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Nevada Department of Education seeks feedback on measuring social and environmental factors that affect students
Summary
NDE proposed amending NAC Chapter 388 to require districts and charter schools to annually identify social and environmental factors (housing, food security, health care, transportation, trauma, community safety) using nationally accepted indicators and a department reporting template.
The Nevada Department of Education on Aug. 13 opened a workshop to gather stakeholder feedback on proposed amendments to NAC Chapter 388 that would require school districts and charter schools to annually identify social and environmental factors that affect pupils’ educational experiences.
Leticia Battle, director for the Office for Safe and Respectful Learning Environment, described the proposed language and said the department intends to provide a short list of nationally accepted indicators and a standard reporting template. The draft lists categories such as housing stability, food security, poverty and employment measures, transportation access, access to predictable and affordable health care, community safety and measures of trauma. Agencies and schools would also submit an annual report to the department by Aug. 1 identifying the selected factors, sources consulted and a brief narrative of up to 250 words describing how the factors inform decision making.
Battle emphasized that the department’s objective is to meet the statutory requirements while limiting the reporting burden on districts and charter schools; the posted materials will show deletions and additions in trackable form and stakeholders are invited to submit further feedback.
No public comments were offered at the workshop for this item; the department said it will post revised language and accept written comments for those who want to provide additional input.
