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CCSD outlines legislative platform; board-backed bills would fund educator recruitment and shift burden in bullying reassignments
Summary
District government-relations staff reviewed the Clark County School District legislative platform and highlighted two board-priority bills—AB47, a proposed fund for educator recruitment and professional development, and AB48, which would change how student reassignments are handled after substantiated bullying incidents.
Clark County School District government-relations staff presented the district’s 2025 legislative platform and described two board-priority bills the district intends to pursue or support during the 2025 Nevada legislative session.
Assistant Superintendent Brad Keating said the platform is organized around three priorities: equitable access to high-quality educators; meeting students’ needs; and modernizing district systems. Keating said the platform was developed from months of internal and external stakeholder engagement and will guide the district’s advocacy during the session.
Director of Government Relations Nathaniel Waugh described two bills the district has sponsored or supported. Assembly Bill 47 would permit use of any Education Stabilization account surplus (funds that would otherwise revert to the State Education Fund) to provide competitive grants to recruit, retain and develop licensed educators across the state. AB 48 would change current practice on school reassignment following substantiated bullying: under the proposal, the district would be allowed to reassign a student who perpetrated bullying rather than placing the burden of reassignment on the victim’s family. Waugh said AB 48 retains the victim’s right to request reassignment but seeks to shift responsibility toward the bully to avoid penalizing those harmed.
Staff said AB 48’s first committee hearing was scheduled for Feb. 18. Trustees asked staff for weekly updates and noted they planned to participate in legislative outreach; staff said they would provide a weekly legislative brief and coordinate with trustees on a March 5 NASB-sponsored advocacy day in Carson City.
Trustees also discussed concerns previously raised by principals and administrators about the operational workload of state-required bullying investigations and data reporting; staff said the platform includes a priority to reduce reporting burden and modernize data collection systems. Staff said they would coordinate stakeholder briefings, share weekly legislative updates, and return to the board with substantive changes to the platform as the session develops.
