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C
when
I
originally
presented
ab262
and
the
assembly
education
committee,
as
well
as
in
assembly,
ways
and
means
my
presentation
was
a
little
bit
longer.
So
I
decided
to
cut
out
the
38
slideship
38
slide
slideshow,
as
well
as
the
15
people
that
were
going
to
come
up
for
support
and
just
give
you
the
information
as
quickly
as
possible.
If
you're,
okay
with
that
or
we
can
also
break
for
dinner,
if
you
like,
whatever
you
prefer.
A
C
C
C
This
is
where
our
camps
were
in
those
early
years,
all
along
the
north
side
of
the
truckee
river.
Some
of
our
people
recognized
how
close
these
accounts
were
where
our
homes
are
were
before.
We
were
placed
on
indian
reservations
of
only
28
acres.
When
my
tribe
started
out
when
tribal
nations
are
strong,
then
the
state
of
nevada
is
strong
within
many
of
the
27
tribes
within
our
state.
Many
of
them
rule
economic
development
is
just
about
non-existent
for
tribes
to
try
to
help
to
pay
for
education.
C
It
is
impossible,
but
if
we
can
get
educated
students
to
come
back
to
the
reservation
and
work
for
the
tribes,
we
can
build
an
economic
base
which
may
be
able
to
help
future
students
with
educational,
tribal
governments
and
our
native
american
communities
greatly
support
this
bill
due
the
fact
that
it
will
not
only
benefit
native
students,
but
with
this
ability
to
get
better
paying
jobs
to
reach
their
individual
goals.
It
will
also
strengthen
our
tribal
communities
with
a
skilled
workforce.
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Finally,
he
stated
we
are
also
talking
about
his
reciprocal
sharing
of
knowledge.
When
we
talk
about
everything
taught
at
the
college
regarding
climate
change
and
the
environment,
we
must
recognize
that
universities
in
general
can
learn
from
native
americans
themselves
about
practices
that
have
been
around
for
thousands
of
years.
This
sharing
has
to
come
from
the
students
themselves
who
attend
these
universities
and
colleges
and
can
interact
with
the
teachers
and
share
with
fellow
students
the
concepts
and
different
practices
that
have
been
taught
and
handed
down
for
generations.
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C
Finally,
I
started
doing
a
little
bit
more
research
as
well.
This
is
the
right
thing
to
do
for
our
state.
There
are
currently
15
actually
soon
it
will
be
16
colorado.
Today,
great
timing
today
passed
out
of
the
third
house
a
bill
that
is
similar
to
this,
which
actually
grants
some
sort
of
waiver
for
our
native
american
students
to
attend
their
high
systems
of
higher
education.
C
We
need
to
do
something
as
a
state
if
we
are
going
to
start
to
recognize
the
importance
this
community
has
had
for
us
and
our
growth,
as
well
as
where
we've
come
from,
and
she
actually
recognized
this
as
well.
They
recognized
it
in
their
in
the
70s
until
the
early
80s
and
1980s,
and
they
still
actually
have
language
on
the
books
where
they
offer
different
waivers,
but
that's
not
governed
by
the
nevada
system
by
the
nevada
legislature.
C
These
waivers
were
capped
and
you
can
only
have
a
certain
number
of
recipients,
and
even
at
one
point
it
can
only
be
one
tribe.
That
is
not
okay.
We
need
to
think
about
this
as
a
whole
state.
Finally,
cost
is
the
main
deterrent
as
to
why
native
american
students
do
not
attend
college
so
very
quickly.
This
bill
would
do
two
things.
C
The
first
thing
it
would
allow
for
students
who
are
members
or
descendants
of
federally
and
nevada,
recognized
tribes
in
nevada,
be
granted
a
full
waiver
of
the
per
credit
cost
that
would
include
the
registration,
the
class
fees,
the
lab
fees,
numerous
other
fees
for
all
nevada
systems,
of
higher
education
institutes.
That
could
be
community
college,
or
it
could
also
be
the
universities.
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C
The
second
thing
that
this
bill
would
allow
is
a
report
of
the
number
of
students
that
this
is
helping
that
would
qualify
as
well
as
the
total
funding
needed
from
grants,
gifts
and
other
federal
contributions.
The
report
would
be
submitted
to
the
lcb
by
september
1st
of
each
year
beginning
next
calendar
year.
It
is
believed
that
there
will
be
around
240
students
this
first
time,
but
that's
when
one
of
the
hardest
thing
is
that
we
just
don't
have
that
information
of
how
many
students
exactly
would
it
be?
C
I
have
several
indigenous
friends
who
are
also
students
and
they
have
considered
dropping
out
because
of
the
stress
of
lingering
debt
paired
with
unjustifiable
lack
of
support.
What
I
hope
for
and
long
to
see
is
myself
and
my
native
peers,
graduating
and
returning
to
our
communities
to
support
and
uplift
each
other.
C
My
cultural
identity
is
a
huge
part
of
who
I
am,
and
I
cannot
see
myself
having
continued
on
the
path
to
my
degree,
without
the
support
of
friends
and
family.
My
culture
is
a
huge
part
of
nevada.
I
want
a
better
future
for
nevada.
I
want
a
better
future
for
native
students
current
and
prospective,
and
I
hope
you
do
as
well.
C
This
bill
has
the
power
to
change
the
lives
of
indigenous
people.
Now,
more
than
ever,
we
need
your
support
on
the
nevada,
indian
tuition
waiver.
Thank
you,
chair,
dennis
for
this
time
and
this
opportunity
in
presenting
ab262,
marla
mcda,
mcdade
williams
is
also
here
with
me.
If
there
are
questions,
I'm
more
than
happy
to
do
that
at
this
time.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
and
I
was
so
pleased.
C
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record
marlon
mcdade
williams,
with
strategies
360
representing
the
reno
sparks
indian
colony.
Today
I
want
to
thank
assemblywoman
anderson
for
bringing
this
bill
forward
in
the
assembly.
We
had
a
lot
of
compelling
testimony
about
the
importance
of
this
bill,
and
one
of
the
stories
I
remember
was
from
a
woman.
Rutherfordino
sparks
indian
colony.
E
She
talked
about
being
on
the
school
bus
and
basically
seeing
opportunity
fly
by
her,
as
as
she
was
transported
to
and
from
school,
seeing
that
people
felt
that
higher
education
was
out
of
reach
for
them
and
they
just
the
disinterest
that
they
showed.
E
You
know
the
the
further
it
got
to
closer
it
got
to
graduation
and
not
seeing
opportunity
caused
a
lot
of
them
to
just
you
know
quit,
and
so
you
know
we're
doing
this
for
people
like
her
for
people
like
ryan
and
honestly
for
you
know,
for
people
like
me,
I
graduated
14th
in
my
class
of
180
kids
in
elko,
and
I
had
no
no
idea
until
I
had
gotten
a
transcript
that
I
was
14th
in
my
class,
but
I
did
apply
to
college
and
I
didn't
know
how
to
go,
and
I
didn't
have
any
money.
E
So
I
just
didn't
go.
I
I
spent
two
and
a
half
years
in
elko
working
until
opportunity
came
up
and
I
figured
it.
You
know
I
I
got
to
a
university
setting
and
but
I
still
didn't,
have
any
money
and
what
I
ended
up
doing
was
just
begging
and
pleading
and
crying
at
the
financial
aid
office.
E
One
day-
and
somebody
took
me
aside
and
gave
me
a
loan
for
that
very
first
semester,
and
it
was
something
I
had
to
pay
back
while
I
was
in
school,
but
you
know
something
that
I
did
and
you
know
we're
just
hoping
that
it
gets
easier
for
the
rest
of
the
kids,
that
not
everybody
has
to
go
through
these
same
struggles
so
and
mr
chair,
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
service,
how
we're
going
to
miss
you.
E
I
have
to
tell
you
my
daughter
was
testifying
before
your
committee,
oh
maybe
three
sessions
ago,
and
she
saw
you
somewhere
on
tv,
maybe
crossing
the
street
she's
like
senator
dennis.
So
thank
you
for
giving
her
that
opportunity
and
making
her
feel
comfortable
with
her
classmates
while
she
was
testifying
and
and
we're
going
to
miss
you.
Thank
you.
F
Sorry,
I
just
had
to
ask
you
a
real
quick
question:
miss
mcdade,
so
the
question
I
have
is
looking
at
the
bill.
There's
a
lot
of
things
in
here,
incentivizing
folks,
to
go
to
school.
I've
seen
this
before.
F
You
came
up
just
briefly
and
talked
a
little
bit
and
said
that
there's
other
states
that
have
something
like
this
we
had
in
alaska.
You
know
it
was
not
uncommon
to
have
a
lot
of
native
alaskan
natives
in
school.
With
me
at
the
university
of
alaska
fairbanks
in
the
dorms
a
lot
of
times,
they
would
last
a
semester,
then
they
were
gone.
F
So
it's
one
thing
I
guess
to
offer
the
program.
What
was
lacking
was
that
support
they
needed
back
in
their
community.
You
know
to
keep
them
there
to
incentivize
them
to
stay
there.
What
what
do
you
see
here
I
take
it?
You
have
probably
a
better
knowledge
of
that,
not
with
anybody
else
that
I
know
so.
Could
you
could
you
speak
to
that
just
for
a
brief
moment
to
see
if
there's
something
that
maybe
needs
to
change
there
as
well.
E
Thank
you
for
the
question
for
the
record.
Marlon
mcdade
williams.
You're,
absolutely
right
supports
in
any
college
setting
are
really
important,
especially
for
native
kids.
When
I
went.
The
first
thing
I
did
was
seek
out
the
you
know:
the
support
system
for
native
students
and
I
found
a
cohort
of
people
and
we're
from
all
different
tribes,
but
we
all
had
that
that
common
connection
back
to
our
reservations
and
to
our
culture
and
our
history,
and
you
know
we
had
the
best
time
we
played
intramural,
softball
basketball,
volleyball.
E
You
know
we
went
to
football
games
together
and
we
played
games
together.
We
you
know
there
were
times
when
we
spent
thanksgiving
together,
but
it
was
having
that
central
location
where
we
could
all
connect-
and
I
know
the
university
of
nevada
reno
has
two
support
positions
that
it
will
be
really
important
for
them
to
keep
and
continue
to
grow
so
that
students
do
have
a
place
to
connect
with
each
other
because
you're
right
and
when
you
don't
have
that
connection,
it
makes
it
that
much
more
difficult,
and
you
know
where
I
went
to
school.
E
It
was
a
college
campus
and
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
and
unlv.
There
they've
been
growing
that
you
know
on
their
campuses
now.
So
it's
more
of
a
college
campus
and
not
a
commuter
campus,
and
I
think
that
makes
a
big
difference,
but
it
really
is
maintaining
those
those
supports,
as
you
said,
and
having
people
connect.
E
You
know
this
waves,
some
fees
for
them,
but
they
still
have
a
whole
lot
of
challenges.
Right.
You
still
have
to
be
able
to.
You
know,
pay
your
rent,
you
know
pay
your
books
buy,
you
know,
do
all
of
those
things
and
so
just
trying
to
give
them
a
little
bit
of
a
step
up
and
make
it
a
little
bit
easier.
Thank
you.
F
I
appreciate
that
and
and
of
course
one
of
the
other,
the
comment
I
guess
I
was
making
is
not
necessarily
just
the
support
at
the
schools
but
back
home
in
their
communities.
So
a
lot
of
times
they
would,
they
would
go
back
after
a
semester
go
back
home
and
nobody
was.
There
was
no
support
from
there.
They
go
back
home
and
then
that
was
it.
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
that's
changed
and
the
many
many
years
since
I've
been
in
school.
Sorry.
E
Well,
thank
you
for
that
question.
Again:
marlon
mcdade
williams.
You
know
that
that
that's
another
common
thread-
and
I
think
you
know
in
our
communities
we
have
to
really
value
education
and
there's
a
lot
of
devaluing
of
it
and
not
encouraging
people
or
making
it
really
hard
for
them.
I
I
know
you
know,
and
I
just
was
lucky
with
with
my
family,
but
I
remember
one
of
my
aunts
passed
away
when
I
was
in
school
and
I'm
like.
E
Okay,
I'm
headed
home
right
because
you
have
that
connection
back
to
your
home
community
and
you
want
to
go
home
and
you
want
to
support
your
family
and
my
dad
said
you
know
your
aunt
knows
you
loved
her
and
you
need
to
stay
and
finish
your
education,
and
so
I
think
we
do
have
an
obligation
in
our
local
communities
to
continue
to
try
to
to.
Let
family
know
know
that
it's
important
and
that
they
do
need
to
support
the
kids.
E
Who
are
there
and
you
know,
and
they
can't
always
do
it
financially,
but
if
they
can
do
it
emotionally
that
it
that
it
will
make
a
difference.
You
know
I
just
you
know
my
parents
would
send
me
25
and
I
was
like
whoa.
You
know
how
far
25
could
go.
You
know
when
you're
a
student
and
so
some
of
its
financial
just,
but
it
really
is
just
that
emotional
support
and,
like
I
said
in
our
communities,
we
need
to
continue
to
build
that
so
that
the
kids
know
that
they're
supported
when
they
go.
E
F
A
G
Excellent,
thank
you.
Will
adler
representing
the
pyramid
lake
paiute
tribe
today,
and
I
want
to
thank
marley
marlon,
mcday
williams,
for
her
testimony
and
it
was
very
powerful
and
thank
you
for
sharing
that
apparently
like
piu
travers
like
to
add
their
name
in
support
of
av262.
G
We
first
like
to
thank
the
assemblywoman
anthony
anderson
for
bringing
forward
this
measure
and
what
it
could
do
for
tribal
communities
across
nevada,
but
especially
pyramid
lake.
We
we've
seen
constantly
time
and
again
that
the
best
way
to
better
a
community
is
to
educate
that
community
and
sadly,
it's
very
difficult
to
bring
in
educated
professionals
to
a
lot
of
tribes
in
nevada,
they're,
very
rural
and
very
distant
places,
and,
frankly,
a
lot
of
people
don't
want
to
to
live
there
because
they
themselves
have
student
loans
to
pay
off.
G
So
it's
hard
to
be
a
doctor
in
rural
nevada.
It's
hard
to
be
a
dentist,
it's
hard
to
to
have
these
higher
ed
jobs.
But
if
you're
from
that
community,
you
want
to
come
back
to
the
community
and
serve
that
community,
so
friendly
paiute
tribe,
thanks
simon
anderson
and
all
the
co-sponsors
as
well
for
bringing
forward
ab262
because
they
feel
this
is
the
first.
You
know
big
opportunity
to
bring
higher
ed
to
the
tribal
communities
and
hopefully
bring
what
hired
can
bring
to
the
community
back
to
the
tribes.
G
So,
thank
you
very
much
and
I
appreciate
all
you're
hearing
this
today.
H
Leadership
alliance
of
nevada.
We
also
just
want
to
thank
assemblywoman
anderson
for
bringing
this
bill
forward
ditto
the
previous
comments
and
add
our
support
to
the
record.
We
urge
you
pass
this
bill.
Thank
you.
A
G
B
For
the
record,
my
name
is
anna
magnus
and
I'm
the
executive
director
of
battleborn
progress.
We
are
here
in
support
of
ab262.
We
thank
assemblywoman
anderson
for
courage
to
carry
and
fight
for
this
amazing
bill.
This
legislation
is
the
least
we
can
do
to
support
the
indigenous
people
of
nevada,
to
whom
this
long
land
belongs.
Our
native
communities
have
gone
underserved
for
far
too
long.
This
is
a
great
step
that
nevada
can
take
in
riding
the
wrongs
of
the
past
and
helping
native
youth
have
a
bright
future.
Please
support
ab262.
B
Good
evening
committee,
chair
dennis
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
hava
ahmed
h-a-w-a-h-a-h-m-a-d
and
I'm
here
representing
the
clark
county
education
association.
We
supported
this
bill
on
the
assembly
and,
of
course,
we'd
like
to
thank
assemblywoman
anderson
for
bringing
it
forward.
However,
in
the
record,
as
an
exhibit,
we
do
have
a
teacher
testimony
from
miss
caroline
laura.
B
I
just
wanted
to
read
one
portion
of
this
testimony
nationally.
The
largest
hurdle
for
many
of
our
students
in
attending
college
is
the
tuition
costs.
This
barrier
disproportionately
affects
our
native
american
population.
It
is
imperative
that
we
remove
that
obstacle
from
the
pathway
to
higher
education
for
our
indigenous
communities
here
in
nevada.
By
doing
so,
we
would
make
a
more
equitable
playing
field
as
well
as
entice
our
young
people
to
stay
home
and
build
our
community
stronger.
B
F
Chairman
chris
daley
nevada
state
education,
association
representing
educators
across
the
state
of
nevada
in
support
of
ab262.
This
is
a
bill,
obviously
that
will
assist
native
american
students
accessing
higher
education.
F
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair
and
members
of
committee.
My
name
is
eric.
Jang
e-r-I-c-j-n-g,
representing
asian
community
development
council,
and
I
want
to
mention
that
in
the
engine
system,
unlv,
nevada,
state
and
csn
are
both
nfpc
asian
american
native
american
pacific,
islander
survey
institution.
I
Our
success
cases
have
been
used
as
case
studies
for
the
success
for
pacific
islander,
students
serving
the
indigenous
population
for
the
native
hawaiian
pacific
owners
here
and
now
we're
here
for
solidarity
for
the
indigenous
tribes
for
nevada.
So
we
urge
your
support
for
assembly
bill
262
and
really
thank
assemblywoman
anderson
for
this
bill.
Thank
you.
A
H
H
J
Doug
unger
d-o-u-g-u-n-g-e-r
unlv
chapter
president
and
southern
nevada
government
affairs
for
the
nevada
faculty
alliance
on
behalf
of
the
southern
nevada
faculty
nevada
faculty
alliance.
We
express
our
strong
support
of
ab262,
believing
it
will
encourage
native
american
citizens
of
nevada
to
attend
and
enroll
in
our
colleges
and
universities
and
pursue
their
careers
and
professions.
J
H
H
I'm
the
executive
director
of
native
voters,
alliance,
nevada
and
a
member
of
the
bishop,
paiute
tribe
and
I'll,
keep
it
short
and
just
echo
my
support
for
this
bill,
especially
as
a
former
native
student
that
still
is
in
student
debt.
I
think
it's
really
important
to
uplift
our
community
and
help
right.
The
wrongs
of
the.
H
K
Hi,
my
name
is
michael
gus.
Last
name
spelled
g-u-s-f
two
s's,
as
in
sam
I'm
calling
on
support
of
the
bill.
I
worked
for
the
pyramid,
lake
paiute
tribe
for
two
years,
and
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
I
observe
there
and
certainly
well
known
among
employees
of
that
particular
tribe
and
of
other
tribes
in
nevada,
is
sometimes
salaries
that
tribal
governments
are
not
equivalent
to
what
you
could
do
in
a
local
government
or
a
state
government.
K
A
F
Good
evening,
good
evening,
mr
chairman,
for
the
record
andrew
klinger,
chief
financial
officer
for
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education,
and
while
we
agree
with
all
the
comments
that
have
been
made
in
support
of
this
bill,
just
wanted
to
put
on
the
record
our
concern
of
the
the
fiscal
impact,
in
particular
to
the
smaller
institutions,
and
it's
not
just
this
waiver
bill,
but
it's
the
the
waiver
bills,
cumulatively
and
hope
at
some
point
that
we
could
have
a
a
bigger
conversation,
obviously
not
this
session,
but
in
the
future.
F
Just
about
waivers
in
general.
Thank
you.
L
Thank
you,
chair
dennis.
I
have
a
quick
question
in
regards
to
that.
So
I'm
having
a
tough
time
trying
to
put
the
financial
piece
together
and
I
actually
have
both
unlvs
and
unr's
tuition
and
class
pulled
up
on
average
with
this
bill.
How
much
would
a
student
save
or
not
have
to
pay
in
fees?
Do
you
do
you
have
an
estimate
on
that,
because
the
websites
don't
really
differentiate,
they
just
group
tuition
and
fees
together
so
do
do
you
have
an
estimate
of
how
much
they
would
save.
F
Chair
dennis
to
senator
donate,
so
our
original,
I
don't
have
an
average,
but
I
can
just
give
you
so.
Our
original
fiscal
note
on
this
was
for
837
students,
and
that
was
all
students
that
had
self
identified
as
native
americans.
So
we
don't
know
the
number
as
as
a
sponsor
discussed,
we
don't
know
the
number
that
are
nevada,
tribe
students,
so
we
just
have
native
american
students.
F
So
at
837
students
it
was
a
four
and
a
half
million
over
two-year
fiscal
impact,
and
that
was
netted
out
with
you
know,
federal
grants
and
other
things.
A
Okay:
let's
go
to
online.
H
C
Again,
I
assembly
member
anderson.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
discussion
for
the
questions.
I
just
think
this
is
a
great
way
for
us
to
start
to
help
the
about
240
students
that
we
believe
this
will
be
helping
based
upon
the
data
that
we've
been
able
to
kind
of
glean
from
a
variety
of
sources
that
we
believe
it
will
be
about
240
students,
the
first
time
that
we
do
this,
and
so
then
that
report
next
time
will
be
incredibly
helpful
to
address
the
issue
that
senator
danate
brent
brought
up.
C
C
Will
be
probably
also
my
last
time
to
have
the
opportunity
to
say.
Thank
you
senator
dennis,
I
have,
I
believe,
testified
more
than
a
few
times
in
front
of
your
your
committee
both
and
this
role
as
well
as
my
former
role.
Thank
you
for
always
being
professional
and
kind.
You
will
be
missed.
A
M
M
If
we
need
to
ask
any
follow-up
questions
with
your
permission,
first
I'll
give
you
a
background
on
on
how
this
bill
came
about
I'll
turn
it
over
to
mr
mccoy
he'll
run
over
the
technical
aspects
of
it
and
answer
any
of
those
those
questions
and
then
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
you.
This
bill
came
as
a
recommendation
from
the
southern
nevada
forum,
hosted
by
the
vegas
chamber
in
the
city
of
las
vegas
last
interim
cycle,
specifically
the
senate
subcommittee
on
economic
excuse
me
this,
the
specifically
the
subcommittee
on
economic
workforce
and
development.
M
This
committee
was
co-chaired
by
senate
majority
leader,
nicole
cannizzaro
senator
keith
pickard
assemblywoman
sandra
hadagi,
and
myself.
We
held
eight
meetings
over
a
six-month
period.
We
had
about
120
stakeholders
that
took
part
in
that
in
those
meetings,
as
you
can
imagine,
the
purpose
of
excuse
me.
The
purpose
of
the
meeting
was
to
take
up
suggestions
on
how
to
stimulate
economic
growth
and
workforce
development
in
southern
nevada,
and,
as
you
can
imagine,
we
came
up
with
hundreds
of
ideas
at
our
initial
meeting
and
then
over
the
next
eight
meetings.
M
Dual
credit
courses
for
both
community
colleges
and
high
school
students
that
prepares
them
for
early
employment
was
a
recommendation
that
was
ratified
by
the
group.
As
co-chair
of
the
committee,
I
utilized
one
of
my
bill
draft
requests
and
sandra
haudegee,
and
I
are
both
co-sponsors
of
this
which,
since
it
started
in
the
assembly,
as
we
drafted
the
bill
early
on,
we
gave
this
over
the
community
the
college
of
southern
nevada.
They
came
up
with
the
initial
proposal.
M
It
came
with
a
15
million
dollar
physical
note
and
during
that
time,
when
we
were
drafting
things,
the
outlook
was
not
very
was
not
very
promising
and
a
15
million
dollar
physical
note,
probably
wouldn't
lack
wouldn't
last
long
under
those
situations.
Although
some
things
have
changed,
but
the
bill
before
you
is
what
we
came
up
with,
and
so
we
paired
it
down
to
a
pilot
program
and
mr
mccoy
will
basically
go
over
why
we
chose
a
pilot,
a
pilot
program,
what
it
will
do
and
and
he'll
go
from
there.
N
Thank
you
and
good
evening.
I
appreciate
that
senator
dennis
and
assemblyman
roberts.
Thank
you
for
carrying
this
bill.
Along
with
your
colleague.
We
are
very
much
appreciative.
My
name
is
james
mccoy.
I
serve
as
the
interim
vice
president
for
academic
affairs
for
the
record
and
mr
chair.
If
it's
okay
may
I
share
just
a
very
brief
powerpoint.
A
N
All
of
us,
I
know
you're
all
very
familiar
with
the
dual
enrollment
foundation,
and
so,
as
you
know,
dual
credit
courses
represent
an
essential
strategy
to
develop
a
skilled
and
competitive
workforce
by
increasing
college
and
increasing
career
readiness,
and
a
priority,
I
know,
is
to
increase
the
number
of
people
who
complete
a
post-secondary,
credential
or
a
certificate
or
a
degree,
especially
in
very
high
demand
occupations
within
our
great
state,
and
so
the
assembly
bill.
319.
N
So
csn
is
responding
to
the
call,
as
assemblyman
roberts
mentioned
from
the
southern
nevada
forum,
namely
to
continue
to
partner
with
clark
county
school
district
to
bring
robust
dual
credit
opportunities
for
career
and
technical
education
pathways
in
critical
industry
sectors
in
southern
nevada.
Again,
our
focus
is
on
underserved,
low-income
high
school
students,
and
it
would
be
important
to
note
there's
a
caveat
with
the
dual
enrollment
piece
and
it's
the
focus
on
concurrent
enrollment.
N
What
this
pilot
aims
to
do
is
to
align
through
a
cooperative
agreement,
that
we
will
establish
with
clark,
county
school
district
strategies
to
expand
these
enrollment
opportunities
and
dual
credit
courses,
and
we
want
to
focus
again
on
pursuing
pathways
in
high
demand
industry
sectors.
We
plan
to
promote
this
enrollment
in
dual
credit
courses
to
robust
marketing
we've
already
begun,
laying
the
great
work,
as
you
can
imagine
the
groundwork.
N
Rather,
as
you
can
imagine
for
initiating
this
bill,
should
it
pass
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
students
are
walking
out
of
this
program
with
at
least
an
earned
15
college
credits,
additional
provisions
of
the
bill,
the
pilot
outcome.
We
look
forward
to
reporting
back
to
all
of
you
in
fall
of
2022
and
that
we
will
identify
philanthropic
and
grant
funding
to
support
this
pilot
for
these
1
000
students
in
and
around
clark
county
again.
The
act
would
obviously
expire
on
june
30th
of
2023..
N
So
a
quick
note
on
the
definition
of
the
concurrent
enrollment
model.
This
is
a
unique
model
of
of
dual
enrollment
and
we
believe,
probably
the
most
scalable
and
the
most
cost
effective,
whereas
a
high
school
teacher
who
was
qualified
to
deliver
college
courses
for
dual
credit
is
the
instructor
of
record
providing
both
the
high
school
curriculum
and
the
college
curriculum
taught
during
the
high
school
day
and
at
the
high
school
facility
to
high
school
students.
N
These
students
are
entering
high
schools
in
a
particular
college
and
career
technical
pathway,
whether
that
be
cyber
security
or
advanced
manufacturing
or
air
conditioning
or
culinary
hospitality,
and
they
they
complete
three
years,
their
freshman
sophomore
and
junior
years
in
this
pathway,
and
at
the
end
of
that
three-year
experience,
the
students
are
given
the
opportunity
to
apply
for
college
articulated
credit.
We
believe
that
that
credit
should
be
earned
as
dual
credit
as
real
credit
in
real
time
course.
N
So
not
only
are
they
earning
and
continuing
their
pathway
in
their
cte
field
in
their
senior
year,
but
we
think
the
propensity
for
them
to
continue
on
in
college
and
be
prepared
for
the
workforce
is
is
icing
on
the
cake.
So
with
that
senator
dennis,
I
will
stop
there
and
take
any
questions.
M
I
know
you
had
a
dual
enrollment
bill.
This
one,
I
believe,
complements
yours.
We
actually
amended
some
language
so
that
it
wouldn't
conflict.
The
language
aligns
with
yours,
and
so
I'm
sure
you're
interested
in
that
and
mr
mccoy
and
I'll
be
here
to
answer
any
questions.
A
Okay,
and
and
actually
since
you
brought
that
up,
I'm
gonna
have
mr
kelly
and
our
legal
counsel
talk
about
that,
because
we
had
this
bill
plus.
There
was
a
third
bill
that
senator
key
kepper
did
on
dual
enrollment.
Just
wanted
him
to
give
us
a
real,
quick
update
on
how
they
all
you
know,
work
together.
F
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair
usher,
killian
committee
council
and
yes,
it's
correct
that
none
of
these
three
bills
would
conflict.
F
Sb
172,
I
believe,
is
the
correct
number
for
the
bill
that
you
carried
mr
chair,
which
eliminates
some
of
the
prescriptive
language
about
cooperative
agreements
and
instead
requires
school
districts
and
charter
schools
to
establish
programs
for
dual
credit
courses,
and
then
sb
160
is
the
bill
that
senator
kikifer
carried,
which
expanded
dual
credit
to
university
schools
for
gifted
pupils
and
also
allowed
institutions
outside
of
the
state
to
participate.
F
If
the
relevant
courses
aren't
offered
at
institutions
in
this
state,
this
bill
ab319
would
not
conflict
with
either
of
those
bills
and
it
kind
of
tackles
the
other
side
of
dual
credit
in
that
it
requires
a
particular
institution
within
inchi
to
offer
a
program
of
dual
credit
that
meets
certain
specifications,
so
the
other
bill
bills
deal
with
what
the
school
districts
have
to
do.
This
bill
deals
more
with
what
a
particular
institution
within
insu
will
offer
to
school
districts.
M
N
Thank
you
for
that
something
that
robert
said
to
you
through
the
chair
to
senator
buck.
Yes,
we
have
identified
the
high
schools
that
are
specific
in
clark,
county
school
district
that
have
these
particular
cte
pathways
already
operating
within
those
schools.
But
more
importantly,
we
took
a
look
at
the
student
population,
the
demographics
of
that
population,
before
making
the
determination
on
which
high
schools
were
going
to
participate
in
this
program.
Because
again,
this
bill
aims
to
put
post-secondary
access
to
some
of
the
most
underserved
student
populations
in
southern
nevada,
and
so
we
looked
at
ethnic
breakdown.
D
Thank
you
chair
dennis,
so
it
is
for
magnet
schools
also
or
comprehensive
high
schools.
I'd
be
curious
to
see
the
list.
The
reason
is
with
magnet.
Schools
tends
to
get
the
application
and
so
killed
kids
filtered
to
the
magnet
schools,
leaving
the
comprehensive
schools
with
students
that
don't
necessarily
get
out
of
that
comprehensive
high
school
to
go
to
a
program.
So
I'm
interested
in
those
programs
going
to
the
students
serving
those
students
in
those
areas
there.
So
do
you
have
a
list
that
you
could
send
us.
N
Sure,
james
mccoy
for
the
record
and
senator
buck.
Thank
you
for
that
question.
You're!
Absolutely
right.
The
high
schools
at
the
county
school
district
is
is
putting
on
the
list.
I
will
send
that
to
you.
It
is
it
is
by
and
large
the
comprehensive
high
schools.
This
is
this.
Is
the
cheyenne
high
school
bonanza
basic
high
school?
It's
these
high
schools
again,
who
would
have
otherwise
not
had
this
kind
of
level
of
access,
but
I
will
make
sure
we
get
that
comprehensive
list.
D
F
And
whenever
you're
ready
good
evening,
chair
dennis
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
dylan
keith
policy,
analyst
with
the
vegas
chamber,
and
it
was
my
pleasure
to
oversee
the
southern
nevada
forum
and
specifically
the
economic
development
workforce
committee,
which
is
where
this
bill
originated.
To
give
a
brief
overview.
The
southern
nevada
forum
is
a
bipartisan
forum
chaired
by
speaker,
fryerson
and
partnered
with
by
the
vegas
chamber,
the
city
of
las
vegas
and
community
stakeholders.
F
Each
of
the
five
committees
are
co-chaired
by
members
of
each
caucus
and
I
would
like
to
thank
assemblyman
robertson,
assemblywoman
hariki,
specifically
for
sponsoring
this
bill.
This
bill
began
as
I
as
an
idea
as
120
people
in
rotating
groups
provided
ideas
as
we
wrote
down
each
of
them
before
the
participants
voted
to
find
out
our
top
10
priorities
over
the
next
eight
months.
We
heard
presentations
on
each
topic
and
members
of
the
forum
voted
for
the
top
three
priorities,
which
would
be
carried
forward
as
bills
during
this
legislative
session.
F
F
Later
in
students
college
careers,
the
completed
classes
translate
to
breaks
in
their
schedule
to
complete
internships,
as
they
begin
to
gain
the
experience
and
network
that
will
help
them
join
the
workforce
later.
The
importance
of
these
classes
can't
be
overstated
enough
for
nevada's
families
and
students,
with
the
alleviation
of
costs
preparing
in
high
school
for
college
level
classes
and
the
time
it
affords
students
later
in
their
later
semesters,
to
have
time
to
complete
internships
and
gain
experience.
Dual
credit
classes
carry
over
many
many
benefits.
F
Thank
you
to
each
of
the
co-chairs
or
yeah
co-chairs
who
have
generously
spent
their
time
the
community
stakeholders
who
brought
this
legislation
into
fruition,
as
well
as
the
college
of
southern
nevada
for
creating
this
language.
The
vegas
chamber
is
in
support
of
this
bill
and
we
urge
your
support
as
well.
Thank
you,
cherry
members
for
your
time.
Thank
you
very
much.
O
Good
evening,
chair
dennis
distinguished
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
jim
frazee,
I'm
a
high
school
teacher
in
clark
county.
I
also
have
the
honor
of
being
vice
president
of
the
clark
county,
education
association,
cca
supports
ab319,
and
we
thank
assemblyman
robert
for
bringing
this
bill
forward.
This
bill
is
an
important
step
in
supporting
the
educational
careers
of
our
students,
who
are
college
or
career
bound
across
the
state.
O
P
Evening,
chair
dennis
and
members
of
the
senate
education
committee,
thank
you
for
your
time.
I
will
try
not
I'll
try
to
keep
it
really
short.
I
just
wanted
to
come
up
here.
Marianna
kiewen,
director
of
government
affairs,
for
the
college
of
southern
nevada,
and
I
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
say
thank
you.
P
I
also
want
to
thank
the
vegas
chamber,
of
course,
for
host
and
the
city
of
las
vegas
for
hosting
the
southern
nevada
forum
and
also
the
clark
county
school
district,
especially
their
government
affairs
team,
who
has
also
worked
with
us
very
closely
and
lastly,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you.
Senator
dennis
it's
going
to
be
the
last
time.
P
Q
Good
evening,
mr
chairman
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
randy
robison,
I'm
appearing
before
you
today
with
two
different
hats.
First
from
the
city
of
las
vegas,
as
one
of
the
partner
agencies
for
the
southern
nevada
forum,
we
support
this
bill,
obviously,
and
but
also
I
want
to
thank
each
of
you
for
your
involvement
in
the
forum
over
the
years.
I
think
it's
turned
out
to
be
a
good
place
to
to
generate
good
ideas
like
this
one's
before
you
this
evening.
Q
The
other
hat
I'm
wearing
tonight
is
as
the
chair
of
the
institutional
advisory
council
at
the
college
of
southern
nevada.
I've
had
the
privilege
of
serving
on
that
council
for
many
years
now,
and
I
have
tried
to
beat
this
drama
as
much
as
I
can
on
dual
enrollment
many
many
years
ago
and
for
many
years
in
this
building,
some
of
you
might
remember,
I
represented
school
boards
and
superintendents
and
way
back.
Then
we
talked
about
a
college
going
culture,
how
we
needed
to
change
the
culture
into
a
college
going
culture
at
the
time.
I
thought.
Q
Well,
that's
a
that's
a
idealistic
kind
of
idea
to
pursue.
Let's
do
that
and
then
I
became
a
dad
and
I
had
a
kid
had
five
kids,
but
the
oldest
one.
I
love
them
all
the
same,
but
the
oldest
one
turned
out
to
be
a
pretty
smart
kid
right
and
before
you
jump
in
doc,
hardy
99
mid
on
the
record
99
of
his
smarts.
He
got
from
his
mom,
the
other
one
percent.
Q
He
was
taking
all
the
advanced
courses
and
then
came
his
junior
year
where
he
took
a
dual
credit
history
course
and
that
flipped
the
switch
in
his
mind
and
for
those
of
you
who
are
current
or
former
teachers
you,
you
have
seen
that
before
many
times
in
your
classroom,
when
all
of
a
sudden
the
light
bulb
goes
on,
and
it
just
changes
that
young
young
students
perspective
on
on
the
world,
and
so
that's
what
this
bill
does
for
some
of
our
most
at-risk
students.
Q
It
literally
expands
their
vision
and
once
it's
expanded
it,
never
it
never
goes
back
to
the
same
depending
on
how
they
pursue
it.
It
may
shrink
a
little
bit,
but
it
never
goes
back
to
the
same,
and
I
think
that's
what
the
great
opportunity
is
with
a
bill
like
this.
I
love
the
pilot
program
idea
we'll
get
some
great
data
out
of
it
and
be
able
to
refine
it
as
we
go
along.
So
again,
thank
you
for
hearing
it.
Thank
you
for
staying
late
tonight
to
get
this
through
and
appreciate
your
support.
Thank
you.
A
H
H
J
J
A
H
J
Good
evening,
chair
dennis
members
of
the
education
committee,
my
name's
brad
keating
b-r-a-d-k-e-a-t-I-n-g,
with
the
clark
county
school
district,
testifying
in
support
of
ab319
ccsd
superintendent.
Jesus
jarrah
has
continually
expressed
support
for
increases
in
dual
enrollment
in
our
clark
county
school
district's
focus
2024
plan
at
ccsd,
expanding
dual
enrollment
and
dual
credit
opportunities
aligned
to
cte
pathways.
So
we
can
target
high
skill
and
high
demand
industries
in
southern
nevada,
and
the
state
is
critical.
J
This
can
be,
can
best
be
accomplished
in
continued
collaboration
with
our
partners
at
csn
and
other
ng
institutions.
It
is
our
hope
that
this
pilot
program
will
be
such
a
success
that
we
will
be
able
to
expand
these
types
of
efforts
throughout
the
state.
Once
again,
I
want
to
thank
assemblyman
roberts
for
sponsoring
this
bill
and
allowing
us
to
come
show
our
support
today
for
the
expansion
of
dual
enrollment
opportunities
for
students.
Thank
you,
members.
For
your
time,.
A
A
Thank
you.
Let's
anyone
wishing
to
give
testimony
a
neutral
here
in
the
room,
let's
go
online,
anyone
online.
H
A
M
Thank
you,
assemblyman
roberts
for
the
record
assembly
district.
Thank
you
for
hearing
the
bill
tonight.
I
urge
passing,
and
you
know
you
can
impact
a
thousand
kids
right
off
the
bat.
This
program
is
ready
to
go
and
then,
on
a
last
note,
I've
known
you
for
12
years
chair.
M
Even
when
I
lobbied
and
then
the
last
two
years,
working
with
you,
you've
done
a
lot
of
great
things
for
the
state
you're
leaving
a
long,
lasting
legacy,
and
I'm
really
missed
using
all
my
five
fouls
and
the
donkey
elephant
basketball
game
this
year
on
you.
But
thank
you
for
your
service
and
I
appreciate
your
time
tonight.
A
A
R
Students
actually
report
these
instances
all
the
time,
but
far
too
often
the
reports
are
reduced,
minimized
and
just
often
plainly
dismissed
rather
than
start
from
scratch.
This
measure
seeks
to
build
upon
the
existing
framework
of
bullying
protocols
to
ensure
students
are
also
free
of
discrimination
based
on
race
in
the
school
environment.
R
Under
existing
laws,
reports
of
bullying
must
be
investigated.
The
same
would
hold
true
for
discrimination.
I'll
give
a
few
brief
a
brief
summary
of
a
few
points
of
the
bill.
The
primary
points
are
that
in
sections
one
and
two
it
requires
that
incidents
based
on
race
are
included
in
the
accountability
reports
to
the
state
and
school
boards.
R
Section
4
establishes
the
definition
of
discrimination
based
on
race.
Section
5
requires
that
incidences
are
categorized
as
discrimination
based
on
race
in
infinite
campus
and
other
accountability.
Reports
section
6
requires
that
restorative
justice
practices
are
applied
for
both
the
victims
and
the
offenders.
R
Now,
in
the
first
hearing
that
we
had
on
the
assembly
on
the
assembly
side,
we
were
able
to
have
many
of
our
students
here
in
nevada,
or
recently,
graduated
students
participate
in
the
hearing,
but
knowing
the
the
unpredictability
of
our
schedule
at
this
point
in
session
working
with
partners,
we
actually
recorded
our
students
so
they're
part
of
the
presentation.
So
we
are
going
to
show
a
video,
because
our
students
have
some
things
that
they
would
like
some
experiences.
They
would
like
to.
R
B
B
B
Even
be
allowed
to
go
to
school,
if
I
can't
speak
english,
the
other
white
teacher
that
was
there
and
didn't
say
anything
on
my
behalf
to
stop
the
ta.
I
also
reported
this
incident
and
no
actions
were
taken.
Hi,
I'm
kayla
kaufman,
and
I
support
this
bill
because
racism
needs
to
end
going
to
school
as
an
as
an
asian
american
was
hard.
It
wasn't
just
the
names
like
ching
chong.
B
That
would
make
me
feel
bad
for
being
japanese,
with
the
expectation
for
me
to
excel
in
every
subject
because
of
the
stereotype
of
every
asian
has
a's
and
b's.
Today.
Today,
I
wasn't
even
going
to
speak
on
my
part,
because
I
was
bullied
when
I
would
stutter
in
front
of
the
class-
and
I
didn't
read
as
well
as
the
other
kids.
D
B
Always
made
me
uncomfortable
when
it
would
talk
about
pearl,
harbor
or
any
subject
along
those
lines,
because
kids
would
say
that
my
family
personally
did
all
of
those
things.
I
was
paying
more
attention
to
what
they
would
say
about
me
than
what
the
teachers
were
teaching
to
make
to
make
things
better.
You
need
to
start
from
somewhere
and
starting
somewhere
is
where
they
start.
S
B
S
Name
is
tj.
I
support
this
bill.
I
went
to
school
in
mark
carey,
elementary
school
and
when
I
was
in
the
fourth
grade,
I
had
a
teacher
who
used
to
send
home
us
home
to
kids
with
basically
a
report
about
your
behavior
for
the
week
and
you
either
got
a
smiley
face
or
she
would
write
a
note
about
how
you
acted
or
whatever
so
I
was
went
to
a
predominantly
white
school.
I
was
the
only
black
child
in
that
class.
All
of
my
other
friends,
no
matter
how
they
was
acting.
S
We
sided
tables
by
four
everybody
else
was
talking,
but
I
was
always
the
one
that
was
picked
out
of
single
doubt
every
single
time
and
the
teacher
she
never
got
recommended.
For
any
of
that.
I
told
my
parents.
They
came
up
there
had
a
meeting.
Nothing
happened
to
the
teacher.
I
was
kept
in
that
class
and
I
had
endured
that
my
parents
didn't
play
those
type
of
games,
because
my
mom
was
a
teacher,
so
I
already
knew
how
to
act.
S
That
was
the
only
year
in
my
school
life
that
I've
ever
ever
ever
got
in
trouble
at
all.
I've.
Never
been
to
a
dean's
office
principal's
office,
no
type
of
bad
behavior
at
school
whatsoever.
So
clearly
that
was
me
being
singled
out
and
I
believe
it
was
from
my
skin
color
hello.
My
name
is
davion
varga
and
I
support
this
bill
because
racism
in
school
needs
to
end
kids
will
always
say
subliminal,
jokes
to
put
me
down,
and
it's
not
only
the
names
and
actions
of
the
other
kids,
but
the
teachers
as
well.
S
They
never
gave
me
a
chance
to
exhale,
not
only
because
of
my
skin
color,
but
the
way
that
I
dressed
and
how
my
hair
looked.
They
automatically
put
me
in
a
category
s
like
a
thug
or
another
black
male.
That
has
no
hope
they
assumed
that
I
was
going
to
flunk
out
and
I
almost
did
and
they
thought
I'd
be
nobody,
so
they
they
didn't.
Give
me
the
help
I
needed
at
the
time.
S
B
S
B
B
B
S
S
B
B
A
very
prevalent
substitute
teacher
sub
for
our
class
because
her
teacher
wasn't
there
that
day,
this
teacher
is
an
old
white
man
who
subs
for
almost
every
substitute
for
almost
every
teacher
at
our
school
he's
very
well
known
well-liked
because
he's
a
sweet
old
man.
But
in
this
day,
in
our
eighth
human
youth
class,
we
were
learning
about
different
countries
and.
B
To
the
topic
of
asia,
specifically
thailand
and
china
and
other
countries
in
that
area,
and
our
substitute
decided
to
point
to
the
only
two
asian
american
pacific
islander
students
and
make
them
stand
up.
While.
A
He
speaks
about
their
perceived
ethnic
background.
B
Assuming
that
they
were
both
from
china
and
thailand
respectively,
and
so
he
made
them
stand
up,
he
talked
about
their
their
perceived
countries
and
it
wasn't
until
he
was
done
speaking
that
he
decided
to
let
them
sit
down,
and
so
everyone
in
the
classroom
was
incredibly
uncomfortable
because
he
was
well
liked
well-known.
B
B
My
name
is
haiti
martinez,
and
I
support
this
bill
to
end
racism
in
schools.
I
have
had
to
hide
my
own
ethnicity
in
terms
of
not
feeling
different,
as
well
as
feeling
more
empowered
by
anybody
else.
I've
gone
through
a
situation
in
which
I
was
helping
a
student
at
open
house
by
translating
to
them-
and
I
was
told
by
an
adult
to
speak
english
and
I
was
surrounded
by
many
of
other
people.
B
Yet
nobody
else
was
able
to
tell
me
or
help
me
in
speaking
up
for
myself,
because
I
was
in
shock
as
well
as
the
other
student
it
was
kind
of
as
though
I
felt
like
I
was
less
than
someone
else,
because
I
was
helping
someone
else
yet
I
was
standing
there
being
a
student
ambassador,
assisting
somebody
and
being
able
to
attend
the
school
that
they
wanted
to
attend.
My
name
is
cheri
smith
and
I
am
in
full
support
of
av371.
B
I
was
recently
a
high
school
student
in
durango
high
school,
and
I'm
going
to
be
telling
you
how
undocumented
racism
has
changed
my
life
in
the
most
horrific
way.
I
was
being
bullied
by
students
because
I
was
black
in
durango
high
school
and
I
was
judged
and
mistreated
predominantly
by
white
staff.
My
junior
year,
another
classmate
of
mine,
was
talked
to
me
and
wanted
to
fight
me
with
no
reasoning
at
all.
B
She
followed
me
all
the
way
home
with
her
group
of
friends
on
the
bus
which,
by
the
way
I
had
to
take
every
day
to
and
from
school,
they
made
it
to
school
law
that
you
are
still
on
school
property
until
you
touch
your
doorknob
well,
I
made
it
all
the
way
home
into
my
door.
Then
she
dragged
me
and
started
a
physical
altercation.
B
The
whole
situation
was
recorded
and
when
I
went
to
school
I
showed
the
principal
the
video
instead
of
trying
to
help
me.
They
sent
me
to
a
continuation
school
and
removed
me
from
the
clark
county
school
district.
They
said
because
I
wasn't
in
my
home,
I
was
still
on
school
property.
I
had
wrote
multiple
reports
of
her
bullying
as
well
as
my
mother.
However,
nothing
ever
happened
instead
of
disciplining
the
aggressors.
They
gave
me
a
max
sentence
and
kicked
me
out
of
the
school
district
right
after
continuation.
B
B
B
I
beat
that
the
school
system
didn't
care
about
my
education
because
they
only
see
me
as
an
angry
black
girl,
but
I
beat
the
odds
I
graduated
with
honors
and
all
six
of
my
subjects,
and
I
hope
you
guys
pass
this
bill
and
make
the
changes
that
you
didn't
make
when
I
was
in
high
school,
because
I
graduated
five
years
ago,
and
there
definitely
needs
to
be
a
change
and
I'm
in
full
support
of
baby
371.
hi.
S
S
I
went
through
this
at
a
track
and
field
meeting
at
cheyenne
high
school
against
durango
high
school.
Where
a
white
male
student
told
me
he
couldn't
believe
he
was
beaten
by
a
half
step
at
the
time.
I
was
taken
aback
and
hurt,
because
neither
my
courage
nor
his
coach
said
anything
and
in
today's
society
in
order
to
see
a
change,
we
must
be
a
change
and
I'm
holding
you
guys
accountable
and
you
guys
are
responsible
to
be
that
change.
So
we
can
see
it
ourselves.
S
A
S
D
Thank
you,
chair,
dennis,
thank
you,
miss
miller,
for
bringing
this
bill
in
this
bill.
Do
we
differentiate
between
staff
and
students,
because,
although
we
need
to
hold
everyone
accountable,
there
seems
to
be
missing
a
protocol
when
it
comes
to
staffing,
holding
staff,
accountable,
hr
processes,
and
so
can
you
explain
a
little
bit
of
the
differences.
R
Actually,
originally
in
the
bill's
first
alliteration,
it
did
have
staff
in
there
as
well
and-
and
I
think
it's
important
to
say
that
both
staff
and
students
can
be
both
offenders
and
victims,
and
and
so,
but
it
wasn't
the
most
appropriate
place
to
include
staff
as
victims
and
again,
staff
can
be
victims,
as,
as
myself
specifically
have
has
been
a
victim.
R
I've
been
a
victim
from
other
staff,
I've
been
a
victim
from
students
and
so
to
to
put
staff
in
there.
It
does
as
you,
as
you
mentioned,
it
opens
so
many
hr
issues
and
other
issues
like
that
that
it
wasn't
appropriate
in
the
bill.
So
I
focused
the
bill
on
students
being
the
victims,
and
again,
students
can
be
the
victims
of
other
victims,
or
students
could
be
the
victims
of
staff
in
the
bill.
It
does
have
a
compliance
requirement
for
staff
and
and
so
really
what
it
is
with.
R
Compliance
is
just
like
bullying
and
and
I'll
even
reference,
the
metoo
movement.
Any
time
there's
been
any
type
of
harassment
or
discrimination,
regardless
of
the
nature,
often
times
when
people
when
the
victim
reports.
The
challenges
the
person
or
the
authority
they're
reporting
to
has
had
the
ability
to
dismiss
it
and
reduce
it.
We've
we've
all
heard
those
scenarios
of
oh
you're,
misunderstanding
are
you
sure
you
heard
it
right?
R
They
were
joking,
you
don't
know
him
he's
a
really
nice
person,
all
that
kind
of
stuff,
so
we're
taking
just
like
we
did
with
the
bullying
protocols
the
through
the
legislation.
That's
been
passed
here
in
multiple
sessions
that
now,
when
a
student
reports
either
for
themselves
or
someone
else,
it's
no
longer
up
to
the
discretion
of
a
staff
member
to
decide
if
they
deem
it
as
bullying
or
not
there's
an
entire
protocol
that
must
start
and
it
must
be
investigated.
R
L
D
Well,
I
was,
I
was
actually
more
concerned
about
what
was
reported
on
the
video,
because
if
that
was
ever
reported
to
me
as
a
principal
that
somebody
had
done,
that
I
would
open
an
investigation.
So
it
seems
to
me
that
it
was
a
complete
failure
of
a
disciplined
system
of
on
staff,
and
so
that's
where
I
see
that
this
is
maybe
missing
the
mark.
D
R
And
yes,
senator
in
that
case
of
the
students
that
did
participate
in
the
video.
Yes,
it
does
sound
more,
like
staff
are
actually
doing
it,
but
we
also
know
that
more.
So
it's
still
students
against
students
and
staff
not
responding
appropriately
to
investigate
or
to
hold
the
other
students
accountable,
and
so
when
it's
a
staff.
That
is
an
hr
issue.
R
If,
if
the
discrimination
is
coming
from
the
staff,
that
is
definitely
an
hr
issue
when
the
discrimination
is
this,
this
type
of
racial
bullying
is
between
student
and
student
and
the
staffs
are
not
responding
to
it
appropriately.
R
A
I
Thank
you,
chair
dennis,
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
eric
jang
e-r-I-c-j-e-n-g
on
behalf
of
the
asian
community
development
council.
Speaking
in
support
of
ab371,
we
want
to
thank
assemblywoman
miller
for
bringing
this
timely
and
critical
legislation
and
all
the
student
leaders
that
was
on
video
that
are
brave
enough
to
share
their
personal
stories.
I
Right
now,
our
community
account
for
six
point:
nine
percent
of
students
in
nevada
and
seven
point
seven
percent
of
students
in
ccsd,
although
a
month
ago,
when
ccsd,
nor
did
the
school
other
school
district,
released
a
racial
data
breakdown
for
the
return
to
in
person
for
the
parent
survey,
we
did
find
national
statistics
from
ies
the
research
on
farm
department
of
education
that
found
asian
parents
are
the
least
likely
among
all
racial
groups
to
want
their
children
back
in
person.
I
We
also
saw
the
same
stats
from
the
los
angeles
public,
school
district,
new
york,
san
francisco
and
chicago.
It's
not
surprising
why
the
national
stop
aapi
hate
the
website
reported
close
to
3
800
anti-anti-asian
racism
incidents
from
last
march
to
this
february.
Out
of
that
about
13
of
all
aapi
hate
crimes
are
committed
against
our
youth,
with
4.5
of
all
hate
incidents
happening
at
our
schools.
I
Our
api
students
should
feel
free
should
feel
safe
at
school,
whether
that
be
in
classroom
or
at
home
on
their
devices
by
ensuring
that
there
are
standardized
precision
procedure
to
address
racial
discrimination
and
harassment
in
school.
There's
a
much
needed
right
step
to
keep
our
students
safe
and
continue
to
learn.
So
often
this
discrimination
faced
by
asian
pacific
islander
students
include
verbal
abuse
such
as
well
there's
a
lot
of
things
I
won't
read
here
and
the
perpetuation
of
racial
stereotypes
and
model
minority
stereotypes
by
ensuring
that
incidents
of
discrimination
based
on
race
is
reported.
I
G
Good
evening,
chair
dennis
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
benjamin
challenger
policy
director
for
faith
in
action
nevada,
we
are
here
in
support
for
ab371
and
would
like
to
thank
assembly
member
assembly
member
brittany
miller
for
bringing
this
important
bill.
G
A
lot
of
those
who
make
up
of
the
faith
communities
within
faith
in
action
nevada
in
particular.
Those
who
are
coming
from
the
middle
east
of
the
islamic
and
muslim
faith,
have
definitely
recently
experienced
an
increase
of
discrimination
against
them,
in
particular
due
to
the
muslim
ban
and
as
well
as
those
from
the
latinx
community.
G
G
I've
seen
family
members
get
called
different
things
be
treated
differently
and
one
instance
that
I
specifically
remember
was
in
eighth
grade.
I
remember
running
for
student
government
and
a
teacher
that
I
admired
at
the
time
had
mentioned.
You
know
it's
really
great,
that
that
you,
and-
and
those
of
you
are
getting
involved
in
that
way-
and
I
just
I
didn't
think
much
of
it
at
the
time.
But
as
I
got
older,
I
you
know
it
really
hit
what
that
meant,
what
he
was
trying
to
say
and
we
want.
G
I
want
to
make
sure
not
just
through
me
personally
but
as
well
as
through
faith
in
action,
that
we
make
sure
that
we
are
looking
at
everything,
we're
making
sure
that
it
gets
reported
and
that
it
gets
addressed
to
make
sure
that
all
students
feel
comfortable
and
safe
and
learn
to
the
mo
to
the
best
of
their
potential.
Thank
you
so
much.
F
Ahead,
my
name
is
maria
teresa
lieberman,
for
the
record
and
also
translation
purposes.
My
name
is
maria
teresa
lieberman
and
I'm
in
full
support
of
I'm
the
deputy
director
of
battleborn
progress,
but
as
an
individual,
I'm
in
full
support
as
well
for
ab371,
and
I
started
saying
my
full
name
in
spanish,
because
I
did
it
for
those
kids
that
I
was
once
like
who
got
to
this
country
and
didn't
know
any
word
of
english,
and
if
I
would
speak
spanish
with
a
friend
or
with
my
mom,
going
out
to
her
car.
F
Anything
like
that.
I
there
have
been
multiple
times
where
students
teachers
slowly
picked
away
at
that
identity
and
the
experience
that
as
someone
who
is
much
older
than
those
kids,
is
that
for
a
long
time
your
identity
is
taken
away
from
you
and
only
until
you're
older,
and
you
realize
what
really
happened
and
that
you're,
not
the
one
at
fault
that
it
was
prejudice.
F
Do
you
start
to
retake
back
your
identity
and
these
kids,
when
I
grew
up
and
some
of
these
kids
they'll
they'll,
never
get
justice
for
those
incidents?
And
so
you
should
support
this
bill
because
future
kids
that
are
going
to
experience
these
things
need
that
justice
and
need
this
investigations
to
proceed,
because
if
we
can
just
help,
our
children
have
a
better
future,
have
better
esteem
in
themselves
and
who
they
are,
whether
it's
their
skin
color
their
faith,
their
nationality,
their
lack
of
english
knowledge.
F
F
Assembly
bill
371
requires
reports
of
racially
motivated
incidents
to
be
investigated
with
the
same
protocols
as
incidents
as
bullying,
with
heightened
public
dialogue
about
systemic
racism
and
protests
under
the
banner
black
lives
matter
and
stop
asian
hate
movements.
Now
is
the
time
for
nevada
to
do
more
to
address
this
serious
problem
of
racism
in
our
schools,
and
we
urge
your
support
of
ab371.
B
D
In
support
of
assembly
bill
371,
I
just
want
to
echo
the
sentiments
of
those
who
spoke
before
me.
Racial
discrimination
in
schools
impacts
students,
ability
to
learn
their
self-esteem,
mental
health
and
feelings
of
safety,
and
because
racism
is
a
learned
behavior,
we
must
take
action
to
address
it
immediately
in
our
schools.
B
B
Stand
or
be
tolerated,
it's
not
enough
to
say
racism
is
bad.
We
need
to
take
real
action
to
address
it,
especially
in
our
schools,
the
hate
and
threats
our
students
receive
will
mark
them
for
life.
Our
students
shouldn't
be
our
school
shouldn't,
be
places
where
hate
is
allowed.
Please
help
bring
solutions.
E
K
My
name
is
mike
dyer
and
I'm
speaking
in
two
capacities
tonight,
the
first
one
is
as
the
is
the
director
of
the
nevada
catholic
conference
in
the
nevada
catholic
conference,
for
those
of
you
that
may
not
know
is
the
way
that
the
catholic
bishops
in
nevada
interact
with
the
legislature
and
in
that
capacity
the
catholic
church
is
opposed
to
any
type
of
racism
and
supports
this
bill
in
that
capacity
fully.
A
H
J
J
We
believe
it
will
create
a
safer
and
more
welcoming
environment
for
our
students.
We
believe
these
measures
are
very,
very
helpful,
not
only
k-12
but
k-20,
and
we
fully
support
them.
Thank
you
for
your
support.
I
would
also
like
to
express
my
thanks
to
chair
dennis
for
his
chairmanship
of
the
education
committee,
all
these
years
and
his
good
stewardship
of
education
for
our
state.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
J
Thank
you.
My
name
is
atar
hathiboola
first
name
spelled
a-t-h-a-r
last
name
spelled:
u
l,
l
h-a-s-e-e-b-u-l-l-a
h,
I
am
the
executive
director
for
the
american
civil
liberties
union
of
nevada,
testifying
in
support
of
this
tremendous
bill.
Obviously
you've
seen
from
the
video
the
testimony
of
our
students,
I'm
also
the
chair
for
the
west,
las
vegas
promise,
neighborhood
education
and
youth
development
initiative,
and
one
of
our
focuses
is
trying
to
improve
student
outcomes
and
one
of
the
ways
that
we
can
best
go
about
achieving.
J
That
is
to
make
sure
that
students
feel
a
sense
of
being
welcome,
being
supported
and
having
the
ability
to
thrive
in
a
learning
setting,
rather
than
focusing
on
the
racist
experiences
that
they
might
have
to
address.
Senator
buck's
point.
I
really
appreciate
that
point.
I
don't
know
that
this
bill
solves
for
every
issue
in
the
universe,
but
it
solves
for
many
of
them,
and
I
think
that
it's
incumbent
on
this
body
try
to
move
some
of
those
initiatives
forward
to
the
extent
possible.
J
This
bill
does
a
whole
lot
of
good
for
many
of
the
kids
in
our
district,
and
we
certainly
hear
about
it
consistently.
In
ccsd,
so
while
it
doesn't
address
every
issue,
it
certainly
will
go
a
long
way
in
helping
a
lot
of
our
students
and
heard
that
from
our
students
today,
I'll
also
say
I'm
very
appreciative
to
assemblywoman
miller
for
allowing
us
to
participate
in
the
filming
of
the
video
with
the
students.
J
This
is
the
first
time
this
session,
I've
seen
students,
disengaged
and
many
of
the
students
actually
wanted
to
be
present
in
carson
city
to
be
able
to
come
and
testify
in
person,
and
so
these
types
of
bills
have
the
opportunity,
that's
twofold,
both
to
address
issues
that
are
ongoing,
but
also
to
make
sure
students
have
a
voice
in
the
process,
so
we're
appreciative
for
the
committee.
Obviously
we
view
this
as
a
civil
rights
issue
moving
forward
as
well,
and
we
encourage
this
committee
to
work
session.
H
A
No
one's
coming
forward
neutral
online.
R
Yes,
chair
dennis,
thank
you
for
that.
I
I
would
just
like
to
first
thank
the
students
who
participated
for
their
courage
and
for
being
brave
and
for
advocating
at
this
point
for
themselves
what
I
don't
know
that
the
students
don't
know
yet.
Is
that
and
and
maria
alluded
to
it
is
that
sometimes
the
scars
of
racism,
they
just
don't
really
heal
and
that's
because
those
sores
are
often
ripped
open
repeatedly.
R
There
is
literally
no
reason,
excuse
or
room
for
any
type
of
racism
in
our
schools.
Nevada
is
positioned
to
be
this
to
be
the
state
that
ultimately
eliminates
systemic
racism
because
of
our
beautiful
diversity
because
of
our
amazing
inclusion
and
that's
what
we
need
to
continue
to
strive
for
one
of
my
students
last
year.
Well,
this
current
school
year,
I
suppose,
even
while
we
were
still
virtual,
so
I've
never
physically
met
her.
She
hung
around
on
virtual
after
class
one
day
and
asked
me
miss
miller.
R
Any
kind
of
club,
especially
during
campaign
season,
is,
is
very
challenging
and
but
it's
racism
and
she
said
well,
you
start
an
anti-racism
club
because
you
seem
like
the
type
of
teacher
that
wants
to
end
racism
and
I'm
not
sure
how
she
picked
that
up,
but
she
did-
and
so
I
said
sure,
we'll
start
an
after
school
after
anti-racism
club
yeah,
but
I'm
gonna
put
you
in
charge,
you
have
to
you,
know,
publicize
and
tell
the
students
and
and
we'll
go
ahead
and
start,
and
so
the
first
day
she
had
over
30
students
on
virtual
after
school,
which
sometimes
anyone
who's
who
taught
virtually
this
year
knows
you
can't
get
30
students
in
your
actual
class,
and
I
listened
to
the
first
thing.
R
All
my
sixth
graders
wanted
to
talk
about
was
their
experiences
in
fourth
and
fifth
grade
from
other
teachers
from
other
students
and,
of
course,
the
first
question.
Any
of
us
as
adults
always
ask
is
well,
did
you
report
it?
Did
you
tell
the
teacher
what
happened
and
every
time
they
told
me
they
reported
the
teacher
and
that
the
teacher
said
you
know
it's
not
that
big
of
a
deal
just
let
it
go
just
go
play
over
here
and
some
would
even
tell
the
students.
R
The
the
leader
of
this
group
she
on
my
last
day
now
my
students
don't
know
I'm
elected
until
they
need
to
know
I'm
elected,
which
is
generally
january,
when
I
have
to
explain
why
I'm
going
to
leave
for
the
rest
of
the
school
year,
and
once
I
explained
I
give
them,
you
know
a
month
to
kind
of
get
used
to
that
idea.
Once
I
explained
my
other
job
and
why
I'd
be
leaving
them
for
the
rest
of
the
year.
R
A
A
I
would
like
to
take
just
a
pause
for
a
second
so
that
we
can
take
up
these
bills.
F
F
A
chair
sure,
dude
yeah,
would
you
mind?
I
mean
I'd
like
to
make
a
suggestion.
You
can
say
no
or
whatever,
but
I
think
all
these
bills
are
due
pass
and
I
don't
think
anybody's
objecting
to
any
of
them.
I
don't
know
if
that
helps
you,
but
could
we
do
a
consent,
calendar
and
just
pass
them
all
out
at
one
time.
A
A
K
And
I
would
support.
A
Do
we
have,
I
don't
know,
I
guess
we
could
do
that.
How
do
you
we
want
to
do
them
individually?
Anybody
feel
differently.
A
Okay
well
and
that's
true-
we
do
have
one
of
our
members
that
wasn't
here
for
all
of
them,
because
she
was
having
to
take
care
of
her
committee.
So
why
don't
we
go?
Why
don't
we
just
start
and
go
through
them
and
do
you
would
you
like
for
mrs
sturm
to
go
through
the
work
session
document?
Or
do
you
just
want
to
take
a
minute
to
look
through
it?
A
A
M
A
Okay,
why
don't
we?
Why
don't
we
start.
A
We'll
go
back
on
the
record
and
we're
gonna
go
through
these.
So,
mr,
if
you'd
walk
us
through
real
quick.
T
Thank
you,
mr
chair
jen,
sturm
committee
policy.
Analyst,
the
first
bill
on
work
session
is
assembly,
bill
156
presented
today,
and
that
was
by
assemblywoman
titus.
T
The
bill
authorizes
active
members
of
the
nevada
national
guard
who
attend
a
school
within
and
she
and
who
re-enlist
to
assign
the
registration
and
lab
fee
waiver
to
either
a
spouse
or
child
in
lieu
of
using
the
waiver
themselves
during
the
re-enlistment
period,
and
there
were
no
amendments
proposed.
Mr
chair.
A
A
Carries
go
ahead:
oh
yeah!
Let's
go
to
the
next
one
and
I'll
figure
out
on
the
statement.
T
Thank
you,
mr
chair
jen,
sturm
committee
policy.
Analyst.
The
next
billet
is
assembly
bill
165,
which
was
presented
tonight
by
assemblywoman
hardy.
The
bill
removes
the
five-year
limitation
on
assessing
tuition
charges
against
honorably
discharged
veterans,
thereby
prohibiting
the
board
of
regents
from
assessing
a
tuition
charge
against
certain
veterans,
and
there
were
no
proposed
amendments.
Mr
chair.
B
A
Senator
lang
in
a
second
from
daniate,
further
discussion
on
the
motion,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
anybody
say,
nay
motion
carries.
A
T
Thank
you,
mr
chair
jen.
Sturm
for
the
record.
The
next
bill
on
work
session
is
assembly,
bill
225,
which
is
presented
by
assemblywoman
tolls
this
evening.
The
bill
requires
the
commission
on
professional
standards
and
education
to
consider
alternative
means
of
demonstrating
competency
for
persons
with
a
disability
or
health
health-related
need
when
adopting
regulations
governing
licensure
examinations
for
teachers
and
other
educational
personnel.
There
were
no
proposed
amendments.
Mr
chair.
A
T
T
Thank
you,
mr
chair
gemstorm
committee
policy.
Analyst.
The
next
bill
is
assembly
bill
247,
which
was
presented
by
assemblywoman
benitez
thompson.
The
bill
changes
the
name
of
the
office
of
the
western
regional
education
compact
within
the
office
of
the
governor
to
the
nevada
office
of
the
western
interstate
commission
for
higher
education.
T
The
bill
deletes
certain
provisions
concerning
interest
rates,
payback
provisions
and
penalties,
and
requires
that
the
three
nevada
state
commissioners
acting
jointly
adopt
regulations
governing
these
matters
and
then
makes
other
various
administrative
and
conforming
changes.
There
were
no
proposed
amendments,
mr
chair.
A
A
I
will
do
I'll
do
that.
One.
T
Thank
you,
mr
chair
jen
sturm
committee
policy.
Analyst.
The
next
bill
is
assembly
bill
262,
which
is
presented
this
evening
by
assemblywoman
anderson.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
regents
to
grant
a
waiver
of
registration
fees,
laboratory
fees
and
other
mandatory
fees
assessed
against
certain
students
who
are
members
of
a
federally
recognized,
indian
tribal
nation,
all
or
part
of
which
is
located
within
the
boundaries
of
the
state
or
who
are
certified
as
being
a
descendant
as
enrolled
member
of
the
tribal
nation,
and
there
were
no
proposed
amendments
for
this
bill.
Mr
chair.
A
Okay,
we'll
have
a
motion
from
senator
lane.
Second,
by
senator
buck,
any
further
discussion
on
the
motion,
all
in
favor
say
aye
any
posse
a
promotion
carries
senator
buck.
Would
you
do
that?
One.
T
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
The
next
bill
is
assembly
bill
319,
which
was
presented
this
evening
by
assemblyman
roberts.
The
bill
requires
the
college
of
southern
nevada
to
establish
a
two-year
pilot
program
to
offer
enhanced
opportunities
for
pupils
who
are
part
of
under
underserved
communities
or
at
risk
to
enroll
in
in
dual
credit
courses
where
they
may
earn
at
least
15
college
credits.
There
were
no
proposed
amendments
for
this
bill.
Mr
chair.
A
T
T
Thank
you,
mr
chair
of
the
final
bill
on
work
session.
This
evening
is
assembly
bill
371,
which
was
presented
this
evening
by
assemblywoman
miller.
The
bill
extends
provisions
relating
to
bullying
and
cyber
bullying
to
additionally
prohibit
and
address
discrimination
based
on
race.
Furthermore,
the
bill
requires
the
governing
body
of
school
districts
and
charter
schools
to
counter
categorize
an
incident
of
discrimination
based
on
race
as
a
racially
motivated
or
hate
incident.
A
A
Okay,
those
are
all
the
bills
that
we
have
to
consider
don't
know.
If
we
have
any
more
coming
our
way.
I
guess
there
could
be
there.
There
was
actually
a
possibility
of
12.
That
could
come
our
way
and
we
got
seven
of
them,
but
so
I
don't
know
if
we're
going
to
get
any
of
the
other
ones.
Yet
we
need
to
do
public
comment,
and
so
let's
go
to
public
comment.
Anybody
wishing
to
get
public
comment
come
forward.
G
Adler,
I
guess
representing
silver
state
government
relations,
but
I
just
want
to
thank
you
dennis
for
all
your
service.
All
these
years,
inside
and
outside
of
this
building
you've
been
a
treat
and
a
treasure
and
you'll.
G
He
gave
me
the
first
opportunity
to
be
here
in
this
building
working
with
this
committee,
then
working
down
a
leadership
office
and
now
being
on
this
side
still
advocating
for
the
people,
and
he
was
an
inspiration
being
a
young
latino.
It's
definitely
definitely
a
huge
inspiration
and
thank
you
for
everything.
You've
done
senator
dennis
and
I
yeah
the
children
of
the
state
have
a
lot
to
think.
A
H
H
K
Hi,
my
name
is
michael
gus.
My
last
name
is
called
guss.
K
First,
I
want
to
thank
the
staff
who
I
had
a
privilege
to
work
with
asher
killian
and
gemsturm
and
shane
harris
and
ian
gainer,
especially
ian.
K
But
most
of
all
I
want
to
thank
you
senator
dennis
it
was
really
an
honor
to
to
work
with
and
for
you,
you've
made
a
a
huge
difference
for
the
state
of
nevada
and
the
people
of
nevada
are
are
better
off
for
it
and
you're,
leaving
a
strong
foundation
for
people
who
come
after
you,
maybe
ben
challen
or
maybe
others
to
come
and
build
on,
and
you
will
be
missed
and
farewell.
A
Thank
you
before
we
finish.
I
do
want
to
take
just
a
moment
to
thank
all
those
that
really
you
know
people
thank
us
for
all
the
stuff
we
do,
but
we
can't
do
anything
that
we
do
without
good
people
to
help
us
and
the
you
know.
We
especially
this
session.
We've
got
additional
staff
that
have
helped
with
all
of
our
broadcast
and
production
service,
folks
and
it
and
all
of
us
that
kept
us
running
our
you
know
without
our
computers
and
all
that
we
couldn't
do
that.
A
So
I
wanted
to
give
a
special
thanks
to
kim
bennett
and
wakanda
carter,
who
do
our
remote
participation
hosts
that
you
do
an
amazing
job.
We
have
kayleen
tailings
our
public
comment
host
we've
got
starlin
our
bps
coordinator,
david
wilding,
a
camera
operator
and
ethan
salerno
and
spencer
o'brien
information
technology
services
that
they
do.
They
do
an
amazing
job
and
I'm
grateful
for
all
the
work
that
they
do
also
want
to
express
our
my
gratitude
for
our
committee
staff.
A
We
have
jen
sturm
who's,
been
here,
making
sure
everything
gets
done
and
make
sure
she
tracks
me
down
wherever
I'm
at,
to
make
sure
we're
getting
done
all
the
paperwork
that
we
need
to
do
and
being
prepared,
and
she
does
just
an
amazing
job.
Asher
killian,
our
amazing
legal
counsel,
does
amazing
work.
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
him
on
some
major
things
and
some
little
things
and
he's
always
there,
and
he
always
knows
the
answer
and
does
great
work:
stephen
jameson,
as
our
policy
assistant.
A
A
He
just
he's
great
and
he's
also
helped
with
some
of
the
things
that
we're
going
to
do
for
the
the
committee
here
in
a
minute
ian
goner,
our
committee
secretary
has
done
a
great
job.
He
does
such
a
great
job
they've
even
drafted
him
he's
doing
finance
for
trying
to
help
out
at
finance
too.
So
in
syria
sosa
my
legislative
assistant
she's,
always
making
sure
that
you
know
people
can
can
get
in
and
find
out.
What's
going
on
so
and.
A
A
We've
been
doing
this
a
long
time
and
you
know
we
don't
always
agree
on
everything,
but
he's
been
a
great
mentor
and
friend
and
and
appreciate
your
service,
and
I
know
we
served
on
education
committees
throughout
our
service
here
and
so
thank
you
very
much
appreciate
that,
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you.
I
mean
we
have
an
amazing
committee,
just
the
expertise.
That's
here
on
education
issues
and
just
the
breadth
of
knowledge.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
work
with
you
and
I
think
we've
done
some
great
things
on
this
session.
A
L
Mr
chair
yeah,
can
I
make
a
quick
comment
as
well?
Yes,
go
ahead,
no!
I
so.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
had.
I
was
really
excited
to
meet
you
when
I
first
got
appointed.
I
I
mentioned
this
when
we
had
the
celebration
the
other
day
for
the
nevada,
hispanic
legislative
caucus
and
the
reason
why
I
was
excited
was
one
of
my
close
friends
from
high
school.
You
are
his
uncle
and
when
I
was
invited
to
his
wedding,
I
remember
seeing
you
and
I'm
like.
L
L
I
think
you
did
a
really
good
job
at
paving
the
way
for
students
that
look
like
us
and
come
from
civic
community,
and
you
know
I
reflect
back
on
all
the
things
that
we
have
done
throughout
the
session,
whether
it's
restorative
justice
or
supporting
the
rights
of
ell
students
or
even
getting
the
funding
formula
to
the
finish
line.
So
just
know
that,
even
even
though
we
can't
see
the
direct
effects
right
now,
so
many
students
will
benefit
because
of
you
and
we're
really
going
to
miss
you,
but
we'll
carry
your
legacy
forward.
A
Okay,
with
that,
we
have
no
further
items
come
before
us.
If
you
will
stop
by
my
office
on
your
way,
I
know
what
the
finance
is
going
to,
so
we
got
to
get
there
and
there's
other
things
going
on,
but
thank
you
for
that
and
we
have
no
further
business
coming
for
us
at
this
time.
We
are.