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- 83rd Session (2025)
Senate Bill No. 175–Senators Rogich; and Cruz-Crawford
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AN ACT relating to educational personnel; requiring the
Commission on Professional Standards in Education to adopt
regulations authorizing a member or veteran of the Armed
Forces of the United States who has received certain types of
certification as an instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’
Training Corps program to receive an endorsement to teach
pupils enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps program; requiring school districts to consider
certification as an instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’
Training Corps program to satisfy qualifications for certain
positions of employment applied for by a member or veteran
of the Armed Forces of the United Stat es; and providing
other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires the Commission on Professional Standards in Education
to adopt regulations relating to the qualifications to obtain : (1) a license to teach in
this State ; and (2) an endorsement to teach in a field of specialization . (NRS
391.019) Section 2.5 of this bill requires the Commission to adopt regulations
authorizing a member or veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States wh o has
received certification, including, without limitation, a temporary, provisional or
advanced certification, as an instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps program to receive an endorsement to teach pupils enrolled in the Junior
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.
Existing law requires school districts to consider the Joint Services Transcript
or a similar document of a veteran as credit towards such training, experience or
licensure required for certain skilled positions of employment in that school district.
(NRS 391.115) Section 3 of this bill applies these provisions to a person who is a
member of the Armed Forces of the United States in addition to veterans. Section 3
also adds certification as an instructor in the Junior Re serve Officers’ Training
Corps program as a specific certification on a Joint Services Transcript or a similar
document for which credit must be provided by a school district.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Sections 1 and 2. (Deleted by amendment.)
Sec. 2.5. NRS 391.019 is hereby amended to read as follows:
391.019 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.027,
the Commission shall adopt regulations:
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(a) Prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and other
educational personnel and the procedures for the issuance and
renewal of those licenses. The regulations:
(1) Must include, without limitation, the qualifications for
licensing teachers and administrators pursuant to an alternative route
to licensure which provides that the required education and training
may be provided by any qualified provider which has been approved
by the Commission, including, w ithout limitation, institutions of
higher education and other providers that operate independently of
an institution of higher education. The regulations adopted pursuant
to this subparagraph must:
(I) Establish the requirements for approval as a qualif ied
provider;
(II) Require a qualified provider to be selective in its
acceptance of students;
(III) Require a qualified provider to provide in -person or
virtual supervised, school -based experiences and ongoing support
for its students, such as mentoring and coaching;
(IV) Significantly limit the amount of course work
required or provide for the waiver of required course work for
students who achieve certain scores on tests;
(V) Allow for the completion in 2 years or less of the
education and tr aining required under the alternative route to
licensure;
(VI) Provide that a person who has completed the
education and training required under the alternative route to
licensure and who has satisfied all other requirements for licensure
may apply for a regular license pursuant to sub -subparagraph (VII)
regardless of whether the person has received an offer of
employment from a school district, charter school or private school;
and
(VII) Upon the completion by a person of the education
and training required under the alternative route to licensure and the
satisfaction of all other requirements for licensure, provide for the
issuance of a regular license to the person pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Must require an applicant for a license to teach middle
school or junior high school education or secondary education to
demonstrate proficiency in a field of specialization or area of
concentration by successfully completing course work prescribed by
the Department or completing a subject matter competency
examination prescribed by the Department with a score deemed
satisfactory.
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(3) Must not prescribe qualifications which are more
stringent than the qualifications set forth in NRS 391. 0315 for a
licensed teacher who applies for an additional license in accordance
with that section.
(b) Identifying fields of specialization in teaching which require
the specialized training of teachers.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.125, r equiring
teachers to obtain from the Department an endorsement in a field of
specialization to be eligible to teach in that field of specialization.
(d) Setting forth the educational requirements a teacher must
satisfy to qualify for an endorsement in each field of specialization.
(e) Setting forth the qualifications and requirements for
obtaining a license or endorsement to teach American Sign
Language, including, without limitation, being registered with the
Aging and Disability Services Division of th e Department of Health
and Human Services pursuant to NRS 656A.100 to engage in the
practice of sign language interpreting in a primary or secondary
educational setting.
(f) Requiring teachers and other educational personnel to be
registered with the Aging and Disability Services Division pursuant
to NRS 656A.100 to engage in the practice of sign language
interpreting in a primary or secondary educational setting if they:
(1) Provide instruction or other educational services; and
(2) Concurrently engag e in the practice of sign language
interpreting, as defined in NRS 656A.060.
(g) Prescribing course work on parental involvement and family
engagement. The Commission shall:
(1) Work in cooperation with the Office of Parental
Involvement and Family Enga gement created by NRS 385.630 in
developing the regulations required by this paragraph.
(2) Establish standards for professional development training
which may be used to satisfy any course work requirement
prescribed pursuant to this paragraph.
(h) Establishing the requirements for obtaining an endorsement
on the license of a teacher, administrator or other educational
personnel in cultural competency.
(i) Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue
a license by endorsement to an a pplicant who holds an equivalent
license or authorization issued by a governmental entity in another
country if the Superintendent determines that the qualifications for
the equivalent license or authorization are substantially similar to
those prescribed pursuant to paragraph (a).
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(j) Establishing the requirements for obtaining an endorsement
on the license of a teacher, administrator or other educational
personnel in teaching courses relating to financial literacy.
(k) Authorizing a person who is employ ed as a paraprofessional
and enrolled in a program to become a teacher to complete an
accelerated program of student teaching in the same or a
substantially similar area in which the person is employed as a
paraprofessional while remaining employed as a paraprofessional.
(l) Requiring the Department to accept a program of student
teaching or other teaching experience completed in another state or
foreign country by an applicant for a license if the Department
determines that the program or experience subst antially fulfills the
standards of a program of student teaching in this State.
(m) Authorizing a person who is employed by a public school to
provide support or other services relating to school psychology, if
the person does not hold a license or endors ement as a school
psychologist but is enrolled in a program that would allow the
person to obtain such a license or endorsement, to complete a
program of internship in school psychology while remaining
employed in such a position.
(n) To carry out the provisions of NRS 391B.010.
(o) Authorizing a person who is a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States or a veteran of the Armed Forces of
the United States who has received certification as an instructor in
the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, as defined
in NRS 391.115, to receive an endorsement to teach pupils
enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.027, the
Commission may adopt such other regulations as it deems necessary
for its own government or to carry out its duties.
3. Any regulation which increases the amount of education,
training or experience required for licensing:
(a) Must, in addition to the requirements for publication in
chapter 233B of NRS, be publicized before its adoption in a manner
reasonably calculated to inform those persons affected by the
change.
(b) Must not become effective until at least 1 year after the date
it is adopted by the Commission.
(c) Is not applicable to a license in effect on the date the
regulation becomes effective.
Sec. 3. NRS 391.115 is hereby amended to read as follows:
391.115 1. If a person who is a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States or a veteran of the Armed Forces of the
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United States submits an application for employment in a school
district for a position that requires certain training, experience ,
certification or licensure in a skilled trade, the school district must
consider any military education, training or occupational experience
listed on a Joint Services Transcript or a similar document ,
including, without limitation, certification as an instructor in the
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, as credit
towards any such required training, experience , certification or
licensure.
2. As used in this section, “certification as an instructor in
the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program” means any
form of certification as an instructor in the Junior Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps program set forth in 10 U.S.C. §§ 2031 et
seq. issued by any department of the Armed Forces of the United
States, including, without limitation, a temporary, provisional or
advanced certification.
Sec. 4. 1. This section becomes effective upon passage and
approval.
2. Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this act become effective:
(a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any
regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative
tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and
(b) On July 1, 2026, for all other purposes.
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