SB 278 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-788)

SB 278 revises Nevada education law to impact school districts, administrators, and teacher/licensure candidates. It prohibits school boards from requiring prospective administrators to complete preservice programs before applying for jobs, and mandates that licensing regulations allow individuals to enroll in multiple alternative licensure programs simultaneously. The bill also requires elementary schools to use school-wide or grade-level assessments - where possible - to monitor reading growth for students with reading deficiencies, rather than individualized assessments. These changes aim to streamline administrative hiring and licensure pathways while standardizing reading progress tracking.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Signed May 31, 2025

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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 5 edits · May 31, 2025

MODERATE

This bill removes the requirement for charter schools to report detailed data on students receiving reading intervention services, shifting the focus from local tracking to state-level oversight. It also eliminates the use of local assessments to determine if a student has a reading deficiency, relying instead on statewide assessment scores. Additionally, it updates regulations for teacher licensure to allow more flexible training providers and faster completion times for alternative licensure routes.

Scope change

The bill narrows the scope of reporting requirements for charter schools regarding reading interventions and changes the criteria for identifying reading deficiencies from local to state standards.

REQUIREMENT

Eliminates the mandate for charter schools to prepare and submit annual reports detailing the number and percentage of pupils receiving reading intervention services.

Prohibits any entity other than the State Board of Education from requiring schools to report information about pupils receiving reading intervention services.

Updates teacher licensure regulations to allow alternative training providers, require selective student acceptance, mandate supervised experiences, and permit completing training in 2 years or less.

ELIGIBILITY

Removes local assessments as a basis for determining if a pupil has a reading deficiency, relying solely on statewide assessment scores.

Exempts pupils from continuing reading intervention services if they achieve a passing score on the statewide assessment for their grade level.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly May 22, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

Apr 22, 2025

D Democratic12

12 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican8

8 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

May 31, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 190.

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May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

To enrollment.

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May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.

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May 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass.

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Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.

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Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 416.) Reprinting dispensed with.

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Mar 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To committee.

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3 primary · 3 co-sponsors