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Work session: Assembly education committee amends and advances several bills on teacher licensure, interscholastic activities and related items
Summary
In an early work session the committee amended and moved several education bills (AB 49, AB 184, AB 289, AB 389, AB 394), adopting sponsor amendments and assigning floor statements; motions carried, mostly unanimously, with one recorded no vote.
The Assembly Committee on Education held a work session and considered amendments to multiple bills affecting teacher licensure, interscholastic activities and other education regulations. Nonpartisan Committee Policy Analyst Kelly Lower summarized staff and stakeholder amendments before the committee considered motions.
Key outcomes recorded in the work session document and on the record:
- AB 49 (revising provisions relating to educational personnel): The committee adopted an amendment proposed by Washoe County School District that removed certain interstate provisional‑licensure list requirements, clarified district hiring when a teacher's Nevada license is pending, removed authorization for simultaneous enrollment in multiple alternative licensure programs, adjusted substitute‑to‑full license fee waiver language and repealed NRS 391.027. The motion to amend and do pass was made by Assemblymember Mosca and seconded by Assemblymember LaRue Hatch; the motion passed unanimously with Assemblymember Flanagan absent/excused. The floor statement was assigned to Assemblymember Dahlia.
- AB 184 (interscholastic activities / NIAA waivers and conference realignment rules): Sponsor and committee considered an amendment that added cosponsors, changed waiver timing and added public hearing requirements around conference realignments. The committee agreed to remove section 3, subsection 4 from the working amendment for further work; Assemblymember LaRue Hatch moved the amendment and Vice Chair De Silva seconded. The motion passed unanimously with one member absent/excused; the floor statement was assigned to Assemblymember Anderson.
- AB 289 (revising provisions relating to education; Board of Regents and financial literacy course): An amendment would allow the Board of Regents to establish an undergraduate financial‑literacy course as a general education or elective option. The motion to amend and do pass was made by Assemblymember Moscow and seconded by Assemblymember Dahlia; the motion carried with one recorded nay (Assemblymember DeLong). The floor statement was assigned to Assemblymember Wynne.
- AB 389 (revisions concerning school data, funding and commission duties): The committee adopted amendments reassigning duties to the commission on innovation and excellence in education (CIEE), adding a September 30, 2026 deadline for reporting recommendations, and clarifying NDE's collaboration with CIEE to gather stakeholder input. The motion was made by Assemblymember Moscow and seconded by Assemblymember Hunt; the motion passed unanimously. The sponsor assigned the floor statement to the chair.
- AB 394 (emergency response plans for opioid overdoses at higher education institutions): The committee adopted an amendment to allow language changing naloxone dosage guidance from a fixed milligram amount to "lowest effective dose to restore breathing," and added a provision prohibiting disciplinary action against students for obtaining an opioid antagonist. The motion to amend and do pass was made by Vice Chair DaSilva, seconded by Assemblymember Hanson, and passed unanimously with Assemblymember Flanagan absent/excused. The floor statement was assigned to Assemblymember Brown May.
All motions were taken without extended debate on the floor and most passed unanimously; one vote (AB 289) recorded a single nay. Committee staff noted work session documents might be released closer to deadlines and additional work sessions were anticipated.
