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NV SB59

Bill

Status

Failed

4/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Education

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Origin

Senate

83rd Legislature (2025)

AI Summary

  • Licensed teachers and educational personnel are prohibited from engaging in sexual impropriety or grooming of pupils at their school, former pupils within 12 months, or any pupil contacted through their duties; pupil consent is not a defense to such conduct

  • The Superintendent of Public Instruction may place an administrative hold on a license without a hearing when a licensee is arrested, charged with certain crimes, or suspended from employment for acts that may warrant license suspension/revocation and present a risk to pupil safety

  • Administrative holds expire 1 year after placement, allow continued employment with current employer at employer's discretion, but prohibit seeking employment with other Nevada school districts or charter schools while in effect

  • The State Board of Education may suspend or revoke licenses for violations including sexual impropriety, grooming, seeking employment while under administrative hold, and substantiated reports of child abuse/neglect

  • Eliminates the Superintendent's authority to issue provisional licenses to applicants while awaiting criminal history reports from the FBI and Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History

Legislative Description

Revises provisions governing the licensing of educational personnel. (BDR 34-274)

Last Action

(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

4/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Education11/20/2024

Full Bill Text

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