Revises provisions relating to persons with disabilities. (BDR 19-574)

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 15, 2025)
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 247–ASSEMBLYMEMBER BROWN-MAY

FEBRUARY 17, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to persons with
disabilities. (BDR 19-574)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State: Yes.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§§ 1, 2)
(NOT REQUESTED BY AFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; revising provisions
relating to the accommodation of persons with physical
disabilities at certain public meetings; requiring tha t
certain public buildings designed on or after July 1, 2025,
include equipment and software for Communication
Access Realtime Translation; including American Sign
Language as a foreign or world language course of study;
requiring the Department of Educati on to conduct an
interim study on the need for a school for pupils who are
deaf or hard of hearing; and providing other matters
properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Under existing law, all meetings of public bodies, with certain except ions, must 1
be open and public and those responsible for the public meeting must make 2
reasonable efforts to accommodate persons with physical disabilities who wish to 3
attend. (NRS 241.020) Section 1 of this bill provides that a reasonable effort to 4
accommodate persons with physical disabilities includes, without limitation, the 5
provision of a qualified interpreter and Communication Access Realtime 6
Translation at a public meeting. 7
Existing law provides that, insofar as possible, all buildings used by the pub lic 8
be accessible to and functional for persons with a physical handicap. (NRS 9
338.180) Section 2 of this bill requires that each public building designed on or 10
after July 1, 2025, that is owned by a public body and in which certain public 11
meetings are hel d must include any equipment and software necessary for 12
Communication Access Realtime Translation. 13

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Under existing law the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public 14
Schools is required to establish standards of content and performance for certain 15
courses of study taught in public schools, including courses of study of a foreign or 16
world language. (NRS 389.520) Section 3 of this bill includes American Sign 17
Language as a foreign or world language for which the Council must establish 18
standards of content and performance. 19
Section 4 of this bill requires the Department of Education to conduct a study 20
during the 2025-2026 interim to determine the need for a school for pupils who are 21
deaf or hard of hearing. 22

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 241.020 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
241.020 1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, 2
all meetings of public bodies must be open and public, and all 3
persons must be permitted to attend any meeting of these public 4
bodies at a physical location or by means of a remote technology 5
system. A meeting that is closed pursuant to a specific statute may 6
only be closed to the extent specified in the statute allowing the 7
meeting to be closed. All other portions of the meeting must be open 8
and public, and the public body must comply with all other 9
provisions of this chapter to the extent not specifically precluded by 10
the specific statute. Public officers and employees responsible for 11
these meetings sh all make reasonable efforts to assist and 12
accommodate persons with physical disabilities desiring to attend [.] 13
, including, without limitation, providing at public meetings: 14
(a) In person or by electronic means, a person who is a 15
qualified interpreter, as defined in 28 C.F.R. § 35.104; and 16
(b) Communication Access Realtime Translation. 17
2. If any portion of a meeting is open to the public, the public 18
officers and employees responsible for the meeting must make 19
reasonable efforts to ensure the facilities for the meeting are large 20
enough to accommodate the anticipated number of attendees. No 21
violation of this chapter occurs if a member of the public is not 22
permitted to attend a public meeting because the facilities for the 23
meeting have reached maximum capacity if reasonable efforts were 24
taken to accommodate the anticipated number of attendees. Nothing 25
in this subsection requires a public body to incur any costs to secure 26
a facility outside the control or jurisdiction of the public body or to 27
upgrade, improve or otherwise modify an existing facility to 28
accommodate the anticipated number of attendees. 29
3. Except in an emergency, written notice of all meetings must 30
be given at least 3 working days before the meeting. The notice 31
must include: 32

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(a) The time, place and location of the meeting. If the meeting is 1
held using a remote technology system pursuant to NRS 241.023 2
and has no physical location, the notice must include information on 3
how a member of the public may: 4
(1) Use the rem ote technology system to hear and observe 5
the meeting; 6
(2) Participate in the meeting by telephone; and 7
(3) Provide live public comment during the meeting and, if 8
authorized by the public body, provide prerecorded public comment. 9
(b) A list of the locations where the notice has been posted. 10
(c) The name, contact information and business address for the 11
person designated by the public body from whom a member of the 12
public may request the supporting material for the meeting 13
described in subsection 7 and: 14
(1) A list of the locations where the supporting material is 15
available to the public; or 16
(2) Information about how the supporting material may be 17
found on the Internet website of the public body. 18
(d) An agenda consisting of: 19
(1) A clear and complete statement of the topics scheduled to 20
be considered during the meeting. 21
(2) A list describing the items on which action may be taken 22
and clearly denoting that action may be taken on those items by 23
placing the term “for possible action” next to th e appropriate item 24
or, if the item is placed on the agenda pursuant to NRS 241.0365, by 25
placing the term “for possible corrective action” next to the 26
appropriate item. 27
(3) Periods devoted to comments by the general public, if 28
any, and discussion of those comments. 29
(4) If any portion of the meeting will be closed to consider 30
the character, alleged misconduct or professional competence of a 31
person, the name of the person whose character, alleged misconduct 32
or professional competence will be considered. 33
(5) If, during any portion of the meeting, the public body will 34
consider whether to take administrative action regarding a person, 35
the name of that person. 36
(6) Notification that: 37
(I) Items on the agenda may be taken out of order; 38
(II) The public bo dy may combine two or more agenda 39
items for consideration; and 40
(III) The public body may remove an item from the 41
agenda or delay discussion relating to an item on the agenda at any 42
time. 43
(7) Any restrictions on comments by the general public. Any 44
such restrictions must be reasonable and may restrict the time, place 45

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and manner of the comments, but may not restrict comments based 1
upon viewpoint. 2
(8) If the meeting is being held using a remote technology 3
system pursuant to NRS 241.023 and does not have a physical 4
location designated for the meeting where members of the general 5
public are permitted to attend and participate, clear and complete 6
instructions for a member of the general public to be able to call in 7
to the meeting to provide public comment, i ncluding, without 8
limitation, a telephone number and any necessary identification 9
number of the meeting or other access code. 10
4. Minimum public notice is: 11
(a) Posting a copy of the notice at the principal office of the 12
public body or, if the meeting has a physical location, at the building 13
in which the meeting is to be held. If the meeting is held using a 14
remote technology system pursuant to NRS 241.023 and has no 15
physical location, the public body must also post the notice to the 16
Internet website of the public body not later than 9 a.m. of the third 17
working day before the meeting is to be held unless the public body 18
is unable to do so because of technical problems relating to the 19
operation or maintenance of the Internet website of the public body. 20
(b) Posting the notice on the official website of the State 21
pursuant to NRS 232.2175 not later than 9 a.m. of the third working 22
day before the meeting is to be held, unless the public body is 23
unable to do so because of technical problems relating to the 24
operation or maintenance of the official website of the State. 25
(c) Providing a copy of the notice to any person who has 26
requested notice of the meetings of the public body. A request for 27
notice lapses 6 months after it is made. The public body shall inform 28
the requester of this fact by enclosure with, notation upon or text 29
included within the first notice sent. The notice must be: 30
(1) Delivered to the postal service used by the public body 31
not later than 9 a.m. of the third working day before the meeting for 32
transmittal to the requester by regular mail; or 33
(2) Transmitted to the requester by electronic mail sent not 34
later than 9 a.m. of the third working day before the meeting. 35
5. For each of its meetings, a public body shall document in 36
writing that the pu blic body complied with the minimum public 37
notice required by paragraph (a) of subsection 4. The documentation 38
must be prepared by every person who posted a copy of the public 39
notice and include, without limitation: 40
(a) The date and time when the person p osted the copy of the 41
public notice; 42
(b) The address of the location where the person posted the copy 43
of the public notice; and 44

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(c) The name, title and signature of the person who posted the 1
copy of the notice. 2
6. Except as otherwise provided in paragr aph (a) of subsection 3
4, if a public body maintains a website on the Internet or its 4
successor, the public body shall post notice of each of its meetings 5
on its website unless the public body is unable to do so because of 6
technical problems relating to the operation or maintenance of its 7
website. Notice posted pursuant to this subsection is supplemental to 8
and is not a substitute for the minimum public notice required 9
pursuant to subsection 4. The inability of a public body to post 10
notice of a meeting pursu ant to this subsection as a result of 11
technical problems with its website shall not be deemed to be a 12
violation of the provisions of this chapter. 13
7. Upon any request, a public body shall provide, at no charge, 14
at least one copy of: 15
(a) An agenda for a public meeting; 16
(b) A proposed ordinance or regulation which will be discussed 17
at the public meeting; and 18
(c) Subject to the provisions of subsection 8 or 9, as applicable, 19
any other supporting material provided to the members of the public 20
body for an item on the agenda, except materials: 21
(1) Submitted to the public body pursuant to a nondisclosure 22
or confidentiality agreement which relates to proprietary 23
information; 24
(2) Pertaining to the closed portion of such a meeting of the 25
public body; or 26
(3) Declared confidential by law, unless otherwise agreed to 27
by each person whose interest is being protected under the order of 28
confidentiality. 29
 The public body shall make at least one copy of the documents 30
described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) availab le to the public at the 31
meeting to which the documents pertain. As used in this subsection, 32
“proprietary information” has the meaning ascribed to it in 33
NRS 332.025. 34
8. Unless it must be made available at an earlier time pursuant 35
to NRS 288.153, a copy o f supporting material required to be 36
provided upon request pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 7 37
must be: 38
(a) If the supporting material is provided to the members of the 39
public body before the meeting, made available to the requester at 40
the time the material is provided to the members of the public body; 41
or 42
(b) If the supporting material is provided to the members of the 43
public body at the meeting, made available at the meeting to the 44

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requester at the same time the material is provided to the members 1
of the public body. 2
 If the requester has agreed to receive the information and material 3
set forth in subsection 7 by electronic mail, the public body shall, if 4
feasible, provide the information and material by electronic mail. 5
9. Unless the supporting material must be posted at an earlier 6
time pursuant to NRS 288.153, and except as otherwise provided in 7
subsection 11, the governing body of a county or city whose 8
population is 52,000 or more shall post the supporting material 9
described in paragraph (c) of subsection 7 to its website not later 10
than the time the material is provided to the members of the 11
governing body or, if the supporting material is provided to the 12
members of the governing body at a meeting, not later than 24 hours 13
after the conclusion of the meeting. Such posting is supplemental to 14
the right of the public to request the supporting material pursuant to 15
subsection 7. The inability of the governing body, as a result of 16
technical problems with its website, to post supporting material 17
pursuant to this subsection shall not be deemed to be a violation of 18
the provisions of this chapter. 19
10. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 11, a public 20
body may provide the public notice, information or supporting 21
material required by this section by electronic mail. Except as 22
otherwise provided in this subsection, if a public body makes such 23
notice, information or supporting material available by electronic 24
mail, the public body shall inquire of a person who requests the 25
notice, information or support ing material if the person will accept 26
receipt by electronic mail. If a public body is required to post the 27
public notice, information or supporting material on its website 28
pursuant to this section, the public body shall inquire of a person 29
who requests th e notice, information or supporting material if the 30
person will accept by electronic mail a link to the posting on the 31
website when the documents are made available. The inability of a 32
public body, as a result of technical problems with its electronic 33
mail system, to provide a public notice, information or supporting 34
material or a link to a website required by this section to a person 35
who has agreed to receive such notice, information, supporting 36
material or link by electronic mail shall not be deemed to be a 37
violation of the provisions of this chapter. 38
11. If a public body holds a meeting using a remote technology 39
system pursuant to NRS 241.023 and has no physical location for 40
the meeting, the public body must: 41
(a) Have an Internet website; and 42
(b) Post to its Internet website: 43
(1) The public notice required by this section; and 44

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(2) Supporting material not later than the time the material is 1
provided to the members of the governing body or, if the supporting 2
material is provided to the members of th e governing body at a 3
meeting, not later than 24 hours after the conclusion of the meeting. 4
 The inability of the governing body, as a result of technical 5
problems with its Internet website, to post supporting material 6
pursuant to this subsection shall no t be deemed to be a violation of 7
the provisions of this chapter. 8
12. As used in this section [, “emergency”] : 9
(a) “Communication Access Realtime Translation” has the 10
meaning ascribed to it in NRS 656A.025. 11
(b) “Emergency” means an unforeseen circumstance which 12
requires immediate action and includes, but is not limited to: 13
[(a)] (1) Disasters caused by fire, flood, earthquake or other 14
natural causes; or 15
[(b)] (2) Any impairment of the health and safety of the public. 16
Sec. 2. NRS 338.180 is hereby amended to read as follows: 17
338.180 1. The Legislature of the State of Nevada declares 18
that: 19
(a) The primary purpose of this section is to provide, subject to 20
the limitations set forth in this section, for the removal and 21
elimination of architectural barriers to persons with a physical 22
handicap in public buildings and facilities designed after July 1, 23
1973, in order to encourage and facilitate the employment of 24
persons with a physical handicap and to make public buildings 25
accessible to and usable by persons with a physical handicap; and 26
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that insofar as possible all 27
buildings and facilities used by the public be accessible to, and 28
functional for, persons with a physical han dicap, without loss of 29
function, space or facility where the general public is concerned. 30
2. All plans and specifications for the construction of public 31
buildings and facilities owned by a public body must, after July 1, 32
1973, provide facilities and feat ures for persons with a physical 33
handicap so that buildings which are normally used by the public are 34
constructed with entrance ramps, toilet facilities, drinking fountains, 35
doors and public telephones accessible to and usable by persons 36
with a physical handicap. In addition, all plans and specifications for 37
the construction or alteration of public buildings and facilities 38
owned by a public body must comply with the applicable 39
requirements of the: 40
(a) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 41
12101 et seq., and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, 42
including, without limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act 43
Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities set forth in 44

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Appendix A of Part 36 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal 1
Regulations; 2
(b) Minimum Guidelines and Requirements for Accessible 3
Design, 36 C.F.R. §§ 1190.1 et seq.; and 4
(c) Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3604, and the regulations 5
adopted pursuant thereto. 6
 The requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection are not 7
satisfied if the plans and specifications comply solely with the 8
Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards set forth in Appendix A of 9
Part 101-19.6 of Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 10
3. All public bodies shall, in the design, construction and 11
alteration of public buildings and facilities comply with the 12
applicable requirements of the: 13
(a) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 14
12101 et seq., and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, 15
including, without limitation, the America ns with Disabilities Act 16
Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities set forth in 17
Appendix A of Part 36 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal 18
Regulations; 19
(b) Minimum Guidelines and Requirements for Accessible 20
Design, 36 C.F.R. §§ 1190.1 et seq.; and 21
(c) Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3604, and the regulations 22
adopted pursuant thereto. 23
 The requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection are not 24
satisfied if the public body complies solely with the Uniform 25
Federal Accessibility Standards set forth in Appendix A of Part 101-26
19.6 of Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 27
4. In each public building and facility owned by a public body, 28
each entrance to a corridor which leads to a toilet facility must be 29
marked with a sign which: 30
(a) Conforms to the requirements related to signage contained in 31
§§ 4.30 et seq. of the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility 32
Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities set forth in Appendix A of 33
Part 36 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and 34
(b) Uses symbols, raised letters and Braille to: 35
(1) Identify the toilet facility and the gender of persons who 36
may use the toilet facility; and 37
(2) If the toilet facility is for the exclusive use of persons of 38
one gender: 39
(I) Indicate that the toilet facil ity is for the exclusive use 40
of persons of that gender; and 41
(II) Provide direction to a toilet facility that may be used 42
by persons of the other gender. 43
5. A public body that owns a public building or facility which 44
provides a single -stall restroom to the public shall make the 45

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single-stall restroom as inclusive and accessible as possible to a 1
person of any gender identity or expression, including, without 2
limitation, by allowing: 3
(a) A parent or guardian of a child to enter the single -stall 4
restroom with the child; 5
(b) A person with a disability to enter the single -stall restroom 6
with his or her caregiver, if applicable; and 7
(c) A person of any gender identity or expression to use the 8
single-stall restroom as needed. 9
 The public body that owns the public building or facility which 10
provides a single -stall restroom to the public shall not label the 11
single-stall restroom with gendered signage and may labe l the 12
single-stall restroom as available for use by any person, including, 13
without limitation, by posting a sign which reads “All -Gender 14
Bathroom” or “All-Accessible Bathroom.” 15
6. Each public building designed on or after July 1, 2025, 16
that is owned by a public body and in which a public meeting is 17
held pursuant to NRS 241.020 must include any equipment and 18
software necessary for Communication Access Realtime 19
Translation. 20
7. The Division shall verify that all public buildings and 21
facilities owned by th e State of Nevada conform with the 22
requirements of this section. Each political subdivision shall verify 23
that all public buildings and facilities owned by the political 24
subdivision conform with the requirements of this section. 25
[7.] 8. A person may repor t a violation of this section to the 26
Attorney General. 27
[8.] 9. Upon receiving a report pursuant to subsection [7,] 8, 28
the Attorney General shall notify the public body responsible for the 29
alleged violation. Not later than 30 days after receiving such a 30
notification, the public body shall: 31
(a) Present evidence to the Attorney General that it is in 32
compliance with this section; or 33
(b) Begin any action necessary to comply with the requirements 34
of this section and notify the Attorney General of the date on which 35
it will be in compliance with those requirements. 36
[9.] 10. If the public body responsible for the alleged violation 37
fails to comply with this section, the Attorney General shall take 38
such action as is necessary to ensure compliance with this secti on, 39
including, without limitation, commencing proceedings in a court of 40
competent jurisdiction, if appropriate. 41
[10.] 11. The provisions of this section do not: 42
(a) Establish a private right of action against a public body 43
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(b) Authorize the filing of a complaint with the Nevada Equal 1
Rights Commission, 2
 for a violation of the provisions of subsection 5. 3
[11.] 12. As used in this section: 4
(a) “Caregiver” has the meaning ascribed to it in 5
NRS 449A.306. 6
(b) “Communication Access Realtime Translation” has the 7
meaning ascribed to it in NRS 656A.025. 8
(c) “Gendered signage” means any sign posted on a single -stall 9
restroom that uses words or images of a person to denominate sex. 10
[(c)] (d) “Single-stall restroom” means a restroom that: 11
(1) Is intended for individual use; and 12
(2) Contains: 13
(I) A single toilet or a single urinal; or 14
(II) A toilet and a urinal, neither of which is separated 15
from the other by enclosure within a stall. 16
Sec. 3. NRS 389.520 is hereby amended to read as follows: 17
389.520 1. The Council shall: 18
(a) Establish standards of content and performance, including, 19
without limitation, a prescription of the resulting level of 20
achievement, for the grade levels set forth in subsection 5, based 21
upon the content of each course, that is expected of pupils for the 22
following courses of study: 23
(1) English language arts; 24
(2) Mathematics; 25
(3) Science; 26
(4) Social studies, which includes only the subjects of 27
history, geography, economics, civics, financial literacy and 28
multicultural education; 29
(5) The arts; 30
(6) Computer education and technology, which includes 31
computer science and computational thinking; 32
(7) Health; 33
(8) Physical education; and 34
(9) A foreign or world language [.] , including, without 35
limitation, American Sign Language. 36
(b) Establish a schedule for the periodic review and, if 37
necessary, revision of the standards of content and performance. The 38
review must include, without limitation, the review required 39
pursuant to NRS 390.115 of the results of pupils on the 40
examinations administered pursuant to NRS 390.105. 41
(c) Assign priorities to the standards of content and performance 42
relative to importance and degree of empha sis and revise the 43
standards, if necessary, based upon the priorities. 44

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2. The standards for computer education and technology must 1
include a policy for the ethical, safe and secure use of computers 2
and other electronic devices. The policy must include, w ithout 3
limitation: 4
(a) The ethical use of computers and other electronic devices, 5
including, without limitation: 6
(1) Rules of conduct for the acceptable use of the Internet 7
and other electronic devices; and 8
(2) Methods to ensure the prevention of: 9
(I) Cyber-bullying; 10
(II) Plagiarism; and 11
(III) The theft of information or data in an electronic 12
form; 13
(b) The safe use of computers and other electronic devices, 14
including, without limitation, methods to: 15
(1) Avoid cyber -bullying and other unwant ed electronic 16
communication, including, without limitation, communication with 17
on-line predators; 18
(2) Recognize when an on -line electronic communication is 19
dangerous or potentially dangerous; and 20
(3) Report a dangerous or potentially dangerous on -line 21
electronic communication to the appropriate school personnel; 22
(c) The secure use of computers and other electronic devices, 23
including, without limitation: 24
(1) Methods to maintain the security of personal identifying 25
information and financial information, including, without limitation, 26
identifying unsolicited electronic communication which is sent for 27
the purpose of obtaining such personal and financial information for 28
an unlawful purpose; 29
(2) The necessity for secure passwords or other unique 30
identifiers; 31
(3) The effects of a computer contaminant; 32
(4) Methods to identify unsolicited commercial material; and 33
(5) The dangers associated with social networking Internet 34
sites; and 35
(d) A designation of the level of detail of instruction as 36
appropriate for the grade level of pupils who receive the instruction. 37
3. The standards for social studies must include multicultural 38
education, including, without limitation, information relating to 39
contributions made by men and women from various racial and 40
ethnic backgrounds. The Council shall consult with members of the 41
community who represent the racial and ethnic diversity of this 42
State in developing such standards. 43
4. The standards for health must include mental health and the 44
relationship between mental health and physical health. 45

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5. The Council shall establish standards of content and 1
performance for each grade level in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, 2
inclusive, for English language arts and mathematics. The Council 3
shall establish standards of content and performance for the grade 4
levels selected by the Council for the other courses of study 5
prescribed in subsection 1. 6
6. The Council shall forward to the State Board the standards 7
of content and performance established by the Council for each 8
course of study. The State Board shall: 9
(a) Adopt the standards for each course of study, as submitted 10
by the Council; or 11
(b) If the State Board objects to the standards for a course of 12
study or a particular grade level for a course of study, return those 13
standards to the Council with a written explanation setting forth the 14
reason for the objection. 15
7. If the State Board returns to the Council the standards of 16
content and performance for a course of study or a grade level, the 17
Council shall: 18
(a) Consider the ob jection provided by the State Board and 19
determine whether to revise the standards based upon the objection; 20
and 21
(b) Return the standards or the revised standards, as applicable, 22
to the State Board. 23
 The State Board shall adopt the standards of content an d 24
performance or the revised standards, as applicable. 25
8. The Council shall work in cooperation with the State Board 26
to prescribe the examinations required by NRS 390.105. 27
9. As used in this section: 28
(a) “Computer contaminant” has the meaning ascribed to it in 29
NRS 205.4737. 30
(b) “Cyber-bullying” has the meaning ascribed to it in 31
NRS 388.123. 32
(c) “Electronic communication” has the meaning ascribed to it 33
in NRS 388.124. 34
Sec. 4. 1. The Department of Education shall conduct a 35
study during the 2025 -2026 interim to determine the need for a 36
school for pupils who are deaf or hard of hearing. 37
2. In conducting the study, the Department of Education shall 38
consult with and solicit input from persons and organizations who 39
advocate for or provide services to children who are deaf or hard of 40
hearing. 41
3. The study must include, without limitation: 42
(a) An assessment of issues facing pupils who are deaf or hard 43
of hearing in public schools in Nevada. 44

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(b) An assessment of curre nt public school programs for pupils 1
who are deaf or hard of hearing in Nevada. 2
(c) Statistical information on the number of pupils in each 3
school district who are deaf or hard of hearing. 4
4. Not later than December 31, 2026, the Department of 5
Education shall prepare and submit a report on the findings of the 6
study conducted pursuant to subsection 1 to the Director of the 7
Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the 84th Session of 8
the Nevada Legislature. 9
Sec. 5. The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any 10
additional expenses of a local government that are related to the 11
provisions of this act. 12
Sec. 6. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 13

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