SB411 - Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-856)

S.B. 411 - *SB411* SENATE BILL NO. 411–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION MARCH 20, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-856) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: No. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to education; repealing certain provisions relating to the requirement that a consultant selected by the State Board of Education review school districts based upon certain financial management principles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law requires, with certain exceptions and to the extent that money is 1 made available by the Legislature, that each school district undergo a review based on 2 certain financial management principles every 6 years. (NRS 387.607, 387.613, 3 387.622) Existing law sets forth procedures for the selection: (1) by the Legislature, 4 of the school districts to be reviewed in each even-numbered year; and (2) by the 5 State Board of Education, of an independent consultant to perform the review. 6 Existing law requires the State Board to monitor the performance of the consultant 7 with the assistance of an oversight committee. (NRS 387.613, 387.618) Existing law 8 further prescribes certain financial management procedures and certain areas of 9 review and the duties of a consultant. (NRS 387.622, 387.626) Upon completion of 10 the review, existing law requires: (1) the consultant to submit a final report of the 11 review to the board of trustees of the school district, the State Board, the Legislative 12 Auditor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the 13 Legislature; and (2) the board of trustees of a school district to hold a public meeting 14 concerning the final report and vote on whether to adopt the plan for corrective action 15 if such a plan is recommended by the consultant. (NRS 387.631, 387.636) If the plan 16 for corrective action is adopted, the board of trustees is required to prepare a written 17 progress report and a final written report that indicate certain information relating to 18 the implementation of the plan. (NRS 387.639) 19 Section 2 of this bill eliminates the requirement for the performance of these 20 reviews and certain provisions related to these reviews. Section 1 of this bill makes a 21 conforming change to eliminate certain references to repealed sections that make 22 certain reports confidential. 23 – 2 – - *SB411* THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 239.010 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 239.010 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and 2 NRS 1.4683, 1.4687, 1A.110, 3.2203, 41.0397, 41.071, 49.095, 3 49.293, 62D.420, 62D.440, 62E.516, 62E.620, 62H.025, 62H.030, 4 62H.170, 62H.220, 62H.320, 75A.100, 75A.150, 76.160, 78.152, 5 80.113, 81.850, 82.183, 86.246, 86.54615, 87.515, 87.5413, 6 87A.200, 87A.580, 87A.640, 88.3355, 88.5927, 88.6067, 88A.345, 7 88A.7345, 89.045, 89.251, 90.730, 91.160, 116.757, 116A.270, 8 116B.880, 118B.026, 119.260, 119.265, 119.267, 119.280, 9 119A.280, 119A.653, 119A.677, 119B.370, 119B.382, 120A.640, 10 120A.690, 125.130, 125B.140, 126.141, 126.161, 126.163, 126.730, 11 127.007, 127.057, 127.130, 127.140, 127.2817, 128.090, 130.312, 12 130.712, 136.050, 159.044, 159A.044, 164.041, 172.075, 172.245, 13 176.01334, 176.01385, 176.015, 176.0625, 176.09129, 176.156, 14 176A.630, 178.39801, 178.4715, 178.5691, 178.5717, 179.495, 15 179A.070, 179A.165, 179D.160, 180.600, 200.3771, 200.3772, 16 200.5095, 200.604, 202.3662, 205.4651, 209.392, 209.3923, 17 209.3925, 209.419, 209.429, 209.521, 211A.140, 213.010, 213.040, 18 213.095, 213.131, 217.105, 217.110, 217.464, 217.475, 218A.350, 19 218E.625, 218F.150, 218G.130, 218G.240, 218G.350, 218G.615, 20 224.240, 226.462, 226.796, 228.270, 228.450, 228.495, 228.570, 21 231.069, 231.1285, 231.1473, 232.1369, 233.190, 237.300, 22 239.0105, 239.0113, 239.014, 239B.026, 239B.030, 239B.040, 23 239B.050, 239C.140, 239C.210, 239C.230, 239C.250, 239C.270, 24 239C.420, 240.007, 241.020, 241.030, 241.039, 242.105, 244.264, 25 244.335, 247.540, 247.545, 247.550, 247.560, 250.087, 250.130, 26 250.140, 250.145, 250.150, 268.095, 268.0978, 268.490, 268.910, 27 269.174, 271A.105, 281.195, 281.805, 281A.350, 281A.680, 28 281A.685, 281A.750, 281A.755, 281A.780, 284.4068, 284.4086, 29 286.110, 286.118, 287.0438, 289.025, 289.080, 289.387, 289.830, 30 293.4855, 293.5002, 293.503, 293.504, 293.558, 293.5757, 293.870, 31 293.906, 293.908, 293.909, 293.910, 293B.135, 293D.510, 331.110, 32 332.061, 332.351, 333.333, 333.335, 338.070, 338.1379, 338.1593, 33 338.1725, 338.1727, 348.420, 349.597, 349.775, 353.205, 34 353A.049, 353A.085, 353A.100, 353C.240, 353D.250, 360.240, 35 360.247, 360.255, 360.755, 361.044, 361.2242, 361.610, 365.138, 36 366.160, 368A.180, 370.257, 370.327, 372A.080, 378.290, 378.300, 37 379.0075, 379.008, 379.1495, 385A.830, 385B.100, [387.626, 38 387.631,] 388.1455, 388.259, 388.501, 388.503, 388.513, 388.750, 39 388A.247, 388A.249, 391.033, 391.035, 391.0365, 391.120, 40 391.925, 392.029, 392.147, 392.264, 392.271, 392.315, 392.317, 41 392.325, 392.327, 392.335, 392.850, 393.045, 394.167, 394.16975, 42 – 3 – - *SB411* 394.1698, 394.447, 394.460, 394.465, 396.1415, 396.1425, 396.143, 1 396.159, 396.3295, 396.405, 396.525, 396.535, 396.9685, 2 398A.115, 408.3885, 408.3886, 408.3888, 408.5484, 412.153, 3 414.280, 416.070, 422.2749, 422.305, 422A.342, 422A.350, 4 425.400, 427A.1236, 427A.872, 427A.940, 432.028, 432.205, 5 432B.175, 432B.280, 432B.290, 432B.4018, 432B.407, 432B.430, 6 432B.560, 432B.5902, 432C.140, 432C.150, 433.534, 433A.360, 7 439.4941, 439.4988, 439.5282, 439.840, 439.914, 439A.116, 8 439A.124, 439B.420, 439B.754, 439B.760, 439B.845, 440.170, 9 441A.195, 441A.220, 441A.230, 442.330, 442.395, 442.735, 10 442.774, 445A.665, 445B.570, 445B.7773, 449.209, 449.245, 11 449.4315, 449A.112, 450.140, 450B.188, 450B.805, 453.164, 12 453.720, 458.055, 458.280, 459.050, 459.3866, 459.555, 459.7056, 13 459.846, 463.120, 463.15993, 463.240, 463.3403, 463.3407, 14 463.790, 467.1005, 480.535, 480.545, 480.935, 480.940, 481.063, 15 481.091, 481.093, 482.170, 482.368, 482.5536, 483.340, 483.363, 16 483.575, 483.659, 483.800, 484A.469, 484B.830, 484B.833, 17 484E.070, 485.316, 501.344, 503.452, 522.040, 534A.031, 561.285, 18 571.160, 584.655, 587.877, 598.0964, 598.098, 598A.110, 19 598A.420, 599B.090, 603.070, 603A.210, 604A.303, 604A.710, 20 604D.500, 604D.600, 612.265, 616B.012, 616B.015, 616B.315, 21 616B.350, 618.341, 618.425, 622.238, 622.310, 623.131, 623A.137, 22 624.110, 624.265, 624.327, 625.425, 625A.185, 628.418, 628B.230, 23 628B.760, 629.043, 629.047, 629.069, 630.133, 630.2671, 24 630.2672, 630.2673, 630.2687, 630.30665, 630.336, 630A.327, 25 630A.555, 631.332, 631.368, 632.121, 632.125, 632.3415, 26 632.3423, 632.405, 633.283, 633.301, 633.427, 633.4715, 633.4716, 27 633.4717, 633.524, 634.055, 634.1303, 634.214, 634A.169, 28 634A.185, 634B.730, 635.111, 635.158, 636.262, 636.342, 637.085, 29 637.145, 637B.192, 637B.288, 638.087, 638.089, 639.183, 30 639.2485, 639.570, 640.075, 640.152, 640A.185, 640A.220, 31 640B.405, 640B.730, 640C.580, 640C.600, 640C.620, 640C.745, 32 640C.760, 640D.135, 640D.190, 640E.225, 640E.340, 641.090, 33 641.221, 641.2215, 641A.191, 641A.217, 641A.262, 641B.170, 34 641B.281, 641B.282, 641C.455, 641C.760, 641D.260, 641D.320, 35 642.524, 643.189, 644A.870, 645.180, 645.625, 645A.050, 36 645A.082, 645B.060, 645B.092, 645C.220, 645C.225, 645D.130, 37 645D.135, 645G.510, 645H.320, 645H.330, 647.0945, 647.0947, 38 648.033, 648.197, 649.065, 649.067, 652.126, 652.228, 653.900, 39 654.110, 656.105, 657A.510, 661.115, 665.130, 665.133, 669.275, 40 669.285, 669A.310, 670B.680, 671.365, 671.415, 673.450, 673.480, 41 675.380, 676A.340, 676A.370, 677.243, 678A.470, 678C.710, 42 678C.800, 679B.122, 679B.124, 679B.152, 679B.159, 679B.190, 43 679B.285, 679B.690, 680A.270, 681A.440, 681B.260, 681B.410, 44 681B.540, 683A.0873, 685A.077, 686A.289, 686B.170, 686C.306, 45 – 4 – - *SB411* 687A.060, 687A.115, 687B.404, 687C.010, 688C.230, 688C.480, 1 688C.490, 689A.696, 692A.117, 692C.190, 692C.3507, 692C.3536, 2 692C.3538, 692C.354, 692C.420, 693A.480, 693A.615, 696B.550, 3 696C.120, 703.196, 704B.325, 706.1725, 706A.230, 710.159, 4 711.600, sections 35, 38 and 41 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 5 2011 and section 2 of chapter 391, Statutes of Nevada 2013 and 6 unless otherwise declared by law to be confidential, all public books 7 and public records of a governmental entity must be open at all 8 times during office hours to inspection by any person, and may be 9 fully copied or an abstract or memorandum may be prepared from 10 those public books and public records. Any such copies, abstracts or 11 memoranda may be used to supply the general public with copies, 12 abstracts or memoranda of the records or may be used in any other 13 way to the advantage of the governmental entity or of the general 14 public. This section does not supersede or in any manner affect the 15 federal laws governing copyrights or enlarge, diminish or affect in 16 any other manner the rights of a person in any written book or 17 record which is copyrighted pursuant to federal law. 18 2. A governmental entity may not reject a book or record 19 which is copyrighted solely because it is copyrighted. 20 3. A governmental entity that has legal custody or control of a 21 public book or record shall not deny a request made pursuant to 22 subsection 1 to inspect or copy or receive a copy of a public book or 23 record on the basis that the requested public book or record contains 24 information that is confidential if the governmental entity can 25 redact, delete, conceal or separate, including, without limitation, 26 electronically, the confidential information from the information 27 included in the public book or record that is not otherwise 28 confidential. 29 4. If requested, a governmental entity shall provide a copy of a 30 public record in an electronic format by means of an electronic 31 medium. Nothing in this subsection requires a governmental entity 32 to provide a copy of a public record in an electronic format or by 33 means of an electronic medium if: 34 (a) The public record: 35 (1) Was not created or prepared in an electronic format; and 36 (2) Is not available in an electronic format; or 37 (b) Providing the public record in an electronic format or by 38 means of an electronic medium would: 39 (1) Give access to proprietary software; or 40 (2) Require the production of information that is confidential 41 and that cannot be redacted, deleted, concealed or separated from 42 information that is not otherwise confidential. 43 5. An officer, employee or agent of a governmental entity who 44 has legal custody or control of a public record: 45 – 5 – - *SB411* (a) Shall not refuse to provide a copy of that public record in the 1 medium that is requested because the officer, employee or agent has 2 already prepared or would prefer to provide the copy in a different 3 medium. 4 (b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.030, shall, upon 5 request, prepare the copy of the public record and shall not require 6 the person who has requested the copy to prepare the copy himself 7 or herself. 8 Sec. 2. NRS 387.602, 387.607, 387.613, 387.618, 387.622, 9 387.626, 387.631, 387.636, 387.639 and 387.644 are hereby 10 repealed. 11 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 12 LEADLINES OF REPEALED SECTIONS 387.602 “Management principles” defined. 387.607 Applicability to extent money is available. 387.613 Review of school districts; recommendations by Legislative Auditor; selection of school districts by Legislature; qualifications and selection of consultant to conduct reviews; monitoring and oversight of consultant; self-assessment by school district required. 387.618 Establishment and duties of oversight committee to assist in process of review. 387.622 Financial management principles and areas for review; additional review by consultant authorized. 387.626 Duties of consultant; Department required to provide technical support; availability of books, accounts and records necessary for conducting review; confidentiality. 387.631 Final written report of review; issuance of preliminary report to school district; response by school district; exemption from next review for certain school districts; availability of reports to public. 387.636 School district required to hold public meeting concerning final report; vote whether to adopt corrective action plan; effect of failure to vote within prescribed time; appearance before Legislature under certain circumstances. 387.639 Reports by school district concerning progress on corrective action plan; review of reports by Legislative Auditor and Legislature; exemption from next review for certain school districts. – 6 – - *SB411* 387.644 Annual reporting by school districts exempt from review. 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