staff
as
well
too,
and
so
that
similar
to
clark
county,
we
instituted
making
sure
that
there
was
a
clear
six
hour
or
six
and
a
half
hour,
depending
if
you're,
elementary
or
secondary,
if
you're
on
full
distance
for
those
periods
of
time
and
then
obviously
on
their
off
day,
the
asynchronous
learning
and
the
ability
to
check
in
at
least
one
time
per
day
for
for
all
of
our
students.
C
Q
Again,
superintendent
fact
for
the
record
yeah
I
hybrid,
as
as
dr
mitchell
said,
I
I
think
we
do
everything
we
can
to
try
and
avoid
being
in
a
situation
with
a
hybrid
because
of
those
challenges.
Q
I
think,
within
your
plans
exactly
what
my
two
counterparts
said:
you're
having
to
work
to
the
best
of
your
ability,
given
your
situation
to
ensure
that
we
we're
engaging
those
children
and
using
the
benefits
of
seeing
each
other
face
to
face
and
providing
that
in-depth
face-to-face
instruction
outweighs
the
fact
that
you
may
not
have
that
engagement
for
quite
the
same
period
of
time,
so
that
you
may
on
a
full
distance
learning
model
or
something
along
that
those
lines
again
extremely
extremely
challenging.
Hybrid
model
is
very
difficult.
R
Rebecca
feinman
for
the
record,
senator
hamid.
I
think
you
you've
heard
from
everyone
how
challenging
the
hybrid
is,
and
we've
heard
it
too.
I
will
say
that
we've
seen
a
lot
of
schools
have
to
adapt
early
on.
R
We
saw
some
folks
doing
hybrid,
where
they
were
scheduling
out
every
kid's
full
day,
even
on
their
virtual
days,
and
that
was
causing
a
lot
of
tension
at
home
and
at
school
because
they
were
having
to
manage
both
sides
of
the
equation,
both
the
kids
in
the
building
and
the
kids
that
we're
learning
virtually
and
needing
staff
capacity
to
actually
provide
the
support
to
those
kids
that
were
learning
remotely
and
and
so
because
of
that
complexity,
have
had
to
adapt
and
adjust
to
make
sure
that
both
teachers
have
enough
time
and
also
that
that
it's
working
for
kids.
R
In
fact,
I
I
had
a
at
least
one
call
this.
This
fall
from
a
parent
who
said
my
kid
is
in
front
of
a
screen
all
day
two
days
a
week
like
this.
This
can't
be
healthy
and
part
of
the
conversation
with
some
of
our
schools,
too,
is
figuring
out
how
best
to
support
the
needs
of
their
kids
and-
and
it
certainly
looks
different
than
it
would
in
a
typical
classroom
because
of
just
the
complexity
of
running
a
hybrid
model.
A
B
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
and
presenting
in
front
of
us.
I'm
very
glad
that
we
are
having
this
conversation.
I'm
a
recent
grad
and
I
have
a
public
health
background.
So
I
have
a
few
questions
if
you
can
just
take
the
time
to
answer
them.
My
main
worry
with
the
reopening
strategy
isn't
really
with
not
just
in
terms
of
transmission
between
student
to
student,
but
it's
actually
on
students
to
their
families,
their
caregivers,
their
grandparents
and
as
educators.
B
You
guys
have
the
direct
connection
to
to
the
community
and
to
their
parents
themselves.
What
strategy
has
your
institution
have
on
educating,
non-english,
spanish-speaking
or
non-non-english
speaking
communities
and
protecting
marginalized
families?
So
have
you
had
conversations
about
educating
black
and
latinx
family
members
that
might
not
have
the
right
education
on
health
literacy
or
how
to
improve
health
literacy
across
all
grade
levels?
So
I'm
interested
in
hearing
that
conversation.
P
So
chair,
dennis
superintendent
jar
for
the
record,
senator
donate,
welcome
and
again
what
we
are
actually
partnering,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
presentation
with
the
southern
nevada
health
district
locally.
Here,
actually,
in
our
presentation,
we,
we
shared
our
plan
with
the
state
this
week
this
past
week
to
look
at
where
we
are
obviously
and
and
they
they
appreciate
it
and
support.
P
Obviously,
our
plan
outside
of
the
sound
plan,
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
now
as
we're
rolling
out
the
implementation,
obviously
in
different
languages,
and
helping
the
individual
schools
and
working
with
them
to
support
our
families
in
specific
zip
codes
and
that's
part
of
the
conversation
we're
having
locally
with
the
southern
nevada
health
district
because
we're
looking
at
it
at
our
zip
codes.
P
As
we
look
at
our
mitigating
strategies
as
well
and
again
learning
from
my
colleagues
that
have
have
been
open
learning
quite
a
bit
from
washoe
that
has
been
open
on
the
hybrid
model
in
our
testing
protocol.
How
we
do
our
covet
testing,
not
only
for
for
you.
B
P
C
That
senator
gennady
kristen
mcneil
for
the
record
for
washoe
county
school
district.
So
similarly,
here
in
washoe,
we've
partnered
very
closely
with
the
washoe
county
health
district
as
far
as
outreach
efforts,
but
then
also
the
faith-based
community.
C
We've
had
several
opportunities
partner
with
them
around
testing
and
then
obviously,
immunized
nevada
has
been
a
huge
partner
on
outreach
efforts,
and
I
can't
stress
that
enough
for
our
communities
of
color
and
our
and
our
marginalized
communities
getting
that
word
out,
but
utilizing
every
every
avenue
that
we
possibly
can
to
get
that
word
out
and
that
that
even
goes
back
to
the
early
time
as
far
as
mitigating
efforts,
as
far
as
face
coverings
and
social
distance
group
gathering
hand
washing
and
just
really
talking
over
and
over
and
over
again,
we
also
have
a
family
newsletter.
C
That's
found
in
english
and
spanish.
That
has
a
lot
of
links
and
website
resources
to
our
families
as
well
too.
Q
Superintendent
for
the
record,
to
reiterate
what
my
two
counterparts
have
said,
I
know
here
within
purging.
We
really
focused
on
the
effort
of
of
educating
folks
about
what
proper
hygiene
and
the
mask
wearing
pp.
Those
things
really
have
focused
within
that
with
all
of
our
with
all
of
our
personnel,
but
the
family
campaign
of
understanding.
If
we're
going
to
be
successful
on
getting
our
kids
in
school
and
continuing
to
be
able
to
get
them
in
school,
we
needed
a
community-wide
effort.
It
couldn't
just
be
the
school
doing
this.
Q
It
took
a
community
and
we
really
put
a
campaign
and
a
belief
out.
There
is
we're
only
as
healthy
as
our
community
and
if
our
community
could
stay
healthy,
then
we
were
able
to
stay
in
and
what
we
started
to
really
focus
in
on
was
those
hand
washings
and
being
social
distancing,
all
the
different
things
that
the
cdc
had
sent
out
in
the
different
languages.
R
Rebecca
fein
for
the
record,
as
the
charter
authority
we're
a
little
bit
removed
from
direct
family
communication,
but
we
have
made
sure
that
our
schools
are
when
they
have
large
populations
of
non-english
speakers,
making
sure
that
that
information
is
translated
and
we
have
been
monitoring
the
communications
of
our
schools,
asking
them
to
basically
copy
us
on
all
family
communications
regarding
covet
19..
R
In
addition,
as
superintendent
fact
mentioned,
we
too
have
spread
the
resources
that
we've
been
able
to
find
like
the
cdc's
flyers
that
are
in
multiple
languages
and
make
sure
that
our
schools
have
access
to
some
of
those
public
resources
to
spread.
The
word
as
well.
A
Thank
you,
senator
did
you
have
other
ques
another
question
or.
B
I
do
have
one
follow-up
question:
if
that's
fine,
my
follow-up
question
to
all
of
you
are
is
regarding
everything
now
that
we
are
starting
to
transition
back
to
reopening.
Have
you
encountered
any
issues
with
mandatory
testing?
I
know
that
a
few
teachers
have
raised
the
question
of
the
ict
testing
date.
Conflicting
with
their
vaccine
schedules.
Is
that
something
that
you
have
encountered
within
your
own
districts
or
is
like
what
does
the
future
of
testing
look
like
for
the
rest
of
the
school
year?.
P
Superintendent
jar
for
the
record,
some
of
the
testing-
that's
mandatory.
Obviously
you
know
from
the
school
system.
P
B
C
Senator
dente
kristen
mcneil
for
the
record
washington,
county
school
district.
So
for
us
that
was
one
of
the
unique
factors
that
we
had
to
talk
about
with
the
washoe
county
health
district
and
that
you
know
we're
a
unique
employer
and
so
the
more
that
we
were
able
to
offer
the
vaccine
after
hours,
usually
typically
around
3
30
to
6
p.m
and
then
also
on
the
weekends.
But
they
were
able
to
stand
up
our
points
of
distribution,
our
pods
within
our
high
schools
on
saturdays
and
then
also
after
hours.
C
R
Rebecca
fighting
for
the
record
just
would
add
on
that.
We
have
heard
a
couple
concerns
from
schools
about
the
logistics,
but
again
we've
because
they're,
a
federal
requirement,
we've
we've,
said
kind
of
from
the
beginning
of
the
year-
be
prepared
for
these
things
could
change
last
minute,
but
better
be
ready,
rather
than
have
to
have
to
adjust
last
minute.
So
by
and
large
we
expect
our
schools
should
be
prepared
to
to
implement
those
federally
mandated
state
assessments.
A
Thank
you
we're
going
to
go
to
senator
dondero
loop.
I
know
we've
got
to
finish
our
meeting
here,
quick,
so,
whatever
responses
you
have
try
to
give
this
quick
as
you
can
and
then,
if
there's
any
additional
information,
you
can
always
just
get
it
to
our
our
staff
person,
jen
sturm
and
she
can
get
us
the
the
responses.
So
vice
chair
on
daryl
luke.
E
Thank
you
and
I
apologize
I'm
the
person
that
has
to
chair
a
meeting
at
3
30,
so
I
will
need
to
drop
off,
but
I
thought
it
was
important
to
get
these
questions
on
the
record.
I
noticed
in
washoe
county
school
districts
presentation.
You
talked
about
your
karzak
funding,
going
to
be
used
for
academic
recovery
and
mental
health
in
2122,
and
so
I'd
like
to
know
and-
and
I'm
I'm
way,
fine
with
you
all
taking
this
offline
and
answering
me.
E
But
if
you
would,
let
me
know
what
you've
done
with
your
cares
act
money.
I
I
see
on
ccsd,
you've
put
a
cheat
3000
speaker
series,
distance,
learning
resources.
What
are
those
so
I'd
like
to
know
that
I'd
like
to
know
what
you're
doing
for
mental
health
and
how
we're
placing
counselors
and
how
we'll
be
helping
those
and
last
the
big
question
is:
what
is
your
plan
or
do
you
have
one
as
of
yet
moving
forward?
E
So
if
you'd
like
you,
can
answer
all
those
offline
to
me,
if
other
people
want
to
hear
those
answers,
you
can
go
ahead
and
when
I
need
to
drop
off,
I
will
just
drop
off.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
One
thing
that
we
can
do
is
they
could
just
provide
a
report
that
has
that,
because
I'm
sure,
probably
all
of
us
would
like
to
have
that
and
that'll
save
time
right
now.
So
we
make
sure
to
get
you
to
your
committee,
perfect,
perfect.
A
I
believe
we
had
senator
lang
had
a
question.
E
Hi,
thank
you
chair.
I
have
a
couple
questions.
I'm
curious.
I
know
early
on
in
the
pandemic,
the
lower
income
parts
of
the
districts
were
disproportionately
affected,
not
having
the
supplies
they
needed
to
do
distance
education.
I
know
that
we
were
able
to
get
internet
and
we
were
very
creative
in
doing
that
and
also
getting
the
technology
they
needed.
E
I'm
just
curious:
have
you
still
seen
a
large
drop-off
in
those
neighborhoods
and
do
you
anticipate
and
how
are
you
working
to
get
those
kids
back
to
school
and
if
I
can
just
ask
a
second
question
so
in
the
interest
of
time
I
read
an
article
recently
about
how
far
our
kids
are
going
to
be
behind
educationally
because
of
the
pandemic,
and
so
I
think
this
kind
of
goes
with
vice
chair
dondero's
question
is
on
how
what
what
are
the
school
districts
doing
so
that
we
can
bring
our
kids
up
to
grade
level
by
next
year.
P
Mr
mr
chair
superintendent,
jared
for
the
record
great
question
and
I'll
be
brief.
We
have
seen
the
the
attendance
numbers
that
we've
looked
at
and
we're
now
dissecting
it
by
by
individual
schools
and
providing
some
central
support
to
our
principles,
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
them
engaged.
That's
number
one
and
then
the
second
part
of
the
question,
I
believe
around
of
the
academic
loss,
huge
concern
and
really
looking
at
the
the
federal
dollars
that
are
coming
down
up
in
this
next
stimulus.
P
C
Senator
lane
chris
mcneil
for
washoe
county
for
the
record
go
for
washoe
very
similar
and
then
importantly,
we
know
that
it's
going
to
take,
and
I
believe
sprint
in
effect,
mentioned
this.
It's
going
to
take
more
than
one
year.
C
We
know
that
academic
loss
and
academic
recovery
is
going
to
take
quite
a
bit
of
time,
but
our
emphasis
is
going
to
be
around
the
mental
health
supports
for
our
students,
as
well
as
for
our
staff
and
having
that
as
our
top
priority,
as
all
of
our
students
come
back
into
a
full
in-person
model
crossing
our
fingers
for
the
21-22.
R
Rebecca
fighting
for
the
record,
I
think
we've
seen
pretty
good
success
in
in
making
sure
to
track
down
those
students
that
had
been
harder
to
reach
early
on,
and
we're
really
grateful
for
the
support
from
the
governor's
office
through
hot
spots
through
their
assistance
and
identifying
suppliers
that
had
from
books
that
we
could
could
get.
R
Our
schools
could
get
their
hands
on
quickly
and
then
also
through
our
partnership
with
cox,
communications
we've
been
able
to
really
connect
everyone
and
help
to
keep
those
those
students
and
families
connected
and
in
terms
of
instructional
recovery.
I
think
that
that's
really
a
priority.
We
know
a
lot
of
our
schools.
R
Initial
cares,
act,
funding,
went
to
buying
technology
and
then
secondary
was
some
professional
learning
around
virtual
learning.
For
example,
we
have
you
know
a
course
going
on
right
now
for
a
number
of
charter
schools
related
to
the
distance
learning
playbook,
which
is
a
relatively
new
book
that
came
out
of
of
the
pandemic.
That
is
really
around
instructional
strategies
for
virtual
learning,
and
so
I
think
the
next
phase
is
really
thinking
about
how
to
continue
to
push
to
build
those
instructional
recovery
plans
and
make
sure
that
effectively.
R
Kids
are
gonna
have
to
pick
up
the
pace
on
their
learning,
and
we
expect
a
lot
of
the
future
cares
act.
Funding
will
actually
go
to
that
professional
learning
and
support,
and
potentially
additional
staffing
such
as
interventionist
tutors,
who
may
be
able
to
support
with
that
type
of
of
need
for
our
students
and
and
and
the
school
community.
A
Thank
you,
we're
not
gonna
go
to
senator
hardy.
I
didn't
forget
about
you,
everybody
out.
Everybody
had
questions
this
time.
You
just
happen
to
be
at
the
tail
end.
J
J
How
how
we
measure
those
and
are
we
looking
at
a
percentage
of
positivities?
Are
we
looking
at
a
number
in
order
to
say?
Okay,
let's
reopen
it,
I
heard
the
comment
about.
We
haven't
seen
anything
in
our
rules,
for
instance
that
were
attributed
to
the
buses.
So
what
is
it
that
we
have
do?
We
have
numbers
and
if
we
have
numbers
do
we
have
numbers
that
are
going
to
be
used
as
the
yardstick
to
say?
Okay,
let's
reopen
the
schools
and
you
may
or
may
not
have
that,
but
I'm
interested
in
it
appreciate
it.
A
And
before
you
go
give
the
quick
answer:
if
it's,
if
it's
the
longer
answer
is
needed,
if
you
could
get
that
to
us,
we'll
make
sure
that
everybody
gets
it.
I
want
to
make
sure,
because
I've
got
half
of
the
committee.
I
think
he
has
to
be
at
this
3
30.,
I'm
willing
to
stay
for
the
public
comment
and
whenever
we
need
to,
but
so,
if
you'll
be
quick
on
those.
P
Superintendent
jar
for
the
record:
we
can
get
those
numbers.
I
know
we
have
them
on
our
website.
Senator
hardy
we
were
using
covet.
We
don't
have
a
positivity
as
to
be
able
to
open
schools,
that's
something
that
our
local
chief
health
officer
has
looked
at
because
of
the
concern
that
we've
had
with
the
mental
health
crisis
and
we've
had
with
our
academic
law.
So
but
we'll.
A
C
Senator
kristen
mcneil
for
the
record
so
for
the
washoe
county
school
district.
We
have
those
numbers
available
on
our
website
as
well
and
then
on
as
a
standing
agenda
item
for
every
single
board
of
trustee
meeting.
There
is
a
covid
meter
tracking,
which
the
board
then
decides
if
they're
going
to
be
moving
to
a
separate
model
or
not
so
the
board
makes
that
decision
and
it's
on
on
every
single
board
agenda.
Q
Superintendent
fact
for
the
record
senator
hardy,
I
I
can
speak
directly
for
persian
county,
as
we've
been
one
of
the
counties
that
has
been
fortunate
enough
to
be
in
in
person
the
entire
time
it
hasn't
been
until
recently
within
the
last
month
that
our
community
has
really
truly
been
impacted
by
covet
19.
Q
Q
So
that
would
be
the
the
one
and
only
case
that
I
have
that
I
feel
comfortable
with
contact
tracing,
didn't
tie
to
a
home
environment
and
we
have
not
experienced
spread.
That
case
did
not
did
not
come
from
spread
on
a
school
bus
and
my
knowledge,
our
other
districts
that
are
providing
transportation.
R
Rebecca
fund
for
the
record
we're
happy
to
provide
you
with
the
numbers
as
well.
We,
our
schools,
I
believe,
have
seen
very
few
cases
that
they
believe
have
been
caused
by
transmission
on
campus,
but
we
can
point
to
a
couple
where
a
couple
of
staff
members
had
had
been
identified
as
potential
as
as
cohen
positive
and
so
potentially
those
were
on
site,
and
so
we
can
certainly
provide
you
with
with
those
numbers.
A
Great
thank
you
very
much
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody.
You
know
there's
a.
We
probably
have
a
million
more
questions
that
we
could
probably
ask.
This
has
been.
You
know,
obviously
on
our
minds
now
over
this
past
year,
as
we've
dealt
with
education
and
with
our
families
with
others.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing.
I
know
it's
it's
it's
not
something
that
we
anticipated,
but
yet
you've
moved
forward
to
try
to
help
our
kids
to
continue
to
learn
and
as
we
move
forward.
A
A
K
H
A
A
H
Ahead,
thank
you,
mr
chair
always
exciting.
For
us.
We
can't
always
do
it
every
meeting,
but
when
we
can
it's
always
great
I'd
just
like
to
congratulate
the
reno
high
school.
We,
the
people
state
champions
this
past
weekend,
the
members
of
reno
high
school.
We,
the
people,
won
first
place
in
our
state
and
we're
very
proud
of
them,
including
first
place
and
several
of
the
units.
H
K
L
Mr
chair,
chris
daley
nevada,
state
education
association
again
after
school
buildings
were
closed
last
spring
nsca
members
quickly
responded
with
classroom
teachers,
engaging
their
students
in
distance
learning
and
food
service
workers
on
the
front
lines
providing
meals
to
families
in
our
districts
this
past
year,
our
members
have
responded
in
a
diversity
of
ways,
depending
on
their
district
and
the
status
of
the
copenhagen
crisis
in
their
communities.
Some
educators
are
back
at
their
school
buildings,
offering
in-person
instruction.
L
Others
are
working
in
hybrid
models,
juggling
in-person
learning,
with
distance
learning
opportunities,
still
others,
including
in
clark
county,
are
working
to
create
meaningful
education
experiences
through
full
distance
learning.
Last
summer,
nsca
supported
the
work
of
the
department
of
education
to
develop
nevada's
path
forward,
a
framework
for
safe,
efficient
and
equitable
return
to
school
buildings.
We
felt
this
was
the
proper
framework
to
safely
reopen
and
operate
school
buildings
this
school
year,
educators
as
much
as
anyone
else
appreciate
the
importance
of
returning
to
school
buildings
for
in-person
learning.
L
However,
educators
have
also
been
very
concerned
about
their
health
and
the
health
and
well-being
of
students.
Nsa
has
consistently
raised
concerns
that
districts
lack
the
resources
needed
to
follow
the
recommendations
to
safely
operate
school
buildings
during
this
pandemic,
and
we
continue
to
advocate
for
additional
resources
for
school
counselors,
social
workers
and
psychologists
to
meet
the
mental
health
and
social
emotional
needs
of
our
students
for
our
community
hardest
hit
by
covet
19
cases
and
hospitalizations.
L
We
felt
strongly
that
educator
access
to
vaccinations
is
a
critical
step
to
safer
operation
of
school
buildings.
That
is
why
nfca
asked
the
governor
to
make
educators
a
priority
in
his
vaccination
plan.
While
we're
hopeful
all
classrooms
across
nevada
will
safely
be
open
for
in-person
learning
soon.
We
also
remember
our
challenges
from
even
before
the
pandemic.
L
Despite
many
efforts
to
address
underfunding,
nevada
continues
to
rank
near
the
bottom
of
states
in
most
metrics
in
the
2020
quality
counts
report
from
education
week,
nevada
rank
47
to
school,
finance
and
50th
in
their
overall
chance
of
success
index,
and
we
all
know
that
is
the
largest
class
sizes
in
the
country.
There's
much
work
to
do
and
nsca
stands
ready
to
work
with
this
committee
on
the
challenges
ahead.
Thank
you.
K
S
We
appreciate
some
of
the
statements
by
the
superintendents
about
the
mental
health
needs
and
and
their
focus
on
mental
health,
but
I'm
not
sure
they
realize
just
how
pervasive
it
is
district-wide.
As
you
can
imagine,
this
cobit
19
pandemic
has
added
strain
to
an
already
stressed
system,
which
is
negatively
impacting
our
youth
and
our
families.
S
That
is
not
within
their
control,
because
we've
received
many
many
reports
that
schools
are
being
punitive
in
this
online
environment,
students
are
experiencing
stress
and
anxiety
about
lower
or
failing
grades.
You've
heard
talk
about
inaccurate
absence,
counts
retention,
warnings,
uncomfortable
screen
time
and
the
threats
of
class
failure,
and
not
graduating.
K
K
K
B
Good
afternoon
everybody
michael
flores
for
the
record-
and
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
university
of
nevada
reno,
and
I
would
just
like
to
participate
in
the
good
news
minute
and
just
talk
about
you
and
our
basketball
team.
We
had
a
great
little
home
stretch
this
past
two
weeks.
We
beat
our
in-state
rivals,
unlv
twice
and
then
also
boise
state.
That's
been
top
ranked
in
the
mountain
west,
so
big
wins
for
for
the
wolf
pack,
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
during
this
good
news
minute.
Thank.
K
K
B
Mr
chair
brad
keating
for
the
record
representing
the
clark
county
school
district
b-r-a-d
last
name:
keating
k-e-a-t-I-n-g.
I
cannot
be
outdone
today
by
the
washoe
county
school
district
and
the
university
of
nevada
reno.
So
I
bring
you
my
own
good
news
minute
from
the
clark
county
school
district.
B
So
we
are
extremely
excited
for
juliana
and
all
of
the
great
things
she's
doing,
as
well
as
our
other
teachers
in
the
classroom,
so
just
wanted
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
juliana
and
wish
her
the
very
best,
as
she
is
one
of
the
four
national
finalists
for
national
teacher
of
the
year.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
thank
you
we'll
go
ahead,
then
any
other
comments
that
from
the
members
that
they
need
to
make
at
this
time.
A
The
first,
let's
see,
let
me
get
to
the
right
view
where
I
can
see
everybody-
okay,
not
seeing
any
so
with
that
our
next
meeting
is
going
to
be
on
wednesday.
A
So
we
want
to
thank
everybody
that
participated
today
and
gave
presentations
that
gave
comments
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do
this
session
and,
as
you
can
tell
it
takes
a
little
longer
as
we
do
this
virtually,
but
we'll
figure
out
ways
to
to
be
concise
and
be
able
to
get
through
our
work
as
we
go
through
so
welcome
everyone,
and
once
again,
senator
donati
grateful
to
have
you
on
and
it'll
be
good
to
have
your
perspective,
it's
a
it's
a
great
great
perspective,
having
been
having
being
being
much
closer
to
graduating
from
high
school
than
the
rest
of
us.