Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-856)

S.B. 411

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SENATE BILL NO. 411–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

MARCH 20, 2025
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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.

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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 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. (N RS 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 o f 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

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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, 338.13 79, 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

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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, 42 2.2749, 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, 644 A.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

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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 4 1 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 ho urs 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 tha t 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 forma t 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

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(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 hi mself 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 Legisla ture;
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 concern ing progress on
corrective action plan; review of reports by Legislative Auditor
and Legislature; exemption from next review for certain school
districts.

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387.644 Annual reporting by school districts exempt from
review.

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