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The bill’s sponsors and university athletics leaders told the committee the change is intended to give Nevada institutions authority to provide guidance, contract oversight and privacy protections for student athletes while remaining permissive about how institutions use nonpublic philanthropic funds. \"This bill will more importantly, permit institutions to broaden the scope of their involvement and guidance,\" said Eric Nepomuceno, senior deputy athletics director and chief operating officer, UNLV. He told the committee that institutional involvement would be aimed at \"stronger protection and safeguards\" for athletes.

The proposal comes as national policy is in flux. Several witnesses described the impending House v. NCAA settlement and other court rulings as likely to reshape NCAA rules and permit schools to pay athletes under a revenue-share model. \"The settlement terms between the plaintiffs and the defense have been agreed to,\" said Stephanie Remp, athletic director at the University of Nevada, Reno, adding that a judge was scheduled to rule on the settlement on April 7. Remp outlined projected changes she says could include caps tied to Power Five revenue and required reporting of NIL deals.

Jeff Choate, head football coach at the University of Nevada, described the competitive pressure the changes create. \"The new plus 1 is this name, image and likeness, which now is transitioning to rev share,\" Choate said, arguing Nevada institutions could be at a recruiting disadvantage without the ability to participate in revenue sharing. He offered a comparison: when he arrived, a Power Five program had an $18 million NIL \"salary cap\" while Nevada had roughly $125,000 available through a third-party collective.

University witnesses and NSHE counsel said the bill would not require using state general funds to pay athletes and that donor and foundation accounts would hold funds designated for NIL or revenue sharing. \"If they're donating to name, image, and likeness or revenue sharing, it would go in that foundation account,\" said Remp, adding the foundation would not transfer those funds elsewhere.

NSHE’s senior associate general counsel, Linda King, described an amendment proposed by the System that would exempt institution-held NIL contracts from public records requests while preserving individual athletes’ tax-reporting obligations. \"The amendment is intended to exempt these NIL contracts that are in the custody and control of the institutions from the Public Records Act,\" King said, adding that the amendment was drafted in collaboration with UNR and UNLV.

Committee members asked about tax treatment, transparency and safeguards. Members were told student athletes remain responsible for reporting taxable income from NIL, and institutions would be required to disclose aggregated salary-cap numbers to an external overseer; Deloitte was cited as the firm the NCAA selected to manage reporting. \"I don't think we have clarity on individual student's name and how much,\" Remp said, but added that aggregated reporting and outside monitoring were expected.

Supporters who testified included the Nevada System of Higher Education and the Clark County Professional Firefighters, which said a clear, institution-involved system would protect athletes and help universities remain competitive. No opposition testimony was recorded.

The committee closed the SB293 hearing and moved on to the next agenda item without a vote recorded on the bill.

Ending: The bill remains a matter for committee consideration. Sponsors said they will work with stakeholders on amendments (including the NSHE records exemption) and that institutions will return with implementation details such as governance, reporting and counsel to advise student athletes if the committee requests them.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","3/26/2025 - Senate Committee on Education","oneSentenceSummary","Senator Roberta Lang introduced SB293, which would permit Nevada public universities to participate in and administer name, image and likeness (NIL) and revenue-sharing arrangements for student athletes.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature NV, Nevada","taxId",78440,"location","Nevada","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6622684,"Committee hears bill to codify IDEA into Nevada law as contingency against federal changes",2364,3037890,5402430,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2783422-01248d5e813b42a3064b1c240b4b21da&start=3037&end=5402","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2783422-01248d5e813b42a3064b1c240b4b21da/thumbnail_3037890.jpg","/articles/6622684/Nevada/Committee-hears-bill-to-codify-IDEA-into-Nevada-law-as-contingency-against-federal-changes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6622684-4146bb8a96c89310f27a3081550a30e0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771160283&Signature=XCX9YEEnYSNRgyYoUaUhWUOucIKK~jUBesjlbW93XIWBUGctQb49NmwwvAsxDn5DQn8~9nLBg7qdX-erLIm83wxwq7m2eg8xMzVdzM8tKzxOmPTS33eqFlAKar5y7TN7iRJ7HBgPRjajI36JHDjcdKeajrF80oIx8LGUCUAiwKx-sOfXnaOJKSAUerOv0QxrAGRJgqz2myRHgoI9yXzTko67O5cnNfZtfLeV8JRsrb7zZxW7V39SIszwhPvsw9JYnT6omCuUrznpAhcBNotcciR6XZlSIscSVIHY1H2z6CkrA-WNcTXkk0FrkTmb~n7wulCU5MFtnAkYkhN0P4E-4g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Lori Rogich opened the hearing on Senate Bill 368, a proposal to codify key provisions of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) into Nevada law as a contingency if federal protections are removed or substantially reduced.

\"This bill is not only a safeguard for the rights of students with disabilities but also a testament to our state's commitment to protecting our most vulnerable children,\" Rogich said. The bill's supporters described SB368 as a \"trigger\" measure: it would take effect only if federal IDEA protections were weakened or repealed.

Marina Dahlia Hunt, team chief of the Education Advocacy Project at the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, told the committee the IDEA guarantees core protections—no-cost evaluations, individualized education programs (IEPs), least restrictive environment and procedural safeguards such as impartial hearings—that are not fully represented in existing Nevada law. \"The IDEA enshrines a decades long fight for the rights of students with disabilities to access an education,\" Dahlia Hunt said. She added that SB368 would reduce harm to students by keeping those protections in place in Nevada if federal law changed.

Witnesses described specifics they say are not presently codified in state law and that SB368 would preserve, including the duty to conduct appropriate evaluations at no cost to parents, the IEP process, transition services for older students, and IDEA protections in disciplinary contexts.

Committee members discussed fiscal and implementation issues. The Nevada Department of Education’s Office of Inclusive Education director Julie Bowers told the committee Nevada currently receives roughly $100,000,000 a year in federal IDEA-related funding that the department allocates to local education agencies; a separate witness cited an estimate of approximately $104.5 million. Committee counsel and sponsors noted drafting issues connected to the bill’s trigger mechanism and effective date: the original draft would take effect July 1, 2025 if the federal law were changed; a proposed amendment would make some provisions effective on passage, which counsel said would require careful redrafting to specify which version of IDEA the State would adopt.

Support came from the Clark County Education Association, the Nevada Coalition of Legal Service Providers, staff from Legal Aid and teachers and administrators who testified that special education classrooms are strained by staffing shortages and that some students go without licensed teachers. Dr. Brenda Pearson of CCEA urged the committee to back the bill and highlighted components she said would help, such as an elementary literacy screener, classroom size limits and protections against reassigning specialized staff.

Neutral testimony came from the Nevada State Education Association, which emphasized the practical challenges if the federal Department of Education’s funding or programs were curtailed. Witnesses and committee members discussed the state budget implications of replacing federal programs and the technical drafting needed to make the trigger effective without creating a sudden unfunded mandate.

The hearing closed with sponsors saying they would continue stakeholder discussions on language and implementation; no committee vote on SB368 was recorded during the hearing.","Senate Bill 368 would incorporate provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) into Nevada law as a trigger if federal protections are limited or repealed; sponsors and advocates told the Senate Committee on Education the change would aim to preserve free appropriate public education (FAPE), due process rights and related,","actionData","errors"]

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Nevada committee hears bill to let universities oversee NIL and revenue sharing for student athletes

Committee hears bill to codify IDEA into Nevada law as contingency against federal changes