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Robert Davis) Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed four bills on Monday passed during the 81st legislative session that address school funding in the state.
He was joined by legislative leaders such as Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson, D-Las Vegas, Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, and Sen. Marilyn Dondero Loop, D-Las Vegas, as well as two superintendents of local school districts.
Assembly Bill 495 expands the state’s commerce tax on natural resource businesses that extract either gold or silver and bring in more than $20 million annually. The Department of Taxation is responsible for ensuring compliance. The bill is estimated to bring in over $200 million for the state’s schools.
Bill seeks to interrupt school-to-prison pipeline fueled by expulsions and suspensions
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Assembly member Selena Torres presented Assembly Bill 194 before the Senate Committee on Education Monday afternoon.
The bill is geared toward interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline by revising provisions relating to suspensions and expulsions in Nevada’s schools. It has the support of the Washoe County and Clark County Public Defenders’ Offices.
“The Clark County Public Defender’s Office and Washoe County Public Defender’s Office urge your support on AB 194. This bill will provide crucial due process protections to help break the school-to-prison pipeline,” John Piro of Clark County and Kendra Bertschy wrote to legislators in a March 23 letter.
Feedback Needed on Nevada Medical Debt Bill
The state’s Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee will revisit the bill May 10. ACA encourages members and their health care clients to weigh in on the proposal.
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The Nevada Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor continues to consider an amended version of S.B. 284, which revises provisions of state law related to the collection of medical debt and has the option for stakeholders to submit their opinion on the proposal.
ACA International is seeking member input on the bill and is looking to identify members that have health care clients working in the medical debt collection space in Nevada.
Higher education reform bill survives first legislative deadline of 2021 session
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A measure that would allow the Nevada Legislature greater control over the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) has survived last Friday’s deadline for legislation to pass out of committees.
Senate Joint Resolution 7 would remove NSHE’s board of regents from the Nevada Constitution and place it under the control of the Legislature. Proponents of the resolution say it would bring the board of regents in line with other boards around the state, the structures of which are determined by the legislature.
This is not the first attempt to strip the board of regents of its constitutional status. Voters narrowly defeated a similar measure, Question 1, in November of 2020. Proponents of SJR 7 have pointed to the narrow defeat of Question 1 as among the reasons for introducing the new resolution.
Spate of suicides among Las Vegas students prompts schools to reopen: 18 youngsters - the youngest just nine-years-old - killed themselves during nine-month studying from home period
Surge in student suicides during final nine months of 2020 has led to Clark County School District Board to approve reopening of schools for vulnerable
Youngest student to commit suicide in the county was nine years old
The 18 student suicides recorded in nine months during which schools were closed is double the number recorded in 2019